Game Hunting Regulations




other than a shoulder-gun; and no gun shall be used for
the purpose aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the
size known as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be
used which exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

  1. Shooting may begin not earlier than one hour before
    sunrise and must cease not later than one hour after
    sunset.

  2. No live birds of any species shall be used as decoys, nor
    shall more than twenty-five artificial decoys be used at any
    one time (whether by one or several persons) on any par-
    ticular water within an area of less than 100 yards square.

  3. No person shall use any power boat or launch in connec-
    tion with the taking or killing of imported or native game.

  4. Any person committing a breach of any of these con-
    ditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District commencing at
a point on the sea-coast due north of Trig. Station J1, in
Block IV, Waihi South Survey District, proceeding thence
due south to a point due east of Trig. Station Otane, Wainuku;
whence by a right line running due west to Trig. Station Otane,
Wainuku aforesaid, and passing through that station to its
intersection with a line running between Trig. Station Pu-
whenua and Weraiti; thence by a right line to Trig. Station
Weraiti; thence by a right line to Waihapaunui; thence
north-westerly along the western boundary of Whakamarua
No. 2 to Trig. Station Mimiohanga; thence generally north-
westerly along the summit of the range and passing through
Te Ariariparitupu, Pukupenga Ngaimahinerua, and on to its
intersection with the confiscation boundary; thence south-
westerly along the confiscation boundary to Te Aroha Trig.
Station; thence by a right line to the mouth of the Waihi
River; thence south-easterly along the sea-coast to the place
of commencement, and including Mayor and Karetu Islands.

As witness my hand this 14th day of March, 1928.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License
Fee, &c., Waiapu Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the power vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, Maui Pomare,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of
May to the 31st day of July, 1928 (both days inclusive), to
be an open season in the Waiapu Acclimatization District as
described in the Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred
to in condition No. 3, for the taking and killing of the
following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and Californian
and Australian quail; and the period from the 1st day of May
to the 30th day of June, 1928 (both days inclusive), to be an
open season in the said district, except in the areas referred
to above, for the taking and killing of the following native
game—viz., grey duck; subject to the following conditions.


CONDITIONS.

  1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native
    game within the said district will be issued to any person
    on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and
    the Postmasters at Te Araroa, Ruatorea, Kahukura, Toko-
    maru Bay, Tolaga Bay, Waipiro Bay, Cape Runaway, and
    Hicks Bay are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said
    licenses.

  2. The number of such imported game and native game
    that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day
    shall not exceed twenty head in all; provided that not more
    than ten head of grey duck shall be taken or killed by any
    one person in any one day.

  3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game
    and native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take
    or kill imported game or native game on lands actually and
    exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society
    for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public
    domain.

  4. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game
    or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such
    imported game or native game, with any automatic or auto-
    loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of
    carrying two cartridges only, or with any rifle or pea-rifle,
    swivel-gun, punt-gun, or pump-gun, or shall use any gun
    other than a shoulder-gun; and no gun shall be used for
    the purpose aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the
    size known as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be
    used which exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

  5. Shooting may begin not earlier than one hour before
    sunrise and must cease not later than one hour after sunset.

  6. No live birds of any species shall be used as decoys, nor
    shall more than twenty-five artificial decoys be used at any
    one time (whether by one or several persons) on any par-
    ticular water within an area of less than 100 yards square.

  7. No person shall use any power boat or launch in con-
    nection with the taking or killing of imported or native game.

  8. Any person committing a breach of any of these con-
    ditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Gisborne Land District bounded by a
line commencing at the south-western corner of Whanga-
paraoa No. 1 Block, and proceeding thence northerly, easterly,
and southerly along the sea-coast to Pakarae No. 1 Block;
along the northern boundary of that block to the Pakarae
River, and up that river to and along the north-western
boundary of Section 2, Block XIII, Uawa Survey Dis-
trict; along the northern boundary of Waimata North No. 1,
the north-eastern boundaries of S.G. Run 58, Waimata North
LA 2, and along the northern boundary of S.G. Run 58 afore-
said, to a public road; along that road running north through
S.G. Run 43 to the south-eastern boundary of Lot 1 of S.G.
Run 43A; along the south-eastern and north-eastern bound-
aries of said Lot 1; along the south-eastern, northern, and
north-western boundaries of S.G. Run 42 to Waiapu Inland
Road; along that road to Waingaromia 1c Block; along
the north-eastern boundary of that block to the Waingaromia
River; up that river to and along the north-eastern boundary
of Waipaoa 3B, the north-eastern boundary of Waipaoa No. 2,
the eastern boundaries of Sections 1, Block IX, 2, Block V,
and 1, Block VI, Tutamoe Survey District; westerly along
the southern boundary Huiauru No. 3 Block, and northerly
along the western boundary of that block to its intersection
with a right line between Arowhana and Kapua Trig. Stations;
thence north-easterly along that line, a right line to Whana-
kaoa Trig. Station, and a right line to Pakira Trig. Station;
along the south-western and western boundaries of Waikura
No. 2, the western boundary of Whangaparaoa No. 3A Block,
and the southern boundary of Whangaparaoa No. 1 Block,
to the point of commencement.

As witness my hand this 14th day of March, 1928.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License
Fee, &c., Waimarino Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, Maui Pomare,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of
May to the 31st day of July, 1928 (both days inclusive),
to be an open season in the Waimarino Acclimatization Dis-
trict, as described in the Schedule hereto, except in the
areas referred to in condition No. 3, for the taking or killing
of the following imported game and native game—viz., cock
pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, grey duck, and
mallard duck—subject to the following conditions.


CONDITIONS.

  1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native
    game within the said district will be issued to any person
    on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and
    the secretary of the Waimarino Acclimatization Society, or any
    person authorized by such secretary in that behalf, is hereby
    authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

  2. The number of such imported game and native game
    that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one
    day shall not exceed six cock pheasants, and ten head of
    grey duck.

  3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and
    native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill
    imported game or native game on lands actually and
    exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for
    acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public
    domain.

  4. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game
    or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such
    imported game or native game, with any automatic or auto-
    loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of
    carrying two cartridges only, or with any rifle or pea-rifle,
    swivel-gun, punt-gun, or pump-gun, or shall use any gun other
    than a shoulder-gun; and no gun shall be used for the purpose
    aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size known
    as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which
    exceeds 10 lb. in weight.



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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
14 March 1928
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  • M. Pomare, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs

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  • Maui Pomare, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs

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  • Maui Pomare, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs