25 MARCH

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 3.
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: 6.15 a.m. to 6.15 p.m. Decoy limit: 25.

Hobson Acclimatisation District

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

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck ... 2 May to 24 May incl.
Pukeko ... 2 May to 24 May incl.
Black swan ... 2 May to 24 May incl.
California and brown quail and cock pheasant ... 2 May to 14 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 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.

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, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck ... 2 May to 24 May incl.
Pukeko ... 2 May to 24 May incl.
Black swan ... 2 May to 24 May incl.
California and brown quail and cock pheasant ... 2 May to 28 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 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 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

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard and paradise duck ... 2 May to 1 June incl.
Pukeko ... 2 May to 1 June incl.
Black swan ... 2 May to 1 June incl.
California quail ... 2 May to 26 July incl.
Chukor ... 2 May to 26 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 3.
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: 25.

Pukeko, 5.
Black swan, 2.
California and brown quail, no limit.
Cock pheasant, 2.

Special Conditions

A licence issued pursuant to this notification shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill 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

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck ... 2 May to 1 June incl.
Pukeko ... 2 May to 1 June incl.
Black swan ... 2 May to 1 June incl.
California quail ... 2 May to 31 July incl.
Cock pheasant ... 31 May to 1 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 7.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 3.
Mallard duck (female), 7.
Mallard drake, 12.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard (male and female) duck, 7 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: 25.

North Canterbury Acclimatisation District

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

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck ... 2 May to 1 June incl.
Pukeko ... 2 May to 1 June incl.
Black swan ... 2 May to 26 July incl.
Canada goose (only in that portion of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District which lies to the east of the South Island Main Trunk Railway line) ... 2 May to 26 July incl.
California quail ... 2 May to 2 Aug. incl.
Cock pheasant ... 2 May to 8 May incl.
Chukor ... 2 May to 30 Aug. incl.
Partridge ... 2 June to 8 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 3.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck, 15 in all.
Black swan, no limit.
Pukeko, 1 north of the Ashley River; 3 south of the Ashley River.
California quail, no limit.
Cock pheasant, 1.
Chukor, no limit.
Canada goose, no limit.
Partridge, 2 south of the Ashley River.

*Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m., except that during the period 6 June to 26 July inclusive Canada goose may be shot 24 hours per day in that portion of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District that lies to the eastward of the South Island Main Trunk Railway line. Decoy limit: 25.

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 inches, excepting such areas as may be decided upon by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society.
2. It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave any swan(s) shot, or the mutilated bodies of any swan(s) 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 notification fixing an open season for game in those districts respectively.