Dated at Wellington this 6th day of September 2016.
Hon Nathan Guy,
Minister for Primary Industries.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice declares the area described in clause 3 to be a mātaitai reserve (to be known as Ōtākou Mātaitai Reserve). The reserve is located in South Island fisheries waters in outer Otago Harbour. The tangata whenua of the area that includes the reserve are represented by Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou.
A mātaitai reserve is an identified traditional fishing ground managed by the tangata whenua through Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki. Commercial fishing is generally prohibited in a mātaitai reserve (with exceptions specified in regulation 24 of the regulations).
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 15 September 2016.
This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.