Pursuant to Regulations 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Director Maori Partnership Implementation 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.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 22) 2013.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 20 December 2013.
2. Interpretation-(1) In this notice:
"area/rohe moana" means the area described in clause 4(1).
(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 (as represented by
Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Matea Gillies
and Manaia Rehu as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana for five-year terms.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-(1) On
12 December 2013, the Minister for Primary Industries confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of Matea Gillies and Manaia Rehu as 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) extending seaward to the limit of the "South Island fisheries waters", being 200 nautical miles.
(2) The appointments described in clause 4(1) will expire
on 19 December 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. 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 December 2013.
KELLY DUNN, Director Maori Partnership Implementation, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).