New Zealand Gazette – 1953 – No. 10

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✨ Game Hunting Regulations

26 FEB.]

Waimate Acclimatization District

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 754.

Game that May be Taken or Killed.

Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck
Paradise duck (only in that portion of the district lying to the westward of a straight line running in a north-easterly south-westerly direction through Wai-tangi Bridge)
Black swan (provided that no person shall take or kill any cygnet or young swan incapable of making a sustained flight), and pukeko
Californian quail and chukar

                                                                                      Duration of
                                                                                      1953 Season.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 1
                                                                                      June incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 31
                                                                                      July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, 10 in all.
Paradise duck, 5.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard and paradise duck and black swan, 15 in all.

Pukeko, 30.
Californian quail, 20.
Chukar, 10.

Shooting Hours.-6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Special Conditions: Add-

No person shall be in any stand, hide, loo, maimai, mud hole, shelter or place for the purpose of taking or killing native or imported game later than thirty minutes after cessation of the duly authorized time for the taking or killing of such game.

Exceptioned Areas: Add-

(1) Land at Wainono, South Canterbury, all the area in the Canterbury Land District containing about 93 acres, being parts of R.S. 13828 and 16694 in Block XII, Waimate Survey District, bounded by a line commencing at Post No. 1, being the south-eastern corner of R.S. 9470; thence east distance 3100 links to Post No. 6 ; thence north distance 1700 links to Post No. 5 ; thence north-west distance 1220 links to Post No. 4 ; thence north-west distance 3229 links to Post No. 3 ; thence south-west distance 1000 links to Post No. 2; thence south distance 4300 links to Post No. 1, place of commencement.

Waitaki Acclimatization District

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 754.

Game that May be Taken or Killed.

Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck
Paradise duck (only in that portion of the district lying to the westward of a straight line running in a north-easterly and south-westerly direction through Wai-tangi Bridge).
Californian quail and chukar
Pukeko and black swan

                                                                                      Duration of
                                                                                      1953 Season.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 31
                                                                                      July incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 1
                                                                                      June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Paradise duck, 5.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, 10 in all.
Black swan, 15.
Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 in all.

Pukeko, 30.
Californian quail, 20.
Chukar, 10.

Shooting Hours.-6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Special Conditions: Add-

No person shall be in any stand, hide, loo, maimai, mudhole, shelter, or place for the purpose of taking or killing native or imported game later than thirty minutes after the expiry of the duly authorized time, for the taking or killing of such game.

Wanganui Acclimatization District

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 60 of 15 September 1932 at page 1998.

Game that May be Taken or Killed.

Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, black swan and pukeko
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants

                                                                                      Duration of
                                                                                      1953 Season.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 31
                                                                                      July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 in all.
Mallard duck, 5.
Paradise duck, 5.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck and black swan,

Pukeko, no limit.
Cock pheasants, 3.
Californian and Australian quail,
no limit.

15 in all.

Shooting Hours.-6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Wellington Acclimatization District

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 54 of 19 August 1937 at page 1847.

Game that May be Taken or Killed.

Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck, black swan, and pukeko
Paradise duck
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants

                                                                                      Duration of
                                                                                      1953 Season.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 31
                                                                                      July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 in all.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, 12 in all.
Black swan, 8.

Pukeko, 20.
Cock pheasants, 2.
Californian and Australian quail, no limit.

Shooting Hours.-6.15 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Exceptioned Area: Add-

(6) Silverhope, Marton. Part of Sections 26 and 35, Paraekaretu Block, certificate of title, Vol. 101, folio 224, Transmission 31669 to Thomas Theophilus Bartlett and Alfred Oliver Bartlett.

West Coast Acclimatization District

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 78 of 4 October 1951 at page 1465.

Game that May be Taken or Killed.

Grey and spoonbill duck
Paradise duck (provided that these birds may not be taken or killed in the area bounded as follows : Com-mencing at a point at the junction of Coal Creek with the Grey River; thence in an easterly direction for approximately 2 miles to Gentle Annie Bluff; thence in a northerly direction in a straight line for a distance of approximately 2 miles to Camp Railway Crossing ; thence in a westerly direction along the foot of the Rapahoe Range to the junction of Coal Creek and the Grey River, the point of commencement)
Pukeko
Black swan

                                                                                      Duration of
                                                                                      1953 Season.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 31
                                                                                      July incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 7
                                                                                      June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 in all.
Paradise duck, 5.
Black swan, 15.

Grey, spoonbill, and paradise duck and black swan, 20 in all.
Pukeko, no limit.

Shooting Hours.-Between one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset.

Westland Acclimatization District

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 50 of 26 July 1945 at page 945.

Game that May be Taken or Killed.

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

                                                                                      Duration of
                                                                                      1953 Season.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Spoonbill duck, 4.
Paradise duck, 5.
Grey, spoonbill duck, 10 in all.

Black swan, no limit.
Pukeko, no limit.
Grey, spoonbill, and paradise duck, 15 in all.

Shooting Hours.-6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Whangarei Acclimatization District

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 754.

Game that May be Taken or Killed.

Grey and mallard duck, black swan, and pukeko
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants

                                                                                      Duration of
                                                                                      1953 Season.
                                                                                      2 May to 24
                                                                                      May incl.
                                                                                      2 May to 21
                                                                                      June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey and mallard duck, 10 in all.
Black swan, 2.
Pukeko, 25.

Californian and Australian quail,
20 in all.
Cock pheasants, 6.

Shooting Hours.-6.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Exceptioned Areas: Add-

(18) Property of John A. Clark : Lot 1/B, D.P. 7246, Paramata Mokau Nos. I and 2, Block I, Opuawhanga Survey District, Block XVI, Russell Survey District, Block III, Whangaruru Survey District : Area, 1,467 acres.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of February 1953.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated11 February 1953
KeywordsGame hunting, Acclimatization districts, Regulations, Bag limits, Shooting hours
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W. A. Bodkin, Minister of Internal Affairs

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