Hunting Regulations




MAR. 13.]

for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz.,
godwits and knots—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

  1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native
    game, including godwits and knots, within the said district
    will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty
    shillings (20s.) each, and licenses to take or kill the following
    native game only—viz., godwits and knots, will be issued to
    any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each,
    and the Secretary of the Buller 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 twenty-five head in all; provided that not
    more than ten head of grey duck may 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 including godwits and knots (or the following
    native game only—viz., godwits and knots), shall authorize
    the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native
    game, including godwits and knots, or the following native
    game only—viz., godwits and knots—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 particu-
    lar water within an area of less than 100 yards square.

  7. No person shall use any power-boat or launch in the
    taking or killing of 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 Nelson and Westland Land Districts
bounded towards the north-west generally by a line starting
at a point on the Tasman Sea coast at Kohaihai Bluff in Block
XIII, Whakapoa Survey District, and proceeding up a lead-
ing spur and along the summit of a range over Mount
Domett to Mount Cobb; thence towards the north-east
generally by a line along the summit of the western ranges
over Mount Snowden and Mount Peel to Mount Arthur;
thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of
a leading range over Mount Luna and along the summit of
Lyell Range to Bald Hill; thence by a line down a leading
spur on the western side of Eight-mile or Boundary Stream
to the mouth of that stream; thence down the left bank
of the Buller River and up the right bank of the Inangahua
River to a point due north of Mount Haast; thence by a
right line to Mount Haast; thence by a right line to the
nearest point of the Grey River; thence towards the south-
west generally by a line down the middle of the Grey River
to its confluence with the Otututu River; thence by a line
up the middle of the Otututu River to its source near Mount
Faraday; thence by a right line to Mount Faraday; thence
towards the south-east by a line along the summit of the
Paparoa Range to a point near the source of the Punakaiki
or Deadman’s River; thence towards the south-west generally
by a right line to that source and by a line down the middle
of that river to the sea; thence towards the north-west by
the Tasman Sea to Kohaihai Bluff, the place of commence-
ment.

As witness my hand this 12th day of March, 1929.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/17/4.)

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License
Fees, &c., Coromandel Acclimatization District.

In exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Philip Aldborough
de la Perrelle, 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, 1929 (both days inclusive),
to be an open season in the Coromandel Acclimatization
District, as described in the First Schedule hereto, except in
the areas referred to in condition No. 3 and in the Second
Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following
imported game and native game—viz., cock pheasants,
Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan—and the period
from the 1st day of May to the 31st day of May, 1929 (both
days inclusive) to be an open season in the said district, except
as above, for the taking or killing of the following native
game—viz., black teal—and the period from the 1st day of
January to the 31st day of March, 1930 (both days inclusive)
to be an open season in the said district, except as above, for
the taking or killing of the following native game—viz.,
godwits—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

  1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native
    game, including godwits, within the said district will be issued
    to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.)
    each and licenses to take or kill such native game only—viz.,
    godwits—will be issued to any person on payment of the
    sum of ten shillings (10s.) each ; and the Postmasters at
    Whitianga, Colville, Kuaotunu, and Coromandel 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 five cock pheasants and twenty-five
    head in all of grey duck, black teal, and black swan.

  3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game
    and native game, including godwits (or the following native
    game only—viz., godwits) shall authorize the holder thereof
    to take or kill imported game and native game (including
    godwits) or godwits only, on lands actually and exclusively
    used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatiza-
    tion purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or any
    land mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto.

  4. No person shall kill or destroy any such 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 shall 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 native game.

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

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District commencing
at the mouth of the Waikawa River, up that river to its
source; thence by a right line to the northern head of the
Tairua Harbour; thence generally northerly, westerly, and
southerly round the sea-coast to the mouth of the Waikawa
River, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Area, in addition to those referred to in condition No. 3,
excepted from the open season wherein native game shall not
be taken or killed :—

Gannet Island.

As witness my hand this 12th day of March, 1929.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/17/26.)

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

In exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Philip Aldborough
de la Perrelle, 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, 1929 (both days inclusive), to be
an open season in the East Coast Acclimatization District,



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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
12 March 1929
Imported game, Native game, Hunting season, License fees, Buller, Godwits, Knots
  • P. A. De La Perrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs

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12 March 1929
Imported game, Native game, Hunting season, License fees, Coromandel, Pheasants, Quail, Duck, Black swan, Black teal, Godwits
  • P. A. De La Perrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs

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