New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 16

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✨ Wildlife Protection and Hunting Regulations

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Plover—
Eastern golden plover (Charadrius dominicus).
Lapwing (Vanellus cristatus).
Sand plover (kukuruatu) (Thinornis nova-zealandiae).
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis).

Rail—
Auckland Island rail (Rallus muelleri).
Dieffenbach's rail (Chatham Island) (moeraki) (Nesolimnas dieffenbachii).
Mangare rail (Cabalus modestus).
Marsh-rail (koitareke) (Porzana affinis).
Pectoral rail (mohopeteru patata) (Hypotaenidia philippensis).
Swamp-rail (putoto) (Porzana plumbea).
Riflemen (tititipounamu) (Acanthisitta chloris).

Robin—
Chatham Island robin (Nesomiro traversi).
North Island wood-robin (toutouwai) (Miro longipes).
Snared robin (Nesomiro traversi dannefordi).
South Island alpine-robin (Miro australis bulleri).
South Island wood-robin (toutouwai) (Miro australis).

Saddleback (tieke) (Creadion carunculatus).
Sandpiper (Heteroypgia maculata).

Shag—
Auckland Island shag (Phalacrocorax colensoi).
Blue shag (Stictocarbo steadi).
Bounty Island shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi).
Bronze shag (Phalacrocorax chalconotus).
Campbell Island shag (Phalacrocorax campbelli).
Carunculated shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus).
Chatham Island shag (Phalacrocorax featherstoni and Phalacrocorax onslowi).
Spotted shag (Stictocarbo punctatus).
Stewart Island shag (Phalacrocorax stewarti and Phalacrocorax huttoni).

Shearwater (hakoakoa) (Puffinus reinkeldi)—
Allied shearwater (Puffinus assimilis).
Long-tailed shearwater (Puffinus bulleri).
Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes).
Wedged-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus).

Snipe—
Antipodes Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica tristrami).
Auckland Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica).
Chatham Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica pusilla).
Common snipe (Gallinago coelestis).
Snared snipe (Gallinago aucklandica huegeli).

Southern merganser (Mergusner australis).
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

Stilt-plover—
Black stilt-plover (Hypsihates nova-zealandiae).
Pied stilt-plover (Hypsihates leucocephalus).
Stitch-bird (hīhī) (Notiomystis cincta).

Swan—
White swan (Cygnus olor).

Takahe (Notornis hochstetteri).

Tern—
Black-fronted tern (tara) (Sterna albistriata).
Caspian tern (tara nui) (Hydroprogne caspia).
Grey noddy (Procelsterna caerulea).
Little tern (Sterna nereis).
Sooty tern (Sterna fuscata).
Swallow-tailed tern (Sterna vittata).
White-capped noddy (Megalopterus minutus).
White-fronted tern (tara) (Sterna striata).
White tern (Gygis alba).
White-winged black tern (Hydrochelidon leucoptera).

Thrush—
North Island thrush (piopio) (Turnagra tanagra).
South Island thrush (piopio) (Turnagra crassirostris).

Tomtit (miromiro)—
Auckland Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala marrineri).
Chatham Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala dieffenbachii).
North Island tomtit (Myiomoira toitoi).
South Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala).

Tropic bird (raukura) (Phaethon rubricauda).
Turnstone (Morinella interpres).

Warbler—
Chatham Island warbler (Pseudogerygone albifrontata).
Grey warbler (riroriro) (Pseudogerygone igata).
Superb warbler (or blue wren) (Malurus cyanochlamys).

Woodhen—
Black woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus brachypterus).
Brown woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis).
North Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis greyi).
South Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus hectori).
Stewart Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis scotti).

Wren—
Blue wren (or superb warbler) (Malurus cyanochlamys).
Green wren (Xenicus longipes).
Rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris).
Stephen Island wren (Traversia lyalli).

SANCTUARIES.

It is illegal, without the authority of the Minister of Internal Affairs, to take any dog or firearm on to a sanctuary, or to discharge any firearm or explosive thereon, or to do anything likely to cause any bird or animal to leave a sanctuary.

Every person who unlawfully takes or kills any bird or animal on a sanctuary is liable to a fine of £10 for such offence, and to a further fine of £1 for each animal or bird so taken or killed.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 46/16/33.)

Open Seasons for Imported Game and/or Native Game in certain Acclimatization Districts.

IN exercise of the powers vested in him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth thereby declare open seasons for imported game and/or native game, of the kinds hereinafter specified, in the acclimatization districts specified hereunder, except in the areas shown under the heading “Excepted Areas,” during the periods set forth in connection with each district, subject in all cases to the following general conditions and subject to the special conditions specified in connection with each district. Any person taking or killing any imported game or native game otherwise than in terms of this notification (including the general conditions hereinafter set out and the special conditions specified in connection with any acclimatization district), is liable on conviction to a fine of £20.

GENERAL CONDITIONS.

No person shall commence shooting earlier than one hour before sunrise or continue shooting later than one hour after sunset on any day during the open season concerned.
(a) No person shall use live birds of any species as decoys nor shall use more than fifteen artificial decoys at any one time (except in the Auckland Acclimatization District, where the number of artificial decoys shall be not more than ten), and no such artificial decoys shall be spread over a greater area than thirty yards square.

(b) No person shall place any artificial decoys within 100 yards of the nearest of any other artificial decoys set out by any other person.

(c) No person shall in any place during the period in that place of the open season, hereby declared, use in connection with the taking or killing of imported and/or native game, any form of decoying game by the aid of corn, wheat, oats, barley, maize, or any other grain or any products of grain or any other food placed by any person in or near the margin of any river, stream, lagoon, pond, swamp, estuary, or other water.

No person shall use or cause to be used any motor-vehicle in connection with the taking or killing of imported game and/or native game: Provided that this condition shall not be so construed as to prohibit the use of any motor-vehicle for the purpose of travelling either generally or to or from a rendezvous.
No person shall use or cause to be used for the purpose of taking or killing any imported or native game any unmoored floating stand, pontoon, hide, mai-mai, or loo, or any boat artificially dressed or covered in any way.
No person engaged in shooting from any shelter, mai-mai, mudhole, boat, louvre, or other contrivance shall use more than one gun: Provided that a person so engaged may have a second gun in a condition not immediately suitable for use, and held for use only in the event of the first gun becoming damaged or otherwise unfit for use.

ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICTS.

ASHBURTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 68 of 28th September, 1933, at page 2463.)

Season for Californian quail, grey duck, mallard duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan: 6th May to 30th June, 1939 (inclusive).
Season for chukor: 6th May to 30th June, 1939 (inclusive).
Season for paradise duck: 6th May to 12th May, 1939 (inclusive).
Season for Pukeko: 6th May to 19th May, 1939 (inclusive).
Licenses to take or kill the above imported game and native game within the Ashburton Acclimatization District will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty

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🌾 Protection of Native Birds under the Animals Protection and Game Act (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsNative birds, Protection, Hunting restrictions, Wildlife conservation

🌾 Sanctuaries and Legal Restrictions

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsSanctuaries, Legal restrictions, Wildlife protection, Fines
👩‍💼 Officials

W. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs

🌾 Open Seasons for Imported Game and/or Native Game in certain Acclimatization Districts

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsHunting seasons, Game regulations, Acclimatization districts, Licenses
👩‍💼 Officials

Minister of Internal Affairs

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