Fisheries (Notification of Motupōhue Mātaitai Reserve and Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2014

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Fisheries (Notification of Motupōhue Mātaitai Reserve and Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2014

Pursuant to regulation 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries gives the following notice.

Notice

1 Title

  • This notice is the Fisheries (Notification of Motupōhue Mātaitai Reserve and Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2014.

2 Commencement

  • This notice comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette (the commencement date).

3 Notification of Motupōhue Mātaitai Reserve

  • (1) A mātaitai reserve (to be known as the Motupōhue Mātaitai Reserve) has been declared under regulation 20 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 over the area enclosed by a line—

    • (a) commencing at a point on the mean high-water mark at Cable Bay at 46°35.64′S and 168°18.47′E; then

    • (b) proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point offshore at 46°36.20′S and 168°18.15′E; then

    • (c) proceeding in a generally south-easterly then north-easterly direction at a distance of 0.5 nautical miles offshore from the mean high-water mark from all points of the Bluff Hill shoreline to a point offshore approximately south-east of Stirling Point, at 46°37.15′S and 168°22.00′E; then

    • (d) proceeding in a straight line in a north-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark at Stirling Point at 46°36.75′S and 168°21.58′E; then

    • (e) proceeding along the mean high-water mark in a generally south-westerly then north-westerly direction to the point of commencement specified in paragraph (a).

    (2) The declaration of the reserve takes effect on the commencement date.

4 Notification of appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki

  • (1) The Minister for Primary Industries has appointed the following Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the Motupōhue Mātaitai Reserve, each for a term of 5 years:

    • (a) Gail Thompson:

    • (b) Graham Metzger:

    • (c) Hana Morgan.

    (2) The appointment of the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki takes effect on the commencement date.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of July 2014.

Scott Gallacher,
for Director-General, Ministry for Primary Industries.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice, which comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, is made under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 (the regulations). This notice states that a mātaitai reserve has been declared under regulation 20 of the regulations and describes the boundaries of the reserve, which is located in an area along the southern coastline of Bluff Hill (Motupōhue) between Cable Bay and Stirling Point. This notice also names the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki that have been appointed for the reserve.For further explanation of the general effect of the declaration of a mātaitai reserve, refer to the Fisheries (Declaration of Motupōhue Mātaitai Reserve) Notice 2014.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 10 July 2014.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.