25 MARCH

Game That May be Hunted
or killed

Duration of
1970 Season

direct line to East Dome on the
Acclimatisation District's eastern
boundary) .. .. .. 2 May only.
Pukeko .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 2 May to 14 June incl.
Pheasants .. .. .. 2 May to 28 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 5. Pukeko, 2.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5. Black swan, 8.
Mallard duck, 15. Pheasants, no limit.
Paradise duck, 2.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
mallard, and paradise duck,
15 in all.

Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Decoy limit: 25 (other than paradise duck decoys).

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.

Stratford Acclimatisation District

Reference to description: Gazette, No. 71, of 25 November 1965, at page 2080.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Duration of
1970 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
Paradise duck .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 2 May to 7 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
California and brown quail and cock
pheasant .. .. .. 2 May to 9 Aug. incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10. Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5. Black swan, 5.
Mallard duck, 10. California and brown quail,
Paradise duck, 3. no limit.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
mallard, and paradise duck,
10 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.

Taranaki Acclimatisation District

Reference to description: Gazette, No. 71, of 25 November 1965, at page 2080.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Duration of
1970 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
and mallard duck .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
Paradise duck .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 2 May to 28 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
California and brown quail and cock
pheasant .. .. .. 2 May to 9 Aug. incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10. Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5. Black swan, 5.
Mallard duck, 10. California and brown quail, no
Paradise duck, 3. limit.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
mallard, and paradise duck,
10 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 25.

Tauranga Acclimatisation District

Reference to description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March 1925, at page 753.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Duration of
1970 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck .. .. .. 2 May to 24 May incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 2 May to 28 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
California and brown quail and cock
pheasant .. .. .. 2 May to 5 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10. Pukeko, 5.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5. Black swan, 8.
Mallard duck (female), 10. California and brown quail, 10.
Mallard drake, 15. Cock pheasant, 6.

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.

Waimarino Acclimatisation District

Reference to description: Gazette, No. 70, of 5 November 1964, at page 2013.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Duration of
1970 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
Paradise duck .. .. .. 2 May to 28 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 2 May to 7 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
California and brown quail and cock
pheasant .. .. .. 2 May to 9 Aug. incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15. Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15. Black swan, 8.
Mallard duck, 15. California and brown quail, no
Paradise duck, 10. limit.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
mallard, and paradise duck,
15 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 25.

Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District

Reference to description: Gazette, No. 54, of 31 August 1967, at page 1453.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Duration of
1970 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
Canada goose .. .. .. 2 May to 1 June incl.
California quail .. .. .. 2 May to 31 July incl.
Chukor .. .. .. 2 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10. Black swan, 8.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5. Canada goose, no limit.
Mallard duck (female), 10. California quail, 15.
Mallard drake, 15. Chukor, no limit.
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: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Decoy limit: 10; except in that portion of the district above the Lake Waitaki Dam, including Lake Waitaki to the sea, the bed of the Waitaki River and all islands in that portion where the limit may be 20.

Special Conditions

1. Canada goose is game in that part of the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District described as follows:
   (a) That area of land and water comprising the Waitaki River from the top of the Lake Waitaki Dam to the sea, the bed of that portion of the Waitaki River, and all islands in that portion;
   (b) That portion of the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District that lies to the eastward of the South Island Main Trunk Railway line.

2. No person shall, for the purposes of hunting or killing game, build, or attempt to build, any stand, hide, shelter, maumai, mud-hole, loo, louvre, or position before 9 a.m. on 4 April 1970.

3. A licence issued subject to this notification shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game on that portion of the flood bed of the Pareora River which lies within the South Canterbury Acclimatisation District, during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing the open season for that district.

Wanganui Acclimatisation District

Reference to description: Gazette, No. 70, of 5 November 1964, at page 2013.