New Zealand Gazette – 1946 – No. 22

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✨ Game and Bird Protection Regulations

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 22

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
Mangonui-Whangaroa
Marlborough
Nelson
North Canterbury ..
Otago
Rotorua
South Canterbury
Southern Lakes
Southland
Stratford ..
Taranaki
Tauranga ..
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.
Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, pukeko, paradise duck, and Canadian goose.
California quail, grey duck, paradise duck, pukeko, 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, pukeko, paradise duck, and Canadian goose.
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 and Australian quail, grey duck, black swan, and pukeko.
Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, and pukeko.
Cock pheasants, Californian, Virginian, and Australian quail, grey duck, paradise duck, and pukeko.
Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Grey duck, spoonbill duck, pukeko, black swan, and paradise duck.
Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, pukeko, chukor, and paradise duck.
Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, hares, 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, black swan, 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 4th to 26th May (both days inclusive) in acclimatization districts in the North Island and 4th May to 2nd June in acclimatization districts in the South Island.

A short open season for paradise duck has been declared from 4th to 26th May in certain acclimatization districts in the North Island and 4th May to 2nd June in certain acclimatization districts in the South Island.

A short open season for pukeko from 4th to 26th May in certain acclimatization districts in the North Island and from 4th May to 2nd 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 Acclimatization District or in the South Canterbury Acclimatization District.

SALE OF NATIVE AND IMPORTED GAME
No sale this season.
(L.A. 46/16/33.)

Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22-Protection of Native Birds
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th April, 1946.

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 be shot only 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 melanophrus).
Bounty Island mollymawk (Thalassogeron cauta).
Campbell Island mollymawk (Thalassogeron chrysostomus).
Chatham Island mollymawk (Thalassarche eremita).
Royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora).
Snares Island mollymawk (Thalassarche bulleri).
Sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata. P. Fusca).
Wandering albatross (torea) (Diomede exulans).
Yellow-nosed mollymawk (Thalassogeron chlororhynchos).
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 (koekoa) (Urodynamis taitensis).
Shining cuckoo (pipiwharauroa) (Chalcococcyx lucidus).
Dotterel-
Banded dotterel (Cirripedesmus bicinctus).
New Zealand dotterel (Orthodromus obscurus).
Duck-
Auckland Island duck (Nesornetta aucklandica).
Blue or mountain duck (whio) (Hymenolaimus 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).
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 (Gymnorhinia tibicen).
White-backed magpie (Gymnorhina leuconota).

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🌾 Statement of Imported and Native Game by District (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated5 April 1946
KeywordsGame hunting, regulations, districts, imported game, native game

🌾 Protection of Native Birds under Animals Protection and Game Act

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated5 April 1946
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