✨ Game Season Notices
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Closed Game Areas
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No. (9), The property of Mr Stuart William Miller, Factory Road, Temuka, being Lots 4 and 5, D.P. 7120, part R.S. 9001–2, 9023, and 12169, Block XV, Geraldine Survey District.
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No. (9), The property of M. D. and J. W. Foster’s, Factory Road, Temuka, being Lots 4 and 5, D.P. 7120, part R.S. 9001–2, 9023, and 12169, Block XV, Geraldine Survey District.
Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette No. 39 of 9 July 1959, at page 903.
Duration of 1966 Season
Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck
Black swan (only in that part of the district lying within the Westland Land District)
Pukeko
Chukar
California quail
7 May to 6 June incl.
7 May to 6 June incl.
7 May to 6 June incl.
4 June to 28 August incl.
4 June to 31 July incl.
Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 8.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck, 10.
Paradise duck, 5.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise, and mallard duck, 10 in all.
Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.
Closed Game Areas
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No. (4), All that area bounded by a line commencing on the summit of Paddock Hill, situated in Titiroa Survey District; thence north-easterly by the right line between Paddock Hill and Trig. Station U, in Block VII, Takitimu Survey District, to its intersection with the right bank of the Waiau River; thence north-westerly generally by the said right bank to the Manapouri Accommodation House; thence northerly generally along the main road to the hatchery at Te Anau; thence south-easterly along the main Te Anau - Mossburn Road to the summit of the range, being the northern end of the Ramparts; thence north-easterly along the summit of the range passing through Trig. Stations G, S, and A, in Block II, Te Anau Survey District; thence north-easterly generally along the summit of the range between the Fredburn and the Upukerora River to Snowdon; thence northerly generally along the summit of the Livingston Mountains, passing through Mount Richmond, Winton Peak, Countess Peak, Moffat Peak, and David Peak’s, to the summit of the range between Lake Fergus and Lake Howden; thence south-westerly generally along the summit of the range to Mount Anau; thence southerly along the summit of the range passing through Skelmorlie Peak and Largs Peak to a point due north of Mount Eglinton; thence due south by a right line through Mount Eglinton to the Eglinton River; thence south-westerly generally by the said river to Lake Te Anau and by the eastern shore of that lake to the Waiau River, down that river to Lake Manapouri, and by the eastern shore of that lake to the Waiau River; thence by a right line in the direction of the Monowai River where it flows out of Lake Monowai to a point due west of Paddock Hill; thence due east to the summit of Paddock Hill, the place of commencement, excepting the area of cultivated land approximately 2 miles long by half a mile wide in the Retford Valley on either side of the Retford River extending approximately 1 mile on either side of the two bridges across the Retford River on the Milford Sound Road.
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No. (4), All that area bounded by a line commencing at the summit of Paddock Hill, situated in Titiroa Survey District; and proceeding thence north-easterly along a right line between Paddock Hill and Trig. Station U, in Block VII, Takitimu Survey District, to its intersection with the right bank of the Waiau River; thence north-westerly generally along the said bank to a point due south of the Manapouri Accommodation House; thence due north to the said Accommodation House; thence along Accommodation House Road to its junction with the main Manapouri - Te Anau Road; thence northerly generally along the said road to its junction with State Highway No. 94; thence south-easterly along State Highway No. 94, to the summit of the range, being the northern end of the Ramparts; thence north-easterly along the summit of the range passing through Trig. Station GS to Trig. Station A, in Block II, Te Anau Survey District; thence north-easterly generally along the summit of the range between Fredburn and the Upukerora River to Snowdon; thence northerly generally along the summit of the Livingston Mountains, passing through Mount Richmond, Winton Peak, Countess Peak, Moffat Peak, and David Peak’s, and along the summit of the range between Lake Fergus and Lake Howden to Key Summit; thence south-westerly generally along the summit of the range to Mount Anau; thence southerly along the summit of the range passing through Skelmorlie Peak and Largs Peak to a point due north of Mount Eglinton; thence due south by a right line through Mount Eglinton to the Eglinton River; thence south-westerly generally along the said river to Lake Te Anau, and along the eastern shore of that lake to the Waiau River; thence down that river to Lake Manapouri, and along the eastern shore of that lake
Southland Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette No. 39 of 9 July 1959, at page 903.
Duration of 1966 Season
Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck
Pukeko
Black swan
Pheasant
7 May to 6 June incl.
7 May to 6 June incl.
7 May to 6 June incl.
4 June to 31 July 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 duck, 10 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.
Special Conditions
- In the Southland Acclimatisation District not more than four persons shall at any one time hunt or kill or attempt to hunt or kill game over the same set of decoys.
Waimate Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925, at page 754.
Duration of 1966 Season
Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck
Paradise duck (only above the Benmore Dam on Lake Benmore)
Black swan
Pukeko
Canada goose
California quail
Chukar
7 May to 6 June incl.
7 May to 6 June incl.
7 May to 6 June incl.
7 May to 6 June incl.
7 May to 31 July incl.
7 May to 31 July incl.
Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
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: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10, except in that portion of the district above the Benmore Dam and including Lake Benmore, where the limit may be 20 of which not more than 10 shall be other than Canada goose decoys.
Special Conditions
- A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill waterfowl, being grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, or black swan, or pukeko, or Canada goose, on the flood bed of that part of the Waitaki River between the Kurow Dam and the sea which is within the Waitaki Acclimatisation District during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season for those species in that district.
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🌾 Closed Game Areas and Open Season for Game in Temuka
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesGame, Closed areas, Open season, Ducks, Swans, Quail, Chukar, Temuka, Geraldine
- Stuart William Miller, Property owner, Closed game area
- M. D. Foster, Property owner, Open game area
- J. W. Foster, Property owner, Open game area
🌾 Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District - Open Season and Bag Limits
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesGame, Open season, Bag limits, Ducks, Swans, Quail, Chukar, Southern Lakes
🌾 Closed Game Areas and Open Season for Game in Southland
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesGame, Closed areas, Open season, Ducks, Swans, Pheasant, Southland
🌾 Waimate Acclimatisation District - Open Season and Bag Limits
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesGame, Open season, Bag limits, Ducks, Swans, Geese, Quail, Chukar, Waimate
🌾 Special Conditions for Waitaki River Game Hunting
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesGame, Special conditions, Hunting, Waterfowl, Waitaki River, Waitaki Acclimatisation District