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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 21

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

Acclimatization District.

Ashburton

Auckland ..

Bay. of Islands

Buller

East Coast

Grey District

Hawera ..

Hawke's Bay

Hobson...

Lakes District

Mangonui-Whangaroa

Marlborough

Nelson ...

North Canterbury ..

Otago ..

Rotorua:

South Canterbury

Southland

Stratford ..

Taranaki ..

Waiapu ...

Waimarino

Waimate ..

Waitaki ..

Wanganui

Wellington

Westland ..

Whangarei

Imported and Native Game.

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

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

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

Grey duck and pukeko.

Cock pheasants, Californian, Virginian, and
Australian quail, grey duck, shoveller
duck, mallard duck, paradise duck, black
swan, and pukeko.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grey duck, spoonbill duck, pukeko, black
swan, paradise duck, and Californian quail.

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

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

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

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 12th to 27th May (both days inclusive) in acclimatization
districts in the North Island and 12th May to 3rd June in acclima-
tization districts in the South Island.

A short open season for paradise duck has been declared from
12th to 27th May in certain acclimatization districts in the North
Island and 12th May to 3rd June in certain acclimatization districts
in the South Island.

A short open season for pukeko from 12th to 27th May in
certain acclimatization districts in the North Island and from 12th
May to 3rd June 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 Acclima-
tization 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, 23rd March, 1945.

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 melanophrvs).

Bounty Island mollymawk (Thalassogerun cautus).

Campbell Island mollymawk (Thalassogerun chrysostomus).

Chatham Island mollymawk (Thalassarche eremita).

Royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora).

Snares Island mollymawk (Thalassarche bulleri).

Sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata: P. Fusca).

Wandering albatross (torea) (Diomedea exulans).

Yellow-nosed mollymawk (Thalassogerun chlororhynchns).

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 bicinctus).

New Zealand dottrel (Orthodromus obscurus).

Duck-

Auckland Island duck (Nesonetia aucklandica).

Blue or mountain duck (whio) (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchns).

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) (Herodia's 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).