Acclimatization Districts and Game Regulations




APRIL 12] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 529

WAIMARINO ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(1) Section 3M 5, Block VI, Whirinaki Survey District, being the
property of Mrs. C. R. Guthrie, Ohakune.
(2) Section 34, Block II, Hunua Survey District, property of
Mr. F. Duncan, Manunui.

WAITAKI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(1) Block 7, Otepopo District, Parts 4, 5, and 8.
Block 6, Otepopo District, Part 1.
Block 8, Oamaru District, Parts 7 and 53.
Block I, Kauroo District, Part 49.
Being the property of Mr. A. C. Nichols.
(2) A strip of land to a depth of 20 chains from the main road
running parallel with the main road from the Elderslie Lane to
Elderslie No. 2 Road, being contained in part Sections 46 and 47,
Block IX, Awamoko Survey District, part Section 2, Block XVI,
Oamaru Survey District, and part of Section 3A, Elderslie No. 2
Settlement, being the property of the Elderslie Stud, Ltd.

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(1) The Awapuni Lagoon situated on the property of the
Manawatu Racing Club.
(2) Lot 1, D.P. 3184, part Rural Section 364, Palmerston
North, containing 23 acres 1 rood 20 perches, the property of the
Kairanga County Council.
(3) The Glenmorven Estate, situated in the Paraekaretu Block,
being Section 1, Block XI, Onga Survey District; Sections 124
and 125, Paraekaretu Block, and closed road and Lots 1/4, D.P.
9948, being part Section 2, Block XI, Onga Survey District, and
part Hapapo Block; also Sections 118/9, 121/2, and part Sections
114/5, 116/7, Paraekaretu Block, and closed road, Block XI, Onga
Survey District; also Sections 113 to 120, Block XI, Onga Survey
District, being the property of Mr. Grant Simpson, of Hunterville.
(4) All the land contained in Proclamation No. 1561, being
Block IV, Belmont Survey District, and being part of Section 179,
Hutt District, and contained in certificate of title, Vol. 358, folio 34,
Wellington Registry, being the property of the Hutt River Board.
(5) Sections 3, 8, and 10, Tiraumea Soldiers Settlement,
Blocks VII and XI, Puketoi Survey District, containing 434 acres.
J. O. S. Raleigh’s property.

WESTLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
Okarito Township Reserve No. 654, Block XI, Okarito Survey
District.

WHANGAREI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(1) Swamp on Messrs. McLean and Antonovich’s property on
the Whangarei-Waipu Road, about six miles from Waipu, together
with an area of 200 yards from the edge of the said swamp.
(2) An area extending for five miles along the Waipu-
Maungaturoto Road from the boundary of the Whangarei County
towards Waipu and being bounded on either side of the road by
lines 100 yards from and parallel to both sides of the said road.
(3) Allotments 45, 46, 49, and 50, Kaitara Parish, Purua
Survey District, containing 1,580 acres, more or less.
(4) The Borough of Whangarei.
(5) Mount Denby Golf Links, part Section 2, Mair’s Grant.
The properties of—
(6) Thomas J. Griffin, being Lots 6, 7, 12, and 13 of Section
51, Block VIII, Purua Survey District, containing 158 acres 1 rood
13 perches.
(7) N. J. Lamb: 685 acres, being Ngawhakarikiriki 4319,
part Pukepukerau 6189, Te Iwiri 4608, and Panekuri 6543, Block IV,
Maungaru Survey District, Section 11, Block II, Tangihua Survey
District, and Section 16, Block I, Tangihua Survey District.
(8) E. A. Higgins: Part Rawhitiroa Block, Block VIII, Purua
Survey District, containing 25 acres 20 perches.
(9) Mrs. M. I. Wright: Purirituhi Block, Whauwhaupoemanu
Block, parts 1 and 2, Block VIII, Purua Survey District, containing
25 acres.
(10) T. W. Wakelin: Allotments 68, 69, and 70, Whangarei
Parish, containing 128½ acres.
(11) W. Donaldson: Sections M. 181, M. 182, N.E. 183,
M. 190, M. 195, S. 195, S. 196, S. 200, S. 201, S. 202, N. 202, S. 203,
N. 203, N. 204, S. 204, S.E. 206, Owhiowi Parish; Section part 97,
part N. 98, part S.M. 98, Parahaki Parish, M. 98 and S. 98, Parahaki,
containing 906 acres.
(12) D. W. and J. D. Bodle: Sections N.W.M. 13, W. 13 and
part 14, Block IV, Purua Survey District, containing 311 acres 3 roods
5 perches.
(13) G. N. W. Clark: Part Block VI, Waipu Survey District,
and the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of
title, Vol. 408, folio 218, and part Allotment 129, Parish of Waipu,
being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of
title, Vol. 570, folio 214, containing 40 acres 3 roods 12 perches.
(14) That portion of the Waihoihoi Stream and an area one
chain in depth along each bank from the bridge across the Waihoihoi
Stream at Waipu, to Simpkins Road.
(15) Lot D.P. 11486, Section 9, Otaiharangi Parish, Block III,
Parua Survey District: Area, 136 acres, the property of G. S.
Dodson.
(16) Part Lot 6, D.P. 1583 of Section 51, also Section 98, Parts
100 to 103, Whangarei Parish Block and Whangarei Survey District:
Area, 79 acres 3 roods 34 perches, the property of Jack Thomas.

THIRD SCHEDULE
The attention of sportsmen and others is called to the provisions
of the undermentioned enactments:—

SANCTUARIES
Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, Section 6
(1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Warrant
under his hand, declare any area described in such Warrant to be a
sanctuary, and may in like manner revoke any such Warrant.
(2) While any such Warrant remains in force it shall not be
lawful for any person, except pursuant to an authority granted
under section thirty-one or section thirty-two of this Act, to take
or kill in the area affected thereby any imported game or native
game, or for any person, except under such conditions as may from
time to time be prescribed by the Minister, to take any dog or firearm
into such area, or to discharge any firearm or explosive in such area,
or to do anything likely to cause any such animal to leave such area.
(3) Every reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908,
shall be deemed to be a sanctuary under this Act.
(4) Every person who unlawfully takes or kills any animal
within a sanctuary is liable to a fine of ten pounds for every such
offence, and to a further fine of one pound for each animal so taken
or killed.

METHOD OF TAKING RESTRICTED
Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, Section 11 (1)
(1) No imported or native game shall be trapped or taken by
means of traps or by any other means than by hunting or shooting,
nor shall any trap, net, or snare be erected or set for the purpose
of such trapping or taking at any time whatever, except by any
person duly authorized under section thirty-one hereof.

Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, Section 12
(1) No person shall kill or destroy any imported game or native
game, or shoot at, or attempt to shoot at, any imported game or
native game, with any swivel gun or pump gun, or use any gun
other than a shoulder gun.
(2) No gun shall be used for the purposes aforesaid the bore
of which is larger than the size known as number twelve at the
muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which exceeds ten pounds in
weight.

Animals Protection and Game Regulations 1939, Regulation 6 (1)
(1) In addition to the prohibitions contained in sections 12 and
13 of the Act, no person shall kill or destroy any imported game or
native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such imported
game or native game, with any automatic, auto-loading, or repeating
gun capable of holding more than two shells, the magazine of which
has not been cut off or plugged with a one-piece metal or wooden filler
incapable of being removed without disassembling the gun, or with
any rifle, pea rifle, or punt gun, nor shall any person use any cartridge
of a length exceeding 2¾ in. for the purposes above described.

Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, Section 13
(1) No person shall use any cylinder for the purpose of taking
or killing imported or native game in any lake or river; nor shall
the apparatus known as a silencer be used on any gun in the taking
or killing of imported game or native game.
(2) No person shall use any live decoys for the purpose of taking
or killing imported game or native game.
(See also sections 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (f), 2 (g), 4, and 5 of the
General Conditions.)

USE OF MOTOR-VEHICLES, AEROPLANES, AND POWER-BOATS
Animals Protection and Game Regulations 1939, Regulation 6 (2)
(2) No person shall use or cause to be used any aeroplane in
connection with the taking or killing of imported game or native
game: Provided that this clause shall not be so construed as to
prohibit the use of any aeroplane for the purpose of travelling
either to or from a rendezvous.

Animals Protection and Game Regulations 1939, Regulation 6 (3)
(3) No person shall use or cause to be used on any lake, pond,
lagoon, mere, estuary, or other dead water, any power-boat for the
purpose of taking or killing, whether by himself or by any other
person or persons at his direction, by driving, chasing, frightening,
or stalking any imported game or native game. For the purposes
of this clause “power-boat” means and includes any launch,
boat, canoe, or other similar craft propelled either wholly or partly
by mechanical power: Provided that this clause shall not be so
construed as to prohibit the use of any power-boat for camping
purposes, or for the purpose of travelling either to or from a rendez-
vous, or generally or to prohibit shooting from a moored power-boat.
(See also section 3 of the General Conditions.)

LICENCES
Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, Section 14 (1) and (3)
(1) No person shall take or kill any imported game or native
game during an open season in any district unless he is the holder
of a licence under this Act to take or kill imported game or native
game in such district during that season.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of
this section, any person in bona fide occupation of any land, and
any one son or daughter of such person, may during an open season
take or kill on that land without a licence (but subject to all other
restrictions imposed by or under this Act) any imported game or
native game that may lawfully be taken or killed under a licence
in the district within the boundaries of which such land is situated,
or such first-mentioned person may in writing appoint one other
person to take or kill such game in his stead during such open season,
in which case he shall not himself take or kill imported game or
native game without a licence while such appointment remains in
force.

Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, Section 15
15. Nothing in any licence to take or kill imported game or
native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported
game or native game on lands actually and exclusively used by any
registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes,
or on any sanctuary or public domain, or on any land excepted
from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for
the district.



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🌾 Open Seasons for Imported and Native Game in Acclimatization Districts (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Game hunting, Regulations, Acclimatization districts, Licences, Decoys
16 names identified
  • C. R. Guthrie (Mrs), Property owner in Waimarino Acclimatization District
  • F. Duncan (Mr), Property owner in Waimarino Acclimatization District
  • A. C. Nichols (Mr), Property owner in Waitaki Acclimatization District
  • Grant Simpson (Mr), Property owner in Wellington Acclimatization District
  • J. O. S. Raleigh, Property owner in Wellington Acclimatization District
  • Thomas J. Griffin, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • N. J. Lamb, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • E. A. Higgins, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • M. I. Wright (Mrs), Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • T. W. Wakelin, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • W. Donaldson, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • D. W. Bodle, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • J. D. Bodle, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • G. N. W. Clark, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • G. S. Dodson, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District
  • Jack Thomas, Property owner in Whangarei Acclimatization District

🌾 Regulations for Sanctuaries and Game Hunting

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Sanctuaries, Game hunting, Regulations, Licences, Firearms