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Functions

Section 95 of the Maori Fisheries Act sets out the functions of Te Wai Maori Trustee Limited:

“In achieving the purpose of Te Wai Maori Trust, Te Wai Maori Trustee Limited must—

(a) manage the trust funds; and

(b) distribute the annual trust income for activities that include—

(i) undertaking or funding research, development, and educationrelated to Maori interests in freshwater fishing; and

(ii) promoting the protection and enhancement of freshwater fisheries habitat in lakes, rivers, and other water bodies, particularly those that have traditionally supported iwi and whose shores have been the location of their marae; and

(iii) promoting the establishment of freshwater fisheries; and

(iv) using its resources to bring direct or indirect benefi t to Maori in respect of their freshwater fishing interests.”

Freshwater fisheries are defi ned in the Maori Fisheries Act3 as:

“any fishery in freshwater in New Zealand, excluding any sports fishery or unwanted aquatic life or activities conducted under the Freshwater Fish Farming Regulations 1983.”