✨ Game Hunting Regulations




  1. MARCH

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for pheasants; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
for duck, black swan, pukeko, quail, and chukor.

Decoy limit: 25.

Special Conditions

  1. No person shall use, or cause to be used, on any water within
    the district for the hunting or killing of game any fixed stand,
    pontoon, hide, maimai, or loo, except within the distance of half a
    chain from the margin of such water in non-tidal waters, or half a
    chain from low-water mark in tidal waters, or, where raupo
    abounds, half a chain from the outside edge of such raupo.

  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
    Ashburton Acclimatisation District and 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 those districts.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:
No. (11). The pond on the property of Mr J. Irvine, being on
part Lot 1, part Section 5, D.P. 2988, Ardmore Estate, Greenvale
R.D.

Add:
No. (11). That portion of land, of approximately 80 acres,
fenced off by the Otago Catchment Board for soil conservation
purposes on the property occupied by Mr Robin Scott at Wedder-
burn in Central Otago.

South Canterbury Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March 1925,
at page 752.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck
Paradise duck (shooting of paradise
duck(s) is prohibited on the seaward
side of State Highway No. 72, from
the Arundel Bridge to Geraldine;
thence State Highway No. 79, from
Geraldine to Fairlie; thence High-
way No. 8 from Fairlie to Burkes
Pass township; thence along Rollesby
Road to the mouth of the MacKenzie
Pass at Lochharts Bridge; and thence
along Lochharts Creek to its com-
mencement)
Pukeko
Black swan
California quail
Pheasants
Chukor

Duration of
1972 Season
6 May to 5 June 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., except that, in that portion
of Lake Benmore and its shore line one-half of a mile in width
which lies within the South Canterbury Acclimatisation District, the
hours shall be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Decoy limit: 25.

Special Conditions

  1. 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 Rangitata River which lies within the Ashburton Acclima-
    tisation District, and on that portion of the flood bed of the
    Pareora River which lies within the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation
    District, during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the
    conditions prescribed in the notification fixing the open season for
    those districts.

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  1. A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill
    game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game in the
    Ashburton 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.

Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 39, of 9 July 1959, at
page 903.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
California quail
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 27 Aug. incl.

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

Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Decoy limit: 25.

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

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck
Pukeko
Pheasants
Chukor only in that portion of the
Southland Acclimatisation District
north of the main highway between
Gore and Te Anau.

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

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

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.

Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District

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

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck
Black swan
Canada goose
California quail
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.

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

Shooting hours: 6.45 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Pukeko, 3.
Black swan, 2.
California quail, no limit.
Pheasants, 5.
Chukor, no limit.

Pukeko, 3.
California quail, no limit.
Chukor, no limit.

Pukeko, 2.

Pheasants, no limit

Chukor, 5.

Black swan, 2.
Canada goose, no limit.
California quail, 15.
Chukor, 15.



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🌾 Ashburton Acclimatisation District Game Season

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Game hunting, Ashburton, Acclimatisation district, Bag limits, Shooting hours, Decoy limit
  • J. Irvine, property owner, closed game area
  • Robin Scott, occupier, closed game area

🌾 South Canterbury Acclimatisation District Game Season

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Game hunting, South Canterbury, Acclimatisation district, Bag limits, Shooting hours, Decoy limit, Special conditions

🌾 Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District Game Season

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Game hunting, Southern Lakes, Acclimatisation district, Bag limits, Shooting hours, Decoy limit, Special conditions

🌾 Southland Acclimatisation District Game Season

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Game hunting, Southland, Acclimatisation district, Bag limits, Shooting hours, Decoy limit, Special conditions

🌾 Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District Game Season

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Game hunting, Waitaki Valley, Acclimatisation district, Bag limits, Shooting hours, Decoy limit