2.A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game in the South Canterbury Acclimatisation District, during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season for game in that district.

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), and mallard duck.
Paradise duck.
Pukeko.
Black swan.
California quail and cock pheasant.
Chukor.

Duration of 1972 Season
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 30 July incl.
6 May to 27 Aug. incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 3.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise, and mallard duck, 15 in all.

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

Special Conditions

1. 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.

2. No person shall, for the purpose of hunting or killing game, use any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maimai, or loo on the waters of the Vernon or Wairau Lagoons which lie generally between the mouth of the Wairau River, south to the Vernon Run and west to the eastern boundary of Swansdown.

Closed Game Areas
Add:
No. (2). Taylor Detention Dam Reserve.

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.
Paradise duck (only in that portion of the Nelson Acclimatisation District south of a line from Tophouse to Hope Saddle taking in the Buller River drainage system, excluding all land within the Nelson Lakes National Park).
Pukeko.
Black swan.
California quail.
Cock pheasant.

Duration of 1972 Season
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 14 May incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 30 July incl.
4 June to 5 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), and mallard duck.
Paradise duck.
Pukeko.
Black swan.
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).
California quail.
Cock pheasant.
Chukor.

Duration of 1972 Season
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 30 July incl.
6 May to 30 July incl.
6 May to 30 July incl.
5 June to 18 June incl.
6 May to 27 Aug. incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 3.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck, 15 in all.

Pukeko, 5.
Black swan, 2.
California quail, no limit.
Cock pheasant, 1.
Chukor, no limit.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m., except that during the period 10 June to 30 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, mudhole, stand, hide, shelter, maimai, boat, louvre, or cylinder or other contrivance shall be used for the hunting or killing of game in any part of Lake Ellesmere in which the water is of a greater depth than 24 in., excepting such areas as may be decided upon by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society:

Provided that nothing in this special condition shall prevent any person using any vessel for the purpose of retrieving game that has been killed or wounded.

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 the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District.

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.

4. It shall be an offence to drive black swan for the purpose of hunting or killing them on or around Lake Ellesmere.

Closed Game Area
Add:

No. (24). The estuary, foreshore, and adjacent areas of the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers as described in the Christchurch City Bylaw No. 50.

Otago Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 50, of 26 July 1945, at page 945.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck.
Paradise duck.
Pukeko.
Black swan (except in Maniototo County).
California quail.
Pheasants.
Chukor.

Duration of 1972 Season
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 5 June incl.
6 May to 30 July incl.
3 June to 30 July incl.
6 May to 30 July incl.