Fisheries (Notification of Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for Area/Rohe Moana of Rongomaiwahine) Notice 2017

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Fisheries (Notification of Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for Area/Rohe Moana of Rongomaiwahine) Notice 2017

Pursuant to regulation 10 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries gives the following notice.

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Fisheries (Notification of Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for Area/Rohe Moana of Rongomaiwahine) Notice 2017.

2 Commencement

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

3 Customary food gathering area/rohe moana

This notice applies to the customary food gathering area/rohe moana defined by clause 3(a) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 2) 2007 (Gazette 2007, p 791), as amended by the Corrigendum—Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 2) 2007 (Gazette 2012, p 2374), which is an area from Paritu to Waikokopu at Mahia.

4 Tangata whenua

The tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana are the whānau, hapū, and marae of Rongomaiwahine, as represented by the Mahia Maori Committee.

5 New appointment

(1)

The Minister for Primary Industries has appointed Dorothy Williams as a Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for the area/rohe moana.

(2)

The appointment took effect on 7 November 2016.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of January 2017.

Dave Turner,
Director Fisheries Management,
on behalf of 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 is made under the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 (the regulations). It comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

The notice relates to a customary food gathering area/rohe moana of the tangata whenua of Rongomaiwahine, represented by the Mahia Maori Committee. The area/rohe moana is an area from Paritu to Waikokopu at Mahia.

Notice is given of the appointment of a replacement Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for the area/rohe moana. The appointee replaces the late Valletta Wairau, whose appointment was cancelled in 2012 (see the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 1) 2012 (Gazette 2012, p 1310)). The Minister for Primary Industries made the replacement appointment at the request of the Mahia Maori Committee.

The powers of Tāngata Kaitiaki/Tiaki are set out in the regulations.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 19 January 2017.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.