Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Acting Customary Relationship Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme) at the Ministry of Fisheries (acting pursuant
to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988) gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 1) 2010.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 29 January 2010.
2. Interpretation In this notice:
(a) "customary food-gathering" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 for the management of customary food-gathering within an area/rohe moana.
(c) "South Island fisheries waters" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(d) "area/rohe moana" means the area from the northern bank of the Hakatere River following the coast to Ounu Hau Point at Pohatu excluding Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere (as defined as Quota Management Area ANG 13 in the Fisheries Act 1996) and its catchments and excluding Te Wairewa Lake Forsyth; then due east to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters; then following the boundary of the South Island fisheries waters to a point due east of the Hakatere River; and finally back to the northern bank of the Hakatere River.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki The Onuku Runanga, representing the whanau and hapu of Ngai Tahu Whanui holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Henare Robinson for a further term
as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary
food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki On 20 January 2010, the Minister of Fisheries appointed, under Regulation 9(5) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, Henare Robinson as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana for a further five-year period. The appointment will expire on 28 January 2015.
5. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering A Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Act 1996 for customary
food-gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the area/rohe moana for which they have been appointed as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of January 2010.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Acting Customary Relationship Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.