✨ Akaroa Taiāpure Consultation and Decision
18 NOVEMBER 2005
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 194
The Department of Conservation also submitted that the taiāpure management committee
should be modelled on the Pōhatu marine reserve committee to ensure that all important
interests groups are represented. The Department offered its full support and assistance to the
committee.
Akaroa Harbour Recreational Fishing Club Inc.
The representatives from the Akaroa Harbour Recreational Fishing Club were Robert Meikle
(President) and James Crossland (Vice-President).
The Club submits that a taiāpure over Akaroa Harbour is the most acceptable and satisfactory
mechanism available to preserve and enhance the Akaroa fishery and it supports the current
formulation of the taiāpure boundaries.
The Club firmly opposes the Dan Rogers marine reserve application. It is the Club’s
submission that a reserve would unduly interfere with recreational fishing and use, and the
public interest.
Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
The representatives from the Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society were Brian Reid
(President), Kathleen Reid, Steve Carswell, Jan Cook (also representing Friends of Banks
Peninsula Inc), Richard Boleyn, Jeff Hamilton and Suky Thompson. The Society is the Dan
Rogers marine reserve applicant.
The Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society supports a taiāpure in Akaroa Harbour, but
objects to the current proposal on the basis that it makes no provision for the Dan Rogers
marine reserve. It is the Society’s submission that while a taiāpure may prove to be a valuable
marine management mechanism, there is no substitute for the certainty of a marine reserve,
which will ensure a part of the Harbour is restored and replenished. Accordingly, they submit
that a marine reserve at Dan Rogers should exist in conjunction with a taiāpure.
In relation to the taiāpure management committee, the Society also submits that it is
important that the views of conservationist groups are adequately represented so that
community support for the taiāpure is retained and fostered.
Akaroa Salmon (NZ) Ltd
The representative from Akaroa Salmon (NZ) Ltd was Tom Bates (Managing Director).
Akaroa Salmon supports the taiāpure in principle but expressed concern about the taiāpure
management committee’s powers in relation to the renewal of consents, permits and licences
required by marine farms in general.
The rūnaka entered into a memorandum of consent with Akaroa Salmon to alleviate this
concern.⁵³ As a consequence, Akaroa Salmon (NZ) Ltd now gives full support to a taiāpure
over Akaroa Harbour.
Decision of the Minister
Acting pursuant to section 181(9)(a)(i) of the Fisheries Act 1996, as Minister of Fisheries,
I have taken into account the report and recommendation of the Tribunal and having had
regard to the provisions of section 176(2) of the Act, and after consultation with the Minister
of Maori Affairs, I hereby publish my decision on the report and recommendation of the
Tribunal concerning the Akaroa Harbour taiapure-local fishery proposal.
⁵³ As explained in the body of the report, Akaroa Salmon entered into a further agreement with the applicants,
following the applicants’ agreement with Sea-Right.
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Akaroa Taiāpure, Spatial Evidence, Maps, Locations, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Mahinga kai, Wāhi tapu, Tūranga Tūpuna
10 names identified
- Robert Meikle, President of Akaroa Harbour Recreational Fishing Club
- James Crossland, Vice-President of Akaroa Harbour Recreational Fishing Club
- Brian Reid, President of Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
- Kathleen Reid, Member of Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
- Steve Carswell, Member of Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
- Jan Cook, Member of Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society and Friends of Banks Peninsula Inc
- Richard Boleyn, Member of Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
- Jeff Hamilton, Member of Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
- Suky Thompson, Member of Akaroa Harbour Marine Protection Society
- Tom Bates, Managing Director of Akaroa Salmon (NZ) Ltd
🌾 Decision on Akaroa Harbour Taiāpure
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Fisheries Act 1996, Taiāpure, Ministerial Decision, Akaroa Harbour
- Minister of Fisheries
- Minister of Māori Affairs