✨ Game Hunting Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Waikawau River in Block VI, Hastings Survey District; thence up the middle of that river to its source, and along a right line from said source to Northhead, Tairua Harbour; thence southerly along high-water mark, Bay of Plenty (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way), to the mouth of the Waihi River in Block III, Waihi North Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Mount Te Aroha Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line (in the direction of Ngakuriawhare Trig. Station, Block I, Katikati North) to the western boundary of the Tauranga Confiscation Block; thence south-easterly by right lines from hill to hill along the summit of the range forming the western boundary of the aforesaid Tauranga Confiscation Block and passing over Ngatamahinerau, Mimiotohanga, and Waianuanu to Te Weraiti Trig. Station; thence south-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station (in Block VIII, Tapapa Survey District); thence south-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; thence south-easterly along a right line to the source of the Ongaruhe River; thence southerly along a mountain range passing through Weraroa, Tuhingamata, Motere, and Hauhangaroa Trig. Stations to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence southerly along the western boundary of the Waione Block to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ohura River; thence up the middle of the Ohura River to the 39th parallel of south latitude; thence easterly along the said parallel of latitude to the western boundary of Block IV, Pouatu Survey District; thence due north along that boundary and the western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District, to the confiscation line; thence north-easterly along that line to the Tangarakau Stream; thence up the middle of that stream and up the middle of the Waitaanga Stream to the Kotare Road at the southern boundary of Section 2, Block VII, Waro Survey District; thence westerly along the Kotare Road to the south-west corner of Section 1, Block VII; thence along the south-west boundary of the said section and along the southern, western, and northern boundaries of Section 3, Block VI, Waro Survey District, to the western boundary of Section 4, Block VI, Waro Survey District; thence along the western boundaries generally of Sections 4 and 5, and along the south-western and northern boundaries of Section 6 (all in Block VI, Waro Survey District) to the Mohakatino Road; thence northerly along that road to a stream which crosses the Mohakatino-Parininihi 1p East Block and flows into the Mohakatino Stream near the westernmost corner of Section 1, Block III, Waro Survey District; thence down that stream to the said confluence and up the said Mohakatino Stream and along the northern boundary of Section 3, Block III, Waro Survey District, to Tawhitirau Trig. Station; thence along the south-western and western boundaries of Mokau-Mohakatino 1h Block to the Mokau River; thence down the middle of that river to the sea, the place of commencement: including in the hereinbefore-described area the islands of Waiheke and Ponui and Great Barrier Island (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, 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 Postmasters at Auckland and Thames, and the Postmasters at Ahuroa, Aria, Avondale, Awakino, Awhitu, Bombay, Buckland, Cambridge, Clevedon, Devonport, Drury, East Tamaki, Ellerslie, Frankton Junction, Glen Murray, Gordonton, Hairini, Hamilton, Hamilton East, Helensville, Henderson, Hikutaia, Hinuera, Hobsonville, Howick, Hunua, Huntly, Kaipara Flats, Karangahake, Karekare, Kaukapakapa, Kawhia, Kihikihi, Kingsland, Kinohaku, Komata, Kumeu, Leigh, Manawaru, Mangaiti, Mangapehi, Manurewa, Marakopa, Maramarua, Makatana, Matamata, Matiere, Mauku, Mercer, Morrinsville, Mount Albert, Newmarket, Newton, Ngaruawahia, Northcote, Ohaupo, Ohura, Okoroire, Omahu, Onehunga, Onewhero, Ongaruhe, Otahuhu, Otorohanga, Paeroa, Pakuranga, Papakura, Papatotetoe, Parakakau, Paterangi, Patumahoe, Pipiroa, Pirongia, Point Chevalier, Pokeno, Port Albert, Puhoi, Pukekawa, Pukekohe, Putaruru, Raglan, Rangiriri, Silverdale, Tahuna, Tairua, Takapuna, Tangitu, Taupiri, Te Aroha, Te Awamutu, Te Hana, Te Kuiti, Te Mata, Te Rauamoa, Te Uku, Tirau, Tuakau, Turua, Waerenga, Waharoa, Waihi, Waihou, Waikino, Waikumete, Waimauku, Waiorongomai, Waitekauri, Waitoa, Waitomo Caves, Waiuku, Waiwera, Walton, Waotu, Warkworth, Wellsford, Whatawhata, Whawharua, and Whitford, 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., pukeko 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 twenty, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, both days inclusive, and that no live birds of any species shall be used as decoys on or near any waters within the Auckland Acclimatization District, nor shall more than twenty-five artificial decoys be used at any one time, whether by one or several persons, on any particular water within an area of less than 100 square yards; and 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.
SCHEDULE.
AREAS WHEREIN IMPORTED AND NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.
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ALL that area in the County of Waitemata bounded on the north by the Wairau Creek from its mouth to the main road from Devonport to Waiwera; on the west by the said road to its junction with the Sea View Road; on the south by that road to the sea; and on the east by the sea to the point of departure.
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All those areas at Waitakerei, Nihotapu, and Huia, in the County of Waitemata, vested in or under the control of the Auckland City Council for the purposes of waterworks, recreation, or the conservation of the native flora and fauna.
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Little Barrier Island, Hauturu, Auckland (see New Zealand Gazette No. 104, of the 14th December, 1899, page 2266).
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Hen and Chickens Islands.
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All that area within a radius of three miles from the General Post-office, Auckland.
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The Rangiriri (or Karaka) Lake, Waikato.
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St. John’s Lake and area adjacent (see New Zealand Gazette No. 43, of the 2nd May, 1901, page 986).
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All that section, containing by admeasurement 141 acres, more or less, being the Hamilton Domain, including the Rotoiti or Hamilton Lake, Borough of Hamilton.
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Fresh-water Lake, known as Lake Hakanoa, near Huntly, Waikato, and an area of five chains in width surrounding the said lake.
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All that part of the Waihou River between the Waiorongomai Bridge and the Mangaiti Bridge over such river.
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Great Barrier Island County.
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Auckland Acclimatization Society’s Game Farm at Cambridge.
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Area near Te Kuiti (see New Zealand Gazette No. 20, of the 24th February, 1916, page 568).
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Certain land at Tuakau, Waikato (see Gazette No. 81, of 10th May, 1917, page 1987).
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Certain additional area at Tuakau (Waikato), (see New Zealand Gazette No. 120, of 5th September, 1918, page 3129).
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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-General, this third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs
Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Bay of Islands Acclimatization District.
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
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-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and Australian quail—may be killed within the Bay of Islands Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Bay of Islands and part of the County of Hokianga (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, 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 Postmasters at Russell, Kohukohu, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Rawene, Herekino, Ohaeawai, Broadwood, Hukerenui, Opononi, Opua, Taheke, Towai, Waimamakau, Waiotemarama, Whangape, and Okaihau 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., grey duck, teal, pukeko, 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 twenty, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, both
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🌾 Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Auckland Acclimatization District
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources3 April 1920
Hunting, Imported Game, Native Game, Regulations, Auckland Acclimatization District
- F. H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs
🌾 Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Bay of Islands Acclimatization District
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesHunting, Imported Game, Native Game, Regulations, Bay of Islands Acclimatization District
- Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor-General