✨ Game Open Seasons




26 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard drake, 15.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard (male and female)
duck, 10 in all, except that 5
extra mallard drakes only may
be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.

Black swan, 8.
Pukeko, 10.
Californian and Australian quail,
no limit.
Cock pheasant, 6.

Mangonui-Whangaroa Acclimatisation District

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

Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck, 1965 Season
and black swan 1 May to 23
May incl.
Pukeko 1 May to 23
May incl.
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants 1 May to 27
June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard (male and female)
duck, 10 in all, except that 5
extra mallard drakes only may
be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.

Marlborough Acclimatisation District

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

Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise 1965 Season
duck 1 May to 7
June incl.
Black swan 1 May to 7
June incl.
Pukeko 1 May to 7
June incl.
Californian quail 1 May to 1
August incl.
Chukar 1 May to 1
August incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 10.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
paradise and mallard (male
and female) duck, 10 in all,
except that 5 extra mallard
drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.

Special Conditions

A licence issued pursuant to this notification shall entitle the
holder thereof to hunt game on that portion of the bank and bed
of the Conway River which lies within the North Canterbury
Acclimatisation District during the period and subject, mutatis
mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an
open season in that district.

Nelson Acclimatisation District

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

Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise 1965 Season
duck, and black swan 1 May to 7
June incl.
Pukeko 1 May to 7
June incl.
Californian quail 1 May to 1
August incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 4.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
paradise, and mallard (male
and female) duck, 10 in all,
except that 5 extra mallard
drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.

North Canterbury Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette No. 68 of 28 September 1933,
at page 2463.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck, 1965 Season
and paradise duck 1 May to 7
June incl.
Black swan 1 May to 1
August incl.
Canada goose (only in that portion of the North
Canterbury Acclimatisation District which lies
to the east of the South Island Main Trunk Rail-
way line) 1 May to 1
August incl.
Californian quail 1 May to 1
August incl.
Chukar 1 May to 1
August incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 3.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard (male and female)
duck and paradise duck, 10 in
all, except that 5 extra mallard
drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during the period
14 June to 31 July (incl.) Canada geese may be shot between
6.30 a.m. and midnight in that portion of Lake Ellesmere and its
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.
Decoy limit: 10, except that after 7 June 1965 the limit may be 20
of which not more than 10 shall be other than Canada Geese
decoys.

Special Conditions

  1. No hut, mud hole, maimai, or cylinder shall be used in any
    part of Lake Ellesmere in which the water is of a greater depth than
    24 in.
  2. It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave any
    swans shot, or the mutilated bodies of any swans shot, in or around
    Lake Ellesmere.
  3. A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill
    game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game on that
    portion of the bank and bed of the Rakaia River which lies within
    the Ashburton Acclimatisation District, and on that portion of
    the bank and bed of the Conway River which lies within the
    Marlborough Acclimatisation District, during the period and
    subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notifi-
    cation fixing an open season for game in those districts respectively.

Otago Acclimatisation District

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

Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, paradise 1965 Season
duck (except in that portion of the Southland
County which lies within the Otago Acclimatisation
District) 1 May to 7
June incl.
Black swan (except in Maniatoto County) 1 May to 7
June incl.
Pukeko 1 May to 21
June incl.
Californian quail 29 May to 1
August incl.
Hen and cock pheasants 29 May to 1
August incl.
Chukar 29 May to 1
August incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 8.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
paradise, and mallard (male
and female) duck, 10 in all,
except that 5 extra mallard
drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for pheasants; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
for waterfowl, quail, and chukar.
Decoy limit: 10.

Special Conditions

  1. No person shall use or cause to be used on any water within
    the district for the hunting or killing of game any fixed stand,
    pontoon, hide, maimai, or loo, except within the distance of half a
    chain from the margin of such water in non-tidal waters or half a
    chain from low-water mark in tidal waters or, where raupo abounds,
    half a chain from the outside edge of such raupo.
  2. A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill
    game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game in the
    Southland Acclimatisation District during the period and subject,
    mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification
    fixing an open season for game in that district.


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