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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 21

STATEMENT SHOWING THE KINDS OF IMPORTED GAME AND NATIVE GAME WHICH MAY BE KILLED IN EACH DISTRICT.

Acclimatization District.

Imported and Native Game.

Ashburton .. Grey duck and black swan.

Auckland .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, black swan, pukeko, and grey duck.

Bay of Islands .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan.

Buller .. Hares and grey duck.

Coromandel .. Close season.

East Coast .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, and black teal.

Feilding and district .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, pukeko, and black swan.

Grey District .. Hares, grey duck, and black swan.

Hawera .. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan.

Hawke’s Bay .. Cock pheasants, mallard duck, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, widgeon (or shoveller), and black swan.

Hobson .. Cock pheasants, grey duck, pukeko, black teal, and black swan.

Lakes District .. Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan.

Marlborough .. Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan.

Mangonui-Whangaroa .. Cock pheasants, Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), and black swan.

Nelson .. Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan.

North Canterbury .. Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), and black swan.

Opotiki .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan.

Otago .. Californian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck (or widgeon), and black swan.

Rotorua .. Cock pheasants, Californian, Virginian and Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, black teal, black swan, golden eastern plover, and turnstone.

South Canterbury .. Mallard duck, grey duck, black teal, spoonbill duck, and black swan.

Southland .. Grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan.

Stratford .. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan.

Taranaki .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, and black swan.

Tauranga .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, and black swan.

Waiapu .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan.

Waimarino .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, and grey duck.

Waimate .. Grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan.

Waitaki .. Grey duck and black swan.

Wanganui .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), black teal, and black swan.

Wellington .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, mallard duck, hares, grey duck, shoveller, and black swan.

Westland .. Grey duck and black swan.

Whangarei .. Cock pheasants, Australian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black teal, and black swan.

NOTE.—Not more than twenty-five head of native game may be killed by any one person in any one day in any district.

Native pigeon is absolutely protected.

SALE OF NATIVE AND IMPORTED GAME.

No sale this season.

Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.—Protection of Native Birds.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th April, 1924.

THE public are earnestly requested to assist in preserving for posterity the native birds of New Zealand.

Under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, it is illegal for any person to take or kill any protected birds, or have in possession the skins of any such birds, without the consent of the Minister of Internal Affairs.

It is also illegal for any person to rob or destroy the nest of any bird to which the Act applies.

Every person who offends against such provisions is liable to a fine of £25 for every such offence.

NATIVE GAME.

Native game can only be shot during the open season, and then only such kinds of native game as are specified in the annual shooting-season warrants.

The following is a list of native game :—

Black swan.
Duck—
Black teal.
Grey duck.
Shoveller.
Eastern golden plover.
Godwit or curlew.
Knot.
Pukeko.
Turnstone.

ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED BIRDS.

The following is a list of absolutely protected birds :—

Albatross—
Black-browed mollymawk.
Bounty Island mollymawk.
Campbell Island mollymawk.
Royal albatross.
Snares Island mollymawk.
Sooty albatross.
Wandering albatross (toroa).
Yellow-nosed mollymawk.
Australian tree-swallow.
Avocet.
Bell-bird, or moecky (kori-mako).
Auckland Island bell-bird.
Chatham Island bell-bird.
Bittern (matuku-hurepo).
Little bittern (kioriki).
Canary—
Bush canary (mohua).
White-head canary (popokotea).
Creeper (South Island), (pipipi, toitoi).
Crow—
North Island crow (kokako).
South Island crow (kokako).
Cuckoo (Family Cuculidae)—
Long-tailed cuckoo (koekoea).
Shining cuckoo (pipiwharauroa).
Dottrel—
Banded dottrel.
New Zealand dottrel.
Duck—
Auckland Island duck.
Blue or mountain duck (whio).
Brown duck (tarawhatu).
Grey teal (papango).
Fantail—
Black fantail (tiwakawaka).
Chatham Island pied fantail.
Pied fantail (tiwakawaka).
Fern-bird (matata) —
Chatham Island fern-bird.
Mainland species.
Snares Island fern-bird.
Gannet—
Gannet (takapu).
Masked gannet.
Grebe—
Crested grebe (weweia).
Little grebe, or dabchick (totokipio).
Gull—
Black-billed gull.
Red-billed gull (tarapunga).
Sea-hawk (hakoakoa).
Heron—
Blue heron (matuku).
Nankeen night-heron.
White-fronted heron (n.a. tuku-moana).
White heron (kotuku).
Huia.
Kaka.
Kakapo (ground-parrot).
Kingfisher (kotare).
Kiwi—
Brown kiwi.
Great spotted kiwi (roaroa).
Grey kiwi.
Spotted kiwi.
Southern kiwi (roa).
Stewart Island kiwi.
Magpie (Australian).
Martin.
Owl—
Laughing-owl (whēkau).
Little owl.
Morepork (ruru, koukou).
Rufous-faced owl (North Island).
Oyster-catcher, or redbill—
Black oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea).
Pied oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea).
Parrakeet—
Antipodes Island parrakeet.
Auckland Island parrakeet.
Chatham Island parrakeet.
Kermadec Island parrakeet.
Orange-fronted parrakeet.
Red - fronted parrakeet (kakariki).
Yellow-fronted parrakeet.
Parson-bird (tui).
Penguin—
Big crested penguin.
Blue penguin (korora).
Campbell Island crested penguin.
Crested penguin (tawaki).
King penguin.
Rock-hopper penguin.
Royal penguin.
Tufted penguin.
White-flippered penguin.
Yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho or hoihoi).