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 Ash-
   burton Acclimatisation 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.

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 during the period
   and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed
   in this 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
Canada goose
Canada goose

Duration of 1973–74 Season

7 May to 4 June 1973 incl.
5 May to 4 June 1973 incl.
5 May to 4 June 1973 incl.
2 June to 29 July 1973 incl.
2 June to 26 August 1973 incl.
5 May to 7 October 1973 incl.
Midnight 8 February 1974 to
24 March 1974 at midnight
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. except that during the
period of 5 June 1973 to 7 October 1973 inclusive, and
midnight 8 February 1974 to 24 March 1974 at midnight
inclusive, Canada goose may be shot 24 hours per day.

Decoy limit: 25, 5 May 1973 to 4 June 1973 inclusive,
thereafter no limit.

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.

Closed Game Areas

Add:

No. (8). Section 6, Block XXXII, Town of Arrowtown,
area approximately 0.9384 hectares (S.D. Plan 14023), Otago
Land District, Lake County, commonly known as Golf Links
Pond.

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
Paradise duck (only in that
portion of the Southland
Acclimatisation District
north of a direct line com-
mencing at Paddock Hill,
on the Society’s western
boundary, to the summit of
Mount Hamilton situated
at the eastern end of the
Takitimu Mountains, then
in a direct line to the Te
Anau - Lumsden Highway
at Centre Hill Station, then
along the Te Anau - Lums-
den Highway to the road-
rail bridge over the Oreti
River near Lumsden, then
in a direct line to East
Dome on the Society’s
eastern boundary)
Pukeko
Pheasants

Duration of 1973 Season

5 May to 4 June incl.
5 May to 6 May incl.
5 May to 4 June incl.
5 May to 29 July incl.

Game That May be Hunted

or Killed

Chukor (only in that portion
of the Southland Acclimati-
sation District north of the
main highway between
Gore and Te Anau)

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 5.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
Pukeko, 2.

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

Decoy limit: 25.

Special Conditions

In the Southland Acclimatisation District not more than
4 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
Paradise duck (only in that
portion of the Waitaki
Valley Acclimatisation Dis-
trict that lies west of the
Lake Waitaki Dam and the
area upstream of the main
road bridge on the Haka-
taramea River)
Black swan (shooting of black
swan(s) is prohibited west
of the Lake Waitaki Dam)
Canada goose (Area A—that
part of the Waitaki Valley
Acclimatisation District ex-
cluding Area B)

Duration of 1973–74 Season

5 May to 4 June 1973 incl.
5 May 1973 only.
5 May to 4 June 1973 incl.
5 May to 7 October 1973 incl.,
and midnight 8 February 1974
to 24 March 1974 at midnight
incl.

Canada goose (Area B—that
part of the Waitaki Valley
Acclimatisation District
described as follows:

(i) 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 Wai-
taki River, and all
islands in that por-
tion;

(ii) That portion of the
Waitaki Valley
Acclimatisation Dis-
trict that lies to the
eastward of the
South Island main
trunk railway line

5 May to 4 June 1973 incl.
5 May to 29 July 1973 incl.
5 May to 29 July 1973 incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
mallard, and paradise duck,
15 in all.

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

Shooting hours: 6.45 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during
the period 5 June 1973 to 7 October 1973 inclusive, and
midnight 8 February 1974 to 24 March 1974 at midnight
inclusive, Canada goose may be shot 24 hours per day.

Decoy limit: 20, of which not more than 10 may be duck
decoys, except that from 5 June 1973 there will be no limit
on the number of Canada goose decoys.

Special Conditions

1. No person shall, for the purposes of hunting or killing
   game, build, or attempt to build, any stand, hide, shelter,
   maimai, mudhole, loo, louvre, or position before 9 a.m. on
   7 April 1973.

Duration of 1973 Season

5 May to 4 June 1973 incl.

Grey duck, 5.
Chukor, no limit.

Pheasant, no limit.
Chukor, no limit.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
mallard, and paradise duck,
15 in all.