Fisheries (Reappointment of Te Rūnanga o Awarua Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2014

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Fisheries (Reappointment of Te Rūnanga o Awarua Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2014

Pursuant to regulation 9 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 (Reappointment of Te Rūnanga o Awarua Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2014.

2 Commencement

  • This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Interpretation

  • In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, area/rohe moana means the area from Piopiotahi to Tokatā (Milford Sound to the Nuggets), extending seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters and inland to the boundaries defined for the following rūnanga in the Schedule of the Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu (Declaration of Membership) Order 2001:

    • (a) Hokonui Rūnaka:

    • (b) Te Rūnanga o Awarua:

    • (c) Te Rūnanga o Ōraka Aparima:

    • (d) Waihōpai Rūnaka.

4 Reappointments

  • (1) The Minister for Primary Industries has appointed the following persons for further terms as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana:

    • (a) Jenny O’Connell:

    • (b) Mary Johnstone:

    • (c) Melvin Cain.

    (2) The appointments—

    • (a) took effect on 7 May 2014; and

    • (b) expire at the close of 6 May 2019.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of August 2014.

Kelly Dunn under delegated authority,
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 day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, is made under regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 (the regulations). It gives notice of the reappointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki nominated for further terms by Te Rūnanga o Awarua. As Te Rūnanga o Awarua represents the relevant tangata whenua, regulation 9(5) of the regulations required the Minister to reappoint the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.

Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may, within their area/rohe moana, authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Act 1996 for customary food-gathering purposes. It is an offence to take any of those resources for customary food-gathering purposes without such authorisation.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 4 September 2014.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.