New Zealand Gazette – 1955 – No. 14

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✨ Hunting season regulations

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 14

Waimarino Acclimatization District
Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 753.

Game that May be Taken or Killed	Duration of 1955 Season
Grey and mallard duck	7 May to 22 May incl.
Paradise duck	7 May to 31 July incl.
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants	7 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey and mallard duck, 8 in all. | Californian and Australian quail, 12 in all.
Paradise duck, 12. | Cock pheasants, 4.

Special Condition.—No person shall at any time use decoys of any kind whatsoever.

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	Duration of 1955 Season
Grey, and mallard duck	7 May to 5 June incl.
Black swan (provided that no person shall take or kill any cygnet or young swan incapable of making a sustained flight)	7 May to 5 June incl.
Californian quail and chukar	7 May to 31 July incl.
Pukeko	7 May to 19 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, and mallard duck and black swan, 15 in all. | Chukar, 10.
Pukeko, 30. | Grey duck, 10.
Californian quail, 20.

Special Condition.—A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill quail and chukar on the right hand bank of the Waitaki River, which is within the Waitaki Acclimatization District, during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season for quail and chukar in that district.

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	Duration of 1955 Season
Grey and mallard duck	7 May to 5 June incl.
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 Waitangi Bridge)	7 May to 5 June incl.
Californian quail and chukar	7 May to 31 July incl.
Pukeko	7 May to 19 June incl.
Black swan	7 May to 5 June incl.

Special Condition.—A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill quail and chukar on the left-hand bank of the Waitaki River, which is within the Waimate Acclimatization District, during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season for quail and chukar in that district.

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	Duration of 1955 Season
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, black swan	7 May to 29 May incl.
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants	7 May to 31 July incl.
Pukeko	7 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 in all. | Pukeko, no limit.
Mallard duck, 5. | Cock pheasants, 3.
Paradise duck, 5. | Californian and Australian quail, no limit.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck and black swan, 15 in all. |

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	Duration of 1955 Season
Grey, spoonbill, mallard and paradise duck, black swan	7 May to 29 May incl.
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants	7 May to 31 July incl.
Pukeko	7 May to 5 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, spoonbill, mallard and paradise duck, 12 in all. | Cock pheasants, 2.
Black swan, 8. | Californian and Australian quail, no limit.
Pukeko, 20. |

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	Duration of 1955 Season
Grey and spoonbill duck and black swan	7 May to 5 June incl.
Paradise duck (provided that these birds may not be taken or killed in the area bounded as follows: Commencing 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)	7 May to 5 June incl.
Pukeko	7 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 in all. | Grey, spoonbill, and paradise duck and black swan, 20 in all.
Paradise duck, 5. | in all.
Black swan, 15. | Pukeko, no limit.

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	Duration of 1955 Season
Grey, spoonbill, and paradise duck, black swan, and pukeko	7 May to 5 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10. | Mallard duck, 1.
Spoonbill duck, 2. | Black swan, no limit.
Paradise duck, 5. | Pukeko, no limit.
Grey, mallard, and spoonbill duck, 10 in all. | Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, 12 in all.

Special Condition.—Persons holding valid game shooting licences for the Westland Acclimatization District may shoot without taking out a further game licence in that portion of the Southern Lakes Acclimatization District included within the Westland Land District. For conditions, bag limits, etc., applying in this area see section of this Schedule relating to the Southern Lakes Acclimatization District.

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	Duration of 1955 Season
Grey and mallard duck, and black swan	7 May to 29 May incl.
Pukeko	7 May to 29 May incl.
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants	7 May to 26 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey and mallard duck, 10 in all. | Californian and Australian quail, 20 in all.
Black swan, 2. | Cock pheasants, 6.
Pukeko, 20. |

SECOND SCHEDULE
CLOSED GAME AREAS

AREAS are excepted from the operation of the open season in each acclimatization district as specified hereunder:

ASHBURTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT

(1) All that area of land in the Canterbury Land District, intersected by the Wakanui Creek, being Rural Sections 15104, 15510, 17411, and 16673, the property of the late Mr G. W. Leadley.

(2) The waters comprising the Rangitata River Lagoon situated between Reserves 99, 23552, 23267, Block IV, Goldstream Survey District, and the sea.

(3) The property of Messrs Ross Bros., Westerfield, being R.S. 28890, 28999, 29000, 29189, Blocks VI and X, Westerfield.

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🌾 Open season for game in various acclimatization districts (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsHunting season, Game, Bag limits, Acclimatization districts, Ducks, Quail, Pheasants, Swans, Pukeko

🌾 Closed game areas in Ashburton Acclimatization District

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsClosed game areas, Hunting restrictions, Ashburton, Land ownership, Rivers, Lagoons
👱🏽 Names

G. W. Leadley (late Mr), Property owner in closed game area
Ross Bros. (Messrs), Property owners in closed game area

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