4 APRIL

Hobson Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 750.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck and black swan
Pukeko
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants

Daily Bag Limits
Black swan, 2.
Pukeko, 15.
Californian and Australian quail, 20 in all.
Cock pheasants, 6.

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

Mangonui-Whangaroa Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 751.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck and black swan
Pukeko
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck, 10 in all.
Black swan, 4.
Pukeko, 15.

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

Closed Game Areas

Delete:
(20) Part Old Land Claim 214, Block I, Takahue Survey District. Present occupier: K. M. Nilsson.

Add:
(48) The property of Mr Ronald A. Hazell, being Section 43, Block XIII, Rangaunu Survey District.
(49) The property of Mr R. B. May, being Sections 15, 16, part 2, Block X, Takahue Survey District.
(50) The property of Mr Frank Grbich, being Sections 8, 9, 19, part 21, Block X, Takahue Survey District.
(51) All that portion of Waikoura Creek, its tributary and adjacent land bounded on the west by the bridge on the Kaeo-Whangaroa Main Highway; on the south by the stopbank; on the east by the southern boundary of Hoahoaaina Block; and on the north by the stopbank to its junction with Farm Road; thence by high-water mark to the above bridge, the place of commencement, and as may be further defined by white painted posts.
(52) The property of Mr W. D. Fraser, Lake Ohia, being part allotments 18 to 24, Waiake Parish, Blocks VIII and XII, Rangaunu Survey District.

Marlborough Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 751.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck
Black swan and pukeko
Californian quail
Chukar (except in the area bounded on the west by the Taylor Pass, south by the Awatere River, north by the Opawa River, and east by the sea)

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, spoonbill, paradise, and mallard duck, 10 in all.
Black swan, 15.
Pukeko, 20.

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

Nelson Acclimatisation District

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

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck and black swan
Pukeko
Californian quail

Duration of 1957 Season
4 May to 26 May incl.
Paradise duck, 10.
Californian quail, 20.

Daily Bag Limits
Mallard and spoonbill duck,
Grey duck, 10.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard duck,
black swan, and cock pheasant, 18 in all.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 Black swan and Canada goose, in all.
Paradise duck, 5.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard and paradise duck, 15 in all.
Cock pheasants, 2.
Pukeko, 3.

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

Provided that during the period 1 July to 28 July (both days inclusive) Canada goose may be shot during the hours of 6.30 a.m. to midnight in that portion of Lake Ellesmere and on that portion of the lake's margin which lies east of a straight line drawn from the mouth of the Selwyn River to the south-western corner of the lake in the vicinity of Taumutu.

Closed Game Areas

Add:
(21) The River Avon from its source in Rural Sections 177 and 144, Block X, Christchurch Survey District, to the Pleasant Point Bridge between Rural Section 11212 and 14342, Block XII, Christchurch Survey District, including the Waimari and Wairarapa Streams, Dudleys Creek, and all other tributaries of the River Avon, and of the said streams and creek.

Otago Acclimatisation District

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

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck
Black swan (except in Maniototo County)
Pukeko
Californian quail and chukar
Cock and hen pheasants

Duration of 1957 Season
4 May to 3 June incl.
4 May to 31 July incl.
4 May to 31 July incl.
1 June to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 Black swan, no limit.
in all.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 8.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, 15 in all.
Hen pheasants, 2.
Cock pheasants, 3.

Shooting Hours: Waterfowl, quail, and chukar, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; pheasants, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Rotorua Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette No. 62 of 10 October 1947 at page 1680.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck and black swan
Paradise duck (except in the Whakatane and Opotiki Counties)
Pukeko
Californian and Australian quail
Cock pheasants

Duration of 1957 Season
4 May to 26 May incl.
4 May to 26 May incl.
4 May to 7 July incl.
4 May to 7 July incl.