10 JUNE 2010

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 64

4. Declaration of a mātaitai reserve

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture hereby declares a mātaitai reserve consisting of two separate areas described as follows:

Area 1: All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line which at every point is along the mean high water mark (MHWM) and within the gulch way (channel) between the north side of Pikomamaku (Womens Island) and the adjacent islet. Area 1 is approximately 0.002 square kilometres (110 metres long and 30 metres wide at the widest point).

Area 2: All that area of New Zealand fisheries waters, approximately 0.04 square kilometres, along the south-west side of Pikomamaku enclosed by a line:

(a) commencing on the MHWM on the southern tip of Pikomamaku at 46°49.52′S and 168°14.69′E; then

(b) proceeding due south to a point 150 metres offshore from the point of commencement; then

(c) proceeding in a generally north-westerly direction along a line which at every point is 150 metres offshore from the MHWM to a point due west of the northern entrance to Water Well Bay (the 46°49.44′S line of latitude); then

(d) proceeding due east to a point on the MHWM on the northern entrance to Water Well Bay at 46°49.44′S and 168°14.64′E; and then

(e) proceeding in a generally south-easterly direction along the MHWM to the point of commencement.

5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki

Graeme Metzger and Michael Stevens are hereby appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the above mātaitai reserve. The appointment is for a term of five years.

6. Commercial fishing prohibited area

Commercial fishing within the above mātaitai reserve is hereby prohibited under Regulation 24(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.

7. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering

The Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fish, aquatic life or seaweed for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the mātaitai reserve. No fishing for customary food gathering purposes may take place in the mātaitai reserve without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of May 2010.

HON PHIL HEATLEY, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.

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Fisheries (Declaration of Kaihuka Mātaitai Reserve and Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2010 (No. F528)

Pursuant to Regulations 20, 21 and 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture hereby gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title—This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Declaration of Kaihuka Mātaitai Reserve and Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2010.

2. Commencement—This notice shall come into effect on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. Interpretation—In this notice:

   (a) "mātaitai reserve" means the identified traditional fishing ground described in clause 4 of this notice.

   (b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means any person or persons appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mātaitai reserve under Regulation 21 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.

4. Declaration of a mātaitai reserve

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture hereby declares a mātaitai reserve over all that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line surrounding Kaihuka Island which at every point is 50 metres offshore from the mean high water mark.

5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki

Gail Thompson is hereby appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the above mātaitai reserve. The appointment is for a term of five years.

6. Commercial fishing prohibited area

Commercial fishing within the above mātaitai reserve is hereby prohibited under Regulation 24(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.

7. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering

The Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fish, aquatic life or seaweed for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the mātaitai reserve. No fishing for customary food gathering purposes may take place in the mātaitai reserve without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of May 2010.

HON PHIL HEATLEY, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.

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Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 6) 2010 (No. F538)

Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Deputy Chief Executive Fisheries Management at the Ministry of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988) gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 6) 2010.

   (2) This notice shall come into effect on 11 June 2010.

2. Interpretation—In this notice:

   (a) "customary food gathering" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.

   (b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 for the management of customary food gathering within an area/rohe moana.

   (c) "area/rohe moana" means an area from the mouth of the Waitaki River south to the mouth of the Shag River, extending seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, being the 200-mile limit, and inland to the boundaries defined for Te Rūnanga o Moeraki in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Act 1996.

3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—Te Rūnanga o Moeraki, representing the whānau and hapū of Ngāi Tahu Whānui holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu).