mataitai reserve
/məˈtʌɪtʌɪ rɪˌzəːv
/noun NZ (also mataitai (plural same))
A marine area in which a particular Maori tribe has exclusive fishing rights: within mataitai reserves, guardians set the rules for recreational fishing...
- We have already seen, under the fisheries legislation, that getting the issue of mataitai reserves through has quite a long gestation period.
- Through its management plan, it may determine whether it wants a mataitai within a marine reserve - it is up to it.
- They are contained in the 1993 fisheries legislation and are known as the taiapure and the mataitai.
Origin
1990s: from Maori mataitai 'food from the sea' + reserve.