Fisheries (Notification of Tāngata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for Mātaitai Reserve at Rāpaki Bay) Notice 2019

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Fisheries (Notification of Tāngata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for Mātaitai Reserve at Rāpaki Bay) Notice 2019

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 Tāngata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for Mātaitai Reserve at Rāpaki Bay) Notice 2019.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 23 September 2019.

3 Mātaitai reserve

This notice applies to the mātaitai reserve at Rāpaki Bay, Lyttleton Harbour, that was declared by the Fisheries (Declaration of Mataitai Reserve) Notice 1998 (Gazette 1998, p 4762) and amended by the Fisheries (Declaration of Mataitai Reserve) Notice 1998 Amendment Notice 2015.

4 New appointments

(1)

The Minister of Fisheries has appointed the following people as Tāngata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mātaitai reserve:

(a)

Yvette Couch-Lewis:

(b)

Tasman Gillies.

(2)

The appointments—

(a)

took effect on 14 June 2019; and

(b)

expire at the end of 13 June 2024.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 2019.

Stuart Anderson, 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 (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 (the regulations). It comes into force on 23 September 2019.

The notice relates to the mātaitai reserve at Rāpaki Bay, Lyttelton Harbour. The tangata whenua of the area that includes the mātaitai reserve are represented by Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke.

Notice is given of the appointment of 2 new Tāngata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mātaitai reserve. The Minister of Fisheries made the appointments at the request of Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke.

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

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 20 September 2019.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.