NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 48

Primary Industries

2 MAY 2013

Biosecurity Act 1993

Notification of Consultation on Proposed Pest Management Regulations Under the Biosecurity Act 1993 (Notice No. MPI 158)

Comments are now invited on the following proposals for Regulations that are to be made under Part 5 of the Biosecurity Act 1993:

• The proposed National Policy Direction 2013 for pest management plans and programmes; and
• proposal for Regulations that set out the process for the Minister for Primary Industries to assign responsibility for a decision on the appropriate response to an issue relating to a harmful organism or pathway.

The consultation documents and proposed National Policy Direction, and information on submitting comments can be found at the Ministry for Primary Industries website at

http://www.mpi.govt.nz/Default.aspx?TabId=126&id=1762

and

http://www.mpi.govt.nz/Default.aspx?TabId=126&id=1763

Submissions, either by email or by post, must be made by no later than 5.00pm on Friday 14 June 2013.

Submissions can be emailed to

npdconsultation@mpi.govt.nz

Postal submissions or requests for hard copies of the consultation documents and proposed National Policy Direction must be addressed to:

Pest Management Consultation
Readiness and Response Policy Group
Biosecurity, Food and Animal Welfare Policy Directorate
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140.

Office address:
Level 9
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of April 2013.

JULIE COLLINS, Director, Biosecurity, Food and Animal Welfare Policy, Ministry for Primary Industries.

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Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999

Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 4) 2013 (Notice No. MPI 159)

Pursuant to Regulation 10 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Director Māori Partnership Implementation at the Ministry for Primary Industries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988) gives the following notice.

N o t i c e

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 4) 2013.

(2) This notice shall come into effect on 3 May 2013.

2. Interpretation—(1) In this notice:

“area/rohe moana” means the area described in clause 5(1).

(2) Terms used in this notice have the same meaning as in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.

3. Cancellation of appointment—On 18 April 2013, the Minister for Primary Industries cancelled, under Regulation 10(1) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of Justin Tipa as a Tangata Tiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.

4. 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), has nominated David Higgins as a replacement Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana for a five-year term.

5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—(1) On 18 April 2013, the Minister for Primary Industries appointed, under Regulation 10(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, David Higgins as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana 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, being the 200-mile limit, as well as inland to the boundaries defined for Te Rūnanga o Moeraki in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (Declaration of Membership) Order 2001.

(2) The appointment described in clause 5(1) will expire on 2 May 2018.

6. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering—Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Act 1996, for customary food-gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the area/rohe moana. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April 2013.

KELLY DUNN, Director Māori Partnership Implementation, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).

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Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 5) 2013 (Notice No. MPI 160)

Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Director Māori Partnership Implementation at the Ministry for Primary Industries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988) gives the following notice.

N o t i c e

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 5) 2013.

(2) This notice shall come into effect on 21 May 2013.

2. Interpretation—(1) In this notice:

“area/rohe moana” means the area described in clause 4(1).