Game Hunting Regulations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Lagoon and Chandler’s Lagoon: thence towards the west generally by the said channel to a small lagoon in Section 5, Opawa, situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District; thence by the western side of that lagoon and a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark of the Big Lagoon through Section 5 Opawa, public road, Crown land, and Section 3 Opawa, all of which sections are situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District, aforesaid, to the channel in Section 3 Opawa, situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District; thence by that channel through Sections 3, 4, 6, 9 Opawa, situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District, aforesaid, and a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark, through Section 9 Opawa, public road, 7 Opawa, public road, 8 Opawa, all of which are situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District, aforesaid, to the southern side of the estuary of the Wairau River; thence by a right line across the said estuary in the direction of the Pilot-station to the west side of the mouth of the Wairau River; and thence by a right line to the north-western end of the Boulder Bank, the place of commencement.

Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District known as Lake Grassmere, and the area within a line running parallel to and 5 chains distant from the margin of the said lake.

Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District, situated in Blocks VI and VII, Cape Campbell Survey District, being the lake known as Lake Elterwater, and the area surrounding the said lake included within a line running parallel to and 40 chains distant from the margin of the said Lake Elterwater.

Also certain area in Ship’s Cove described in New Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the 27th March, 1913.

Also Big Lagoon at Vernon.

Also all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.


Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Nelson Acclimatization District.


LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Nelson Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., Californian quail—may be killed within the Nelson Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Waimea, Takaka, and Collingwood (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive, and do hereby restrict the number of quail that may be killed by any one person in any one day to forty. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Chief Postmaster at Nelson, and the Postmasters at Motueka, Kohatu, and Wakefield are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.


SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN IMPORTED AND NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

  1. CERTAIN area in Gouland Downs (see Gazette No. 66, of the 6th May, 1915, page 1690).

  2. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.


Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Otago Acclimatization District.


LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Otago Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., Californian quail and Mallard duck (English wild duck)—may be killed within the Otago Acclimatization District (except with respect to Californian quail in the areas mentioned in the First Schedule hereto), comprising the Counties of Vincent, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Taieri, Peninsula, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, and part of the County of Southland, being all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the east and south by the ocean from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the west, south-west, and south by the Mataura River and the Counties of Southland and Wallace; on the north-west by the ocean; and on the north, north-west, and north-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki (excepting therefrom the County of Lake and the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive. And I do also notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings; and the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin and the Postmasters at Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, and Roxburgh are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

And I do hereby restrict the number of Californian quail that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

And I do hereby restrict the number of mallard duck that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twelve head in all.

And I do hereby notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck (or widgeon), teal (except black teal), and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive.

And I do hereby further notify that the following native game—viz., pukeko—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive.

And I do hereby restrict the number of native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all, exclusive of black swan. The number of black swan which may be killed is not limited.


FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA WHEREIN CALIFORNIAN QUAIL SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

A STRAIGHT line commencing from the north-eastern corner of Macraes Township (Section 63, Block I, Highlay) to the mouth of the Shag River; thence by the ocean to the mouth of the Tokomariro River; thence by straight line to the most southern portion of Waipori Town; thence by the western boundary of the said town, then by straight line to the southern corner of the Town of Macraes; thence by western boundary of the said town to the northern boundary of Section 54, Block I, Highlay; thence per line to the north-western boundary of aforesaid district to the commencing-point.


SECOND SCHEDULE.

  1. ALL that area in the Greenvale Survey District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, of the 5th October, 1899, page 1870.

  2. All that area in the Otago Land District known as the Hawksbury Domain (see New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of the 8th November, 1900, page 2033).

  3. The lagoon reserve in the Borough of Hawksbury (see New Zealand Gazette No. 4, of the 10th January, 1901, page 70).

  4. All that area between Milford Sound and Lake Te Anau (see New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th February, 1902, page 240).

  5. The lagoon known as the Tomahawk Lagoon, Otago Peninsula.

  6. All that area in the Otago Land District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 50, of the 26th May, 1910, page 1589, and known as the Outram Lagoons.

  7. The Islands in the Otago Harbour used as quarantine stations (see New Zealand Gazette No. 102, of the 24th November, 1910, page 4069).

  8. All that area near Middlemarch, in the Otago Land District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 60, of the 4th July, 1913, page 2146.

  9. All the additional portion of the Hawksbury Domain in the Otago Land District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 114, of the 29th October, 1914, page 3878.



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🌾 Game Sanctuaries and Reserves in Marlborough

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 April 1916
Game sanctuaries, Reserves, Marlborough, Lake Grassmere, Lake Elterwater
  • G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🌾 Special Shooting Season for Nelson Acclimatization District

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 April 1916
Shooting season, Game, Licenses, Nelson Acclimatization District, Californian quail
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🌾 Special Shooting Season for Otago Acclimatization District

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 April 1916
Shooting season, Game, Licenses, Otago Acclimatization District, Californian quail, Mallard duck, Grey duck, Spoonbill duck, Teal, Black swan, Pukeko
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor