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. 1) 2011.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 21 January 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 Regulation 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 an area from the mouth of the Waitaki River south to the mouth of the Shag River, extending seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined in Regulation 2
of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, being the 200-mile limit, and inland to the boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Moeraki in Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996.
3. Request to cancel appointment-Te Runanga o Moeraki, 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 requested in writing the cancellation of Rachele Tiopira’s appointment as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of appointment-On 12 December 2010, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture cancelled, under Regulation 10(1) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of Rachele Tiopira as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga
o Moeraki, 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 Wayne Tipa as a replacement Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
6. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-On
12 December 2010, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture appointed, under Regulation 10(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, Wayne Tipa as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
The appointment will expire on 10 June 2015.
7. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering-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 12th day of January 2011.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Fisheries Manager Customary, Ministry of Fisheries.