Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Deputy
Director-General Maori Primary Sector Partnerships at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (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) 2012.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 6 April 2012.
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) any reference to "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 the area/rohe moana.
(c) "area/rohe moana" means the area from Heywood Point to Blackhead, extending seaward to the
limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, being the 200-mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Otakou in Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu (Declaration Membership) Order 2001.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga o Otakou, 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 Toni Evans and Eleanor Russell
as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary
food-gathering within the area/rohe moana for further terms.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-On
1 February 2012, the Minister for Primary Industries appointed, under Regulation 9(5) of the Fisheries
(South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999,
Toni Evans and Eleanor Russell as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana for further terms. The appointments will expire on
5 April 2017.
5. Power to authorise the 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. 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 13th day of March 2012.
BEN DALTON, Deputy Director-General Maori Primary Sector Partnerships, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.