Protocol Area definition
Examples of Protocol Area in a sentence
This derives from the status of the governance entity as tangata whenua in the Protocol Area and is inextricably linked to whakapapa and has important cultural and spiritual dimensions.
When the Department requests cultural and/or spiritual practices to be undertaken by Ngai Tamanuhiri, within the DOC Protocol Area the Department will make a payment, subject to prior mutual agreement, on a fair and reasonable basis, towards the costs of undertaking such practices.
The Ministry will consult with the Governance Entity on certain aspects of the employment of Ministry staff if a vacancy directly affects the fisheries interests of Ngai Tamanuhiri in relation to the Fisheries Protocol Area.
It provides for the governance entity to have meaningful input into certain policy, planning and decision-making processes in the Department’s management of Crown conservation lands and fulfilment of statutory responsibilities within the DOC Protocol Area.
The Ministry will also consider, in accordance with relevant legislation and operational processes, any application from the Trust for a special permit under section 97 of the Fisheries Act 1996 relating to the enhancement of the tuna/eel fishery in the Protocol Area.
For the purpose of this Protocol, cultural materials are plants, plant materials, and materials derived from animals, marine mammals or birds for which the Department is responsible within the DOC Protocol Area and which are important to the governance entity in maintaining and expressing its cultural values and practices.
To this end, the Ministry and Ngai Tamanuhiri will as far as possible exchange any information that is relevant to the management of the Fisheries Protocol Area.
The Ministry will provide opportunities for representatives of the Trust to participate in annual fisheries planning processes through regional Iwi Fisheries Forums where any relevant national fisheries plans include matters relating to Taonga Species management that affects the Protocol Area.
Such proposals may include proposals for special permits to take tuna/eels from waterways within the Protocol Area as part of any enhancement or aquaculture project.
When such an appointment or vesting is contemplated for sites in the DOC Protocol Area, the Department will consult the governance entity.