Whiringa-a-nuku 2007
Issue 12b

  1. Why AFL?
  2. The Gift of the Whale: Inupiat hunting
  3. Balance needed in sharing fishing interest
  4. Only 11 iwi organisations left to mandate
  5. Shane Jones hangs up fisheries boots
  6. New Chair for AFL, Sealord
  7. Directors chosen for Te Ohu board
  8. East Coast Iwi celebrates AFL deal
  9. AFL lobster facility opens in Napier
  10. New Sealord CEO demonstrates passion for fishing
  11. Maori fisheries helps build new crab fishery
  12. Scholars embark on Japanese study trip
  13. Aquaculture analyst heads to Japan
  14. Directors for Trusts appointed
  15. North Island eel fishery cut
  16. Maori TV to show fishing documentary
  17. Forestry man for Maori fishing company
  18. Recovery of government costs discussed
  19. Fisheries Amendment Bill delayed further
  20. New role for AFL accountant
  21. New receptionist for Te Ohu Kaimoana
  22. Financial manager moves to US firm

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Only 11 iwi organisations

Only 11 iwi remain to pass through the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 before they can receive their share of the Maori Fisheries Settlement, although Te Ohu Kaimoana chief executive Peter Douglas says these iwi are proving the hardest to get through.

Nga Rauru, Ngati Ranginui and Ngaiterangi were recently approved to receive fisheries assets after becoming Mandated Iwi Organisations (MIOs).

Mr Douglas reiterated concerns that some iwi were taking too long to become mandated organisations under the Act. Some iwi were not making sufficient progress for a number of reasons, including focusing on current land claims negotiations with the Crown, lack of governance structures to enable completion of the Act's requirements, or a general dissatisfaction over the need to restructure their organisations to meet the accountability mechanisms required by the Act.

Some iwi organisations with a small coastline and population also felt there was little incentive to pass through the requirements.

Until iwi organisations become mandated, they have received access to the Annual Catch Entitlements (ACE) as a way generating income until full allocation. Te Ohu Kaimoana had written to some iwi saying that unless genuine efforts were being made to satisfy the Act's requirements, access to ACE could be withheld in the future.

When Nga Rauru were approved in August, Chief Executive Marty Davis said the MIO process and subsequent $1.9 million in fisheries assets was another milestone for the iwi, which had achieved a land settlement with the Crown less than two years ago. “We're certainly pleased to receive our fisheries assets and add them to economic base of our iwi. We are quite a small iwi and our return is not as large as many other iwi, but we believe that it will make a good contribution to our iwi's economy.”

The two other iwi were approved on 19 September by Te Ohu Kaimoana.

 

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