Special Conditions

Persons holding valid game shooting licences for the Westland Acclimatisation District may without taking out a further game licence, shoot in that portion of the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District included in the Westland Land District.

Southland Acclimatisation District

REFERENCE to description: Gazette, No. 39, of 9 July 1959, at page 903.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1971 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 1 May to 19 June incl.
Pheasants .. .. .. 1 May to 30 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

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

Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Decoy limit: 25.

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.

Closed Game Areas

Add: No. (9). All that area containing approximately 150 acres, being part Section 4, Block 11, Nokomai S.D., being the property of Mr L. O. Naylor.

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 1971 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
Canada goose .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
California quail .. .. .. 1 May to 31 July incl.
Chukor .. .. .. 1 May to 31 July 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.
Black swan, 4.
Canada goose, no limit.
California quail, 15.
Chukor, no limit.

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, maimai, mud-hole, loo, louvre, or position before 9 a.m. on 3 April 1971.
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.

West Coast Acclimatisation District

REFERENCE to description: Gazette, No. 78, of 4 October 1951, at page 1465.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1971 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
California quail .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Pukeko, 5.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Black swan, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
California quail, 6.
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.

Closed Game Areas

Add: No. (5). The property of Mr C. N. Curtis. Northern moiety of Section 2952, Block IV, Cobden Survey District, and being part of the land contained in provisional certificate of title, Volume 9, folio I, Westland Register: area, 1 acre and 22.1 perches.
No. (6). Greymouth Racecourse Reserve: All that area in the Westland Land District being Recreation Reserve No. 34 and bounded on the north generally by the Grey River and on the north-east by the western boundaries of Sections 1420, 2122, 2123, and 1419 in Block IX, Arnold Survey District, and on the south and west generally by the southern and western boundaries of the said Recreation Reserve No. 34.
No. (7). The property of M. S. McIndoe and W. G. McIndoe situated at Nine Mile, Westport, and being all that area of land in Square 141, Block VII, Kawatiri S.D., being Sections 97,1 of 98, part 96 and bounded by the Nine Mile Road from the Victoria Road, Nine Mile Road Junction to the Eastern boundary of Section 97 and along that boundary in a westerly direction to the boundary of 1 of Section 98 and along the boundary of Section 98 to Victoria Road and along Victoria Road in a northerly direction to the point of commencement at the junction of Victoria and Nine Mile Roads.

Westland Acclimatisation District

REFERENCE to description: Gazette, No. 50, of 26 July 1945, at page 945.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1971 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 1 May to 7 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Pukeko, 5.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 2.
Black swan, 5.
Mallard duck, 10.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck, 10 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Decoy limit: 25.

Special Conditions

1. Persons holding valid game shooting licences for the Westland Acclimatisation District may, without taking out a further game licence, shoot in that portion of the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District included in the Westland Land District. The conditions prescribed in this notification in respect of the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District shall apply in this area.
2. No person shall on the waters of Lake Mahinapua for the purpose of hunting or killing game use any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maimai, or loo except within 50 yards from the margin of the lake waters.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of March 1971.
DAVID C. SEATH, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. Wil 8/2/2).