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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 28

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

Acclimatization District.

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

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

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

Buller .. Grey duck and pukeko.

East Coast .. Cock pheasants, Californian, Virginian, and Australian quail, grey duck, shoveller duck, paradise duck, black swan, 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.

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

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

Mangonui-Whangaroa Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black swan, and pukeko.

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

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

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, black swan, and paradise duck.

Waitaki .. Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, pukeko, chukor, 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, paradise duck, 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 6th to 21st May (both days inclusive) in acclimatization districts in the North Island and 6th May to 28th May in acclimatization districts in the South Island.

A short open season for paradise duck has been declared from 6th to 21st May in certain acclimatization districts in the North Island and 6th to 28th May in certain acclimatization districts in the South Island.

A short open season for pukeko from 6th to 21st May in certain acclimatization districts in the North Island and from 6th to 28th May in certain acclimatization districts in the South Island has been declared.

Native pigeon is absolutely protected.

Godwits and Knots are absolutely protected.

Canadian goose are not protected in the Ashburton Acclimatization District.

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, 3rd April, 1944.

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 (tora) (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 incoronata).

Chatham Island bell-bird (Anthornis melanocephala).

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 bincinctus).
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 penita).
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-hollandiae).
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).