Pursuant to Regulation 10 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Fisheries Manager Customary 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. 3) 2011.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 11 March 2011.
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 Regulations 9 or 10 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 for the management of customary food-gathering within an area/rohe moana.
(c) "area/rohe moana" means:
(i) the area from the north bank of the Pouerua River to the Hokitika River; and
(ii) the area from the Hokitika River to the Kawatiri/Buller River; and
(iii) the area from the Kawatiri/Buller River to Kahurangi Point.
The areas above extend seaward to the limit of the
"South Island fisheries waters" as defined under Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, and extend:
(A) in terms of sub-area 2(c)(i), inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Makawhio and
Te Runaka o Kati Waewae under Te Runanga
o Ngai Tahu Act 1996; and
(B) in terms of sub-areas 2(c)(ii) and (iii), inland
to boundaries defined for Te Runaka o Kati Waewae under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996.
3. Request to cancel appointment-Te Runanga o Ngati Waewae, 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), who nominated Rick Barber as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana, has requested in writing the cancellation of his appointment as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of appointment-On 7 February 2011, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture cancelled, under Regulation 10(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Rick Barber as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga o Ngati Waewae, 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 Francois Tumahai as a replacement Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
6. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-On 7 February 2011, the Minister of Fisheries confirmed, under Regulation 10(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of Francois Tumahai
as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary
food-gathering in the area/rohe moana. The fixed-term-year appointment will expire on 13 August 2014.
7. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering-The 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 2nd day of March 2011.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Fisheries Manager Customary, Ministry of Fisheries.