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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

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

Acclimatization District.
Imported and Native Game.

Ashburton .. Californian quail, chukor, mallard duck,
grey duck, spoonbill duck, paradise duck,
pukeko, Canadian goose, and black swan.

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

Buller .. Grey duck and pukeko.
Grey District .. Grey duck, shoveller duck, black swan,
paradise duck, and pukeko.

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

Hawke’s Bay .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian
quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill
duck, paradise duck, pukeko, and black
swan.

Lakes District .. Californian quail, grey duck, paradise duck,
pukeko, and Canadian goose.

Marlborough .. Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck,
paradise duck, black swan, and chukor.

Nelson .. Californian quail, grey duck, and paradise
duck.

North Canterbury .. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, chukor,
mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck,
black swan, pukeko, paradise duck, and
Canadian goose.

Otago .. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, chukor,
mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck,
pukeko, paradise duck, black swan, and
Canadian goose.

Rotorua .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian
quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill
duck, black swan, paradise duck, and
pukeko.

South Canterbury .. Grey duck, spoonbill duck, paradise duck,
pukeko, and black swan.

Southland .. Mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck,
black swan, pukeko, and paradise duck.

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

Taranaki .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian
quail, grey duck, and pukeko.

Waiapu .. Cock pheasants, Californian, Virginian, and
Australian quail, grey duck, and pukeko.

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

Waimate .. Grey duck, spoonbill duck, pukeko, and
paradise duck.

Waitaki .. Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck,
black swan, pukeko, and paradise duck.

Wanganui .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian
quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill
duck, pukeko, and black swan.

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

Westland .. Grey duck, black swan, pukeko, and paradise
duck.

Whangarei .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian
quail, grey duck, and pukeko.

Particulars regarding the number and kinds of imported game
and native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in
any one day and the period and area within which such game may
be taken or killed are specified in the notification fixing the open
season in each district.

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

The open season for waterfowl this year has been restricted
to the period 1st to 16th May (both days inclusive).

A short open season for paradise duck has been declared from
1st to 16th May in certain acclimatization districts.

A short open season for pukeko from 1st to 16th May has been
declared in certain acclimatization districts.

Native pigeon is absolutely protected.

Godwits and Knots are absolutely protected.

SALE OF NATIVE AND IMPORTED GAME.

No sale this season.

(I.A. 46/16/33.)

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1943.

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, feathers, or eggs 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 (except in Chatham Islands County).

Duck—
Grey duck.
Shoveller.
Paradise duck.

Pukeko.

ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED BIRDS.

The following is a list of the absolutely protected birds :—

Albatross—
Black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophrys).
Bounty Island mollymawk (Thalassogeran cautus).
Campbell Island mollymawk (Thalassogeran chrysostomus).
Chatham Island mollymawk (Thalassarche eremita).
Royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora).
Snares Island mollymawk (Thalassarche bulleri).
Sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata. P. Fusca).
Wandering albatross (toroa) (Diomedea exulans).
Yellow-nosed mollymawk (Thalassogeran chlororhynchus).

Australian tree-swallow (Petrochelidon nigricans).

Avocet (Recurvirostra novae-hollandiae).

Bell-bird, or mocky (korimako) (Anthornis melanura).
Auckland Island bell-bird (Anthornis melanura ineaorona).
Chatham Island bell-bird (Anthornis melanoecephala).

Bittern (matuku-hurepo) (Botaurus poeciloptilus).

Little bittern (kioriki) (Ixobrychus minutus).

Canary—
Bush canary (mohua) (Mohua ochrocephala).
White-head canary (popokotea) (Certhiparus albicillus).
Creeper (South Island) (pipipi, toitoi) (Finschia novae-zealandiae).

Crow—
North Island crow (kokako) (Callaeas wilsoni).
South Island crow (kokako) (Callaeas cinerea).

Cuckoo (Family Cuculidae)—
Long-tailed cuckoo (koekoea) (Urodynamis taitensis).
Shining cuckoo (pipiwharauroa) (Chalcococcyx lucidus).

Dottrel—
Banded dottrel (Cirripedesmus bicinctus).
New Zealand dottrel (Orthodromus obscurus).

Duck—
Auckland Island duck (Nesonetta aucklandica).
Blue or mountain duck (whio) (Hymenoloemus malacorhynchus).
Brown duck (Elasmonetta chlorotis).
Black teal (Fuligula novae-zealandiae).
Grey teal (Nettion castaneum).
Eastern golden plover (Charadrius dominicus).

Fantail—
Black fantail (tiwakawaka) (Rhipidura fuliginosa).
Chatham Island pied fantail (Rhipidura flabellifera pentia).
Pied fantail (tiwakawaka) (Rhipidura flabellifera).

Fern-bird (matata)—
Chatham Island fern-bird (Bowdleria rufescens).
Mainland species (Bowdleria punctata and Bowdleria fulva).
Snares Island fern-bird (Bowdleria punctata caudata).

Gannet—
Gannet (takapu) (Sula serrator).
Masked gannet (Sula dactylatra).

Grebe—
Crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Little grebe, or dabchick (totokipio) (Poliocephalus rufipectus).

Godwit (Limosa novae-zealandiae).

Gull—
Black-billed gull (Larus bulleri).
Red-billed gull (tarapunga) (Larus scopulinus).

Heron—
Blue heron (matuku) (Demiegretta sacra).
Nankeen night-heron (Nycticorax caledonicus).
White-fronted heron (matuku-moana) (Notophoyx novae-
kollandiae).
White heron (kotuku) (Herodias alba).

Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris).

Kaka—
Brown kaka (Nestor occidentalis).
Kaka (Nestor meridionalis).

Kakapo (ground-parrot) (Strigops habroptilus).

Kingfisher (kotare) (Halcyon vagans).

Kiwi—
Brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli).
Great spotted kiwi (roaroa) (Apteryx haasti).
Grey kiwi (Apteryx oweni).
Spotted kiwi (Apteryx occidentalis).
Southern kiwi (roa) (Apteryx australis).
Stewart Island kiwi (Apteryx australis lawryi).

Knot (Tringa canutus).

Magpie (Australian)—
Black-backed magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen).
White-backed magpie (Gymnorhina leuconota).

Martin (Chelidon urbica).

Owl—
Laughing-owl (whékau) (Sceloglaux albifacies).
Morepork (ruru, koukou) (Ninox novae-zealandiae).
Rufous-faced owl (North Island) (Sceloglaux albifacies ruffacies).

Oyster-catcher, or redbill—
Black oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea) (Haematopus niger).
Pied oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea) (Haematopus ostralegus).