Game Hunting Regulations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

  1. 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 thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.


Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Rotorua 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 notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and Californian and Australian quail—may be killed within the Rotorua Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Rotorua, East Taupo, and Whakatane, and parts of the Counties of West Taupo, Wairoa, and Matamata (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. 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 General Manager of Tourist and Health Resorts Department, Wellington, or any one authorized by the said General Manager in that behalf, is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck and teal—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, both days inclusive; and that grey duck may be killed during the said period within such district (except upon Lake Rotorua, also except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto); and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.


SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN IMPORTED AND NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

ALL that area from Kawaha Point in a line due west to the Tauranga Road, thence by the Tauranga Road and Utuhina Stream to the western boundary of Rotorua Town, thence by this boundary to the Wairoa Road, thence by the Wairoa Road to the Maketu Road, thence by the Maketu Road to signpost at Rotokawa, and thence westerly in a direct line to Kawaha Point.

Also Lakes Ngahewa, Okataina, Rotokawa or Bitter Lake near Taupo, Rotoaira, Okareka, and Rotokawa near Lake Rotorua, and the land within one mile of the shores of these lakes.

Also all land within one mile of the Okere Bridge.

Also all that area in the Auckland and Hawke’s Bay Land Districts being the Waikaremoana Lake and surrounding land, as defined in Gazette No. 30, of 13th April, 1911.

Also Run 79, Rotorua County.

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 thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.


Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, South Canterbury 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 notify that the following imported game—viz., mallard duck—may be killed within the South Canterbury Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Geraldine and Levels, and that portion of the County of Mackenzie lying to the east of a line commencing at Mount Cook and proceeding by a right line over the Ball Hut to the Tasman Glacier, thence along the western boundary of the Tasman Glacier to the Tasman River, thence by a line along the middle of that river, and the middle of Lake Pukaki, and the middle of Pukaki River to the Waitaki River, together with the Boroughs of Geraldine, Timaru, and Temuka (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of mallard duck that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. 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 that the Postmasters at Geraldine, Timaru, and Temuka are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., wild geese, grey duck, black teal, and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, both inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game (exclusive of black swan) that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty head in all.


SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN IMPORTED AND NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

WASHDYKE Lagoon and certain land adjoining (see Gazette No. 33, of 23rd March, 1916, page 844).

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 thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.


Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Southland 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 notify that the following imported game—viz., hares—may be killed within the Southland Acclimatization District, consisting of so much of the County of Southland as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together with the Counties of Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, both days inclusive. 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 Invercargill and the Postmasters at Awarua Plains, Balfour, Dipton, Gore, Lumsden, Mataura, Nightcaps, Orawia, Otautau, Riversdale, Riverton, Wairo, Winton, and Woodlands are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

And I do hereby notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, teal (except black teal), spoonbill duck, and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, 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 Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all. The number of black swan which may be killed is not limited.


SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN IMPORTED AND NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

  1. RESOLUTION Island, off Dusky Sound.
  2. Section 27, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred.
  3. Sections 41 and 42, Block VII, Jacob’s River Hundred.
  4. Sections 3, 4, and 5, Block XIV, New River Hundred (of which Mr. Philip A. Vyner is the owner).
  5. The following blocks of land on the west side of the Oreti River, situated south of Oporo—namely, Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Block XVI, New River Hundred.


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🌾 Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Otago Acclimatization District (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
30 March 1917
Game hunting, Regulations, Otago District, Californian quail, Mallard duck, Grey duck, Spoonbill duck, Teal, Pukeko, Black swan
  • G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🌾 Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Rotorua Acclimatization District

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
30 March 1917
Game hunting, Regulations, Rotorua District, Cock pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, Grey duck, Teal
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🌾 Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, South Canterbury Acclimatization District

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
30 March 1917
Game hunting, Regulations, South Canterbury District, Mallard duck, Wild geese, Grey duck, Black teal, Black swan
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🌾 Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Southland Acclimatization District

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
30 March 1917
Game hunting, Regulations, Southland District, Hares, Grey duck, Teal, Spoonbill duck, Black swan, Pukeko
  • Philip A. Vyner (Mr), Owner of Sections 3, 4, and 5, Block XIV, New River Hundred

  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs