New Zealand Gazette – 1972 – No. 15

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✨ Game Regulations

FIRST SCHEDULE

DAILY GAME POSSESSION LIMIT

EXCEPT where all game is labelled with the following details:

(a) The name and address of the person by whom the game was taken;
(b) The number of the licence to hunt or kill game held by the person by whom the game was taken;
(c) The name of the acclimatisation society by which that licence was issued; and
(d) The date on which the game was taken.

No person shall have in his possession on any one day game in excess of the following numbers:

Saturday, 6 May 1972: A number of game corresponding to the number specified in this notification as the daily bag limit.
Sunday, 7 May 1972: Twice the number of game specified for Saturday, 6 May 1972.
Every subsequent day: As for Saturday, 6 May 1972.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Auckland Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 62, of 16 October 1947, at page 1680.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck (except that no duck may be hunted or killed on Great Barrier Island)... ... ... ... 6 May to 28 May incl.
Paradise duck (only in the counties of Otorohanga, Waitomo, Taupo, and Taumarunui) ... ... ... ... 6 May to 28 May incl.
Pukeko ... ... ... ... 6 May to 2 July incl.
Black swan ... ... ... ... 6 May to 28 May incl.
California and brown quail and cock pheasant ... ... ... ... 6 May to 2 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 10.
Mallard duck, 10.
Paradise duck, 3.
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.

Special Conditions

No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Waikare any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maimai, or loo, except within 200 yd of the margin of the said lake.
No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Ngaroto any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maimai, or loo, except within 90 yd of the margin of the said lake.
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 the Auckland Acclimatisation District.
No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Rotokauri any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maimai, or loo, on any open water of the said lake.

Closed Game Areas

Add:

No. (158). C.T. 17A/1085, Block XIV, Waiwera S.D., North Auckland District, 67 acres 3 roods 12 perches, the property of Her Excellency Lady Porritt, Government House, Wellington.
No. (159). D.P. 33199 and S. 14188, part Allotments 203, 202, and 376, Parish of Whangamarino, C.T. 859/231 and 649/12, South Auckland Registry, 338 acres, the property of Mr F. T. Smith, Reed’s No. 3 Road, Waerenga, R.D. 3, Te Kauwhata.
No. (160). Allotments 113, 201, part Allotments 166, 168, and 170, Makarau Parish, Block V, Waiwera S.D., 387 acres, the property of Mr R. P. Adams, R.D. 3, Kaukapakapa.
No. (161). Sections 4 and 52, Block XII, Piako S.D., 487 acres, the property of Mr J. P. Farrow, Torehape West Road, No. 1 R.D., Ngatea.
No. (162). City of Manukau, Valuation Roll No. 370/341 and 370/345, 410 acres, the property of Mr C. M. Gill, North Road, Clevedon.
No. (163). Lot 3, D.P. 47023, being all the land in certificate of title, No. 5A/667, 11½ acres, the property of Mrs A. S. Walker, Ridge Road, Pt. View, care of Howick Post Office.

No. (164). Lot 2, D.P. S. 14088, part Allotment 327, Parish of Te Rapa, C.T. 11D/1413, and Lot 3, D.P. S. 14088, C.T. 11D/1414, 29 acres 3 roods 27 perches, the property of Mr and Mrs Usmar, Mystery Creek Road, Ohaupo, R.D. 1.
No. (165). Part Lot 4, D.P. 12939, part Allotment 260, Ngaroto Parish, 102 acres 1 rood 13.7 perches, the property of Mr W. G. West, West Road, R.D. 1, Ohaupo.
No. (166). Lot 1, D.P. S. 1508, Allotment 189, Ngaroto Parish, Allotment 190, parts 191, 192a, and 430 Ngaroto Parish, property of Mr R. E. West, West Road, R.D. 1, Ohaupo.

Bay of Islands Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 3 December 1970, at page 2365.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck ... ... ... 6 May to 28 May incl.
Pukeko ... ... ... 6 May to 28 May incl.
Black swan ... ... ... 6 May to 28 May incl.
California and brown quail and cock pheasant ... ... ... 6 May to 2 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Black swan, 1.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
California and brown quail, no limit.
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.

Hawera Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 14, of 25 February 1960, at page 249.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck ... ... ... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Paradise duck ... ... ... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Pukeko ... ... ... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Black swan ... ... ... 6 May to 5 June incl.
California and brown quail and cock pheasant ... ... ... 6 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Black swan, 1.
Mallard duck, 10.
California and brown quail, no limit.
Paradise duck, 3.
Cock pheasant, 3.
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.

Hawke’s Bay 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 ... ... ... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Paradise duck ... ... ... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Pukeko ... ... ... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Black swan ... ... ... 6 May to 5 June incl.
California and brown quail ... ... ... 6 May to 30 July incl.
Cock pheasant ... ... ... 6 May to 30 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Pukeko, 3.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Black swan, 2.
Mallard duck, 15.
California and brown quail, no limit.
Paradise duck, 2.
Cock pheasant, 4.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise and mallard duck, 15 in all.
Shooting hours: 6.15 a.m. to 6.15 p.m.
Decoy limit: 25.

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9 names identified

Lady Porritt, Property owner of land
F. T. Smith (Mr), Property owner of land
R. P. Adams (Mr), Property owner of land
J. P. Farrow (Mr), Property owner of land
C. M. Gill (Mr), Property owner of land
A. S. Walker (Mrs), Property owner of land
Mr and Mrs Usmar, Property owners of land
W. G. West (Mr), Property owner of land
R. E. West (Mr), Property owner of land

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