Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 20) 2013 (Notice No. MPI 289)

Pursuant to Regulations 9 and 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Deputy Director-General - Maori Primary Sector Partnerships at the Ministry for Primary Industries (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. 20) 2013.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 29 November 2013.
2. Interpretation-(1) In this notice:
"area/rohe moana" means the area described in clause 4(1); and
"mataitai reserve" means the area described in clause 4(2).
(2) Other terms used in this notice have the same meaning as in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Hapu o Ngati Wheke Rapaki Runanga, representing the whanau
and hapu of Ngai Tahu Whanui holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana and mataitai reserve (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Henry Couch as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana and the mataitai reserve for five-year terms.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-(1) On
15 November 2013, the Minister for Primary Industries appointed, under Regulation 9(5) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, Henry Couch as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary
food-gathering in the area/rohe moana from Shag Rock (South Shore Spit) to Adderley Head (excluding the Avon/Heathcote Estuary) and extending seaward to the limit of the "South Island fisheries waters", being 200 nautical miles.
(2) On 15 November 2013, the Minister for Primary Industries appointed, under Regulation 22(3) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, Henry Couch as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering in the mataitai reserve, a traditional fishing-ground enclosed by a line that:
(a) commences at the mean high-water mark (MHWM) in line with the Cass Bay-Church Reserve boundary (at 43ø36.56'S and 172ø41.24'E); then
(b) proceeds in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point offshore from Windy Point
(at 43ø36.82'S and 172ø40.34'E); then
(c) proceeds in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the MHWM in line with
the 1C Taukahara boundary (at 43ø36.84'S and 172ø40.14'E); then
(d) proceeds along the MHWM in a generally north-easterly direction to the point of commencement.
(3) The appointments described in clause 4(1) and clause 4(2) will expire on 28 November 2018.
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 and the mataitai reserve. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana or the mataitai reserve without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of November 2013.
BEN DALTON, Deputy Director-General - Maori Primary Sector Partnerships, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).