Game Hunting Regulations




APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1119

quail—may be killed within the Rotorua Acclimatization District, comprising all that area in the Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the Puwhenua Trig. Station (situated in Block VIII, Tapapa Survey District), and proceeding north-west along a right line in the direction of Weraiti Trig. Station (situated in Block VII, Tapapa East Survey District, to a point due west from Otane-Wainuku Trig. Station in Block XVI, Otanewainuku); thence due east along a right line to that trig. station and again due east along that line produced to a point due south of Trig. Station II in Block IV, Waihi South Survey District; thence along a right line running due north through Trig. II aforesaid to high-water mark, Bay of Plenty; thence along high-water mark, Bay of Plenty, in a south-easterly direction to the western side of Maractotara Road (Block III, Whakatane Survey District); thence along the western side of that road to its junction with the Nukuhou-Maraetotara Road (Whakatane–Opotiki main road); thence along the western side of the last-named road to its junction with the Nukuhou (Waimana–Ohiwi) Road; thence along the western side of that road to the “confiscation line”; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary-line of Waimana 1E Block; thence along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 21, Block IV, Waimana Survey District, and the south-eastern side of Waimana 1C and 1D to Paitaua; thence along the south-western boundary of Waimana 1D Block to the Waimana or Tauranga River; thence up that river to its source; thence south-westerly along summit of range to Maungapohatu Trig. Station; thence south-easterly along a right line in the direction of Puketapu Trig. Station to its intersection with the Ruakituri River in Block VII, Tuahu Survey District; thence down that river to the northern boundary of S.G.R. 84, and thence along the northern boundary of said S.G.R. 84 and along the northern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block VIII, Tuahu Survey District, to the Gisborne–Waikaremoana Road; thence north-easterly along the middle of that road to Bushy Knoll Road; thence along the middle of that road to the northernmost corner of Section 2, Block IX, Hangaroa Survey District; thence along the eastern boundary of Section 1, Block IX aforesaid; thence south-easterly generally along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 3 and 4, Block IX aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of Tauwharetoi 4B Block; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of said block and Tauwharetoi 3B Block, and along the south-eastern boundary of Tauwharetoi 3A Block to the Hangaroa River; thence down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ruakiture River; thence along a right line to the sea at Paritu (Block XIII, Paritu Survey District); thence southerly along high-water mark of the sea to the southernmost point of Mahia Peninsula; thence along high-water mark, Hawke’s Bay, to Moeangiangi (Block XI, Moeangiangi Survey District); thence up a leading spur and along the southern watershed of the Waikare River to the summit of Taraponui Mountain; thence down a leading spur to the confluence of the Mohaka and Waipunga Rivers; thence along a right line to the summit of Tataraoikina Mountain; thence along the eastern watershed of the Mokomokonui Stream to the summit of Pohokura Mountain; thence along a right line running due east to Pukahunui or Hautapu Stream; thence up a leading spur and along the western watershed of Te Hoe River to Maungataniwha Trig. Station (Tuatawhata Survey District); thence along the north-eastern boundary of Heruiwi No. 4 Block to its intersection with a right line running from the northernmost point of Lake Waikaremoana through a point 180 chains due north of Maungataniwha Trig. Station; thence south-westerly along that line to the Taupo–Napier Road; thence along a right line to the north-western corner of Wharetoto No. 8 Subdivision B Block (Block V, Maruanui Survey District); thence down the Taharua and Mohaka Rivers to a point in line with Trig. Stations 68A and 65A; thence along that line to said Trig. Station 65A; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 26, Tawaki Tohunga, in Block XII, Mangamaire Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 27; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 28, Manukaiapu; thence north-westerly along a right line to Ruapehu Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line to Paretetaitonga Trig. Station; thence towards the north-east along a right line to Ngaruhoe Trig. Station; thence northerly along a right line to Tongariro Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line in the direction of the mouth of the Waihi Stream, Lake Taupo, to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to the western boundary of the Waione Block, and northerly along that boundary to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence northerly along a mountain range passing through Hauhangaroa, Motere, Tuhingamata, and Weraroa Trig. Stations to the source of the Ongaruhe River; thence north-

westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; and thence north-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station, the place of commencement (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 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 black teal, and (except in the Rotorua County) 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 grey duck may be killed during the said period within such district (except upon Lake Rotomahana, 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, and Rotoaira, 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 of land and water within a radius of one mile of the wharf or jetty of Hamurana.

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-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., South Canterbury 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., 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 twenty, to the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, 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.



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

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
3 April 1920
Hunting, Imported Game, Native Game, Regulations, Rotorua Acclimatization District
  • F. H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs

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

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Hunting, Imported Game, Regulations, South Canterbury Acclimatization District
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor-General