Fisheries (Notification of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for Ōtākou Mātaitai Reserve) Notice 2019

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Fisheries (Notification of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for Ōtākou Mātaitai Reserve) 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 Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for Ōtākou Mātaitai Reserve) Notice 2019.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 1 November 2019.

3 Revocation of this notice

This notice is revoked at the end of 26 June 2024.

4 Mātaitai reserve

This notice applies to the Ōtākou Mātaitai Reserve, which is an area in the outer Otago Harbour, that was declared by the Fisheries (Declaration of Ōtākou Mātaitai Reserve) Notice 2016.

5 New appointment

(1)

The Minister of Fisheries has appointed Natalie Karaitiana as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mātaitai reserve.

(2)

The appointment—

(a)

took effect on 27 June 2019; and

(b)

expires at the end of 26 June 2024.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of October 2019.

Emma Taylor,
Acting 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 1 November 2019 and revokes itself at the end of 26 June 2024.

The notice relates to the Ōtākou Mātaitai Reserve, which is an area in the outer Otago Harbour. The tangata whenua of the area that includes the mātaitai reserve are represented by Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou.

Notice is given of the appointment of a new Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mātaitai reserve. The Minister of Fisheries made the appointment at the request of Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou.

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: 30 October 2019.

This notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.