MARLBOROUGH ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, 12 March 1925, at
page 751.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck .. .. ..
Paradise duck .. .. ..
Pukeko .. .. ..
California quail .. .. ..
Chukor .. .. ..

Duration of
1974–75 Season

6 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
4 May to 25 August 1974
incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
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 per stand.

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 this 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.

NELSON ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, 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
1974–75 Season

6 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
4 May to 19 May 1974
incl.
4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
4 May to 31 July 1974
incl.
2 June to 3 June 1974
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.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: No limit.

NORTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 68, 28 September 1933,
at page 2463.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck .. .. ..
Paradise duck .. .. ..
Pukeko .. .. ..

Duration of
1974–75 Season

6 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.

NORTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT—continued
Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Black swan .. .. ..
Canada goose (Area A—in that portion
of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District which lies to the
east of the South Island main trunk
railway line) .. .. ..
Canada goose (Area B—in that portion
of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District which lies to the
west of the South Island main trunk
railway line)

Duration of
1974–75 Season

4 May to 28 July 1974
incl.
4 May to 28 July 1974
incl.
4 May to 6 October 1974
incl., and midnight 7
February 1975 to 23
March 1975 at midnight incl.

Canada goose (Area C—in that portion
of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District east of the South
Island main trunk railway line in the
Canterbury Land District bounded
by a line commencing at a point on
the sea coast in line with the middle
of Beach Road, near Poranui Block VIII, Ellesmere Survey District, and proceeding north-easterly
generally along the south-eastern shore of Lake Forsyth to a white
marker post near the eastern end of
that lake; thence due east 1005.84
metres to a second white marker
post; thence northerly to the intersection of Kinloch Road and the
Okute River and along the middle
line of that road and Morrisons Road
to the middle of the Christchurch-Akaroa No. 75 State Highway;
thence proceeding along the middle
line of that road generally south-westerly to its junction with Beach
Road; thence generally north-westerly along the middle line of the
Christchurch-Akaroa No. 75 State
Highway to Tai Tapu; thence in a
westerly direction along the middle
lines of Lincoln Road, Ellesmere
Junction Road, through Lincoln to
Springston; thence to the junction of
Burnham Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle
line to the main north-south railway
line; thence in a southerly direction
along the railway line to the middle
line of the Rakaia River; thence in a
south-easterly direction to the sea
coast; thence in an easterly direction
along the sea coast to the point of
commencement) .. .. ..
Midnight 7 February 1975
to 23 March 1975 at
midnight incl.

California quail .. .. ..
Cock pheasant .. .. ..
Chukor .. .. ..

Duration of
1974–75 Season

4 May to 28 July 1974
incl.
3 June to 17 June 1974
incl.
4 May to 25 August 1974
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, 3.
California quail, no limit.
Chukor, no limit.

Daily Bag Limits

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

Pukeko, 1, north of the
Ashley River; 3, south
of the Ashley River.
Black Swan, 1.
California quail, 8.
Cock pheasant, 2.
Chukor, no limit.
Canada goose, no limit.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during the period
4 June 1974 to 6 October 1974 inclusive and midnight, 7 February
1975 to 23 March 1975 at midnight inclusive, Canada goose may
be shot 24 hours per day.

Decoy limit: No limit.

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 60 cm, excepting such areas as may be decided
   upon by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society.