Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notification of Horomamae Mataitai Reserve and Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki (No. F545)

Pursuant to Regulation 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Fisheries gives the following notice:
Pursuant to Regulation 20, by a notice published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 10 June 2010, No. 64, page 1850,
the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture declared a mataitai reserve over the fisheries waters to the north and northeast of Horomamae (Owen) Island, on the east side of Stewart Island.
The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, in an instrument dated on the 31st day of May 2010, appointed Rodney Ryan, James Arthur Sinclair Ryan and Phillip Lindsay Ryan as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve.
The appointment is for a term of five years.
The mataitai reserve and appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki take effect from 8 July 2010.
The Horomamae Mataitai Reserve includes all New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line:
(a) commencing on the north-west side of Horomamae Island on the mean high water mark (MHWM) at 47°07.38'S and 168°08.93'E; then
(b) proceeding in a straight line in a northerly direction to a point offshore at 47°07.10'S and 168°08.89'E; then
(c) proceeding in a straight line in an easterly direction to a point offshore at 47°07.08'S and 168°09.25'E; then
(d) proceeding in a straight line in a southerly direction to a point offshore at 47°07.35'S and 168°09.44'E; then
(e) proceeding in a straight line in a south-easterly direction to a point offshore at 47°07.43'S and 168°09.65'E; then
(f) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the north-east side of Horomamae Island, on the MHWM at 47°07.47'S and 168°09.60'E; and then
(g) proceeding in a generally north-westerly direction along the MHWM to the point of commencement.
Commercial fishing within the mataitai reserve is prohibited under Regulation 24(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
The Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fish, aquatic life or seaweed for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the mataitai reserve.
No fishing for customary food gathering purposes may take place in the mataitai reserve without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June 2010.
RANDALL BESS, acting under delegated authority from the Chief Executive, Ministry of Fisheries.