No. 13

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 1975
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON: TUESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 1975
Open Season for Game in Certain Acclimatisation Districts
IMPORTANT—The information published in this Gazette, will
be published in like form in 1980. In the intervening years this
Gazette will contain details of the Minister's decision relating
to game that may be hunted, the dates and shooting hours between
which such game may be hunted, decoy limits, bag limits, and any
amendments to the special conditions, possession limit, and closed
game areas published in this Gazette. Acclimatisation societies
are asked to ensure that all purchasers of shooting licences are
placed in possession of a comprehensive statement of their rights,
duties, and obligations during the shooting season.
PURSUANT to the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal
Affairs declares an open season for game, in the acclimatisation
districts, and subject to the conditions, specified in the Second
Schedule hereto, except in the closed game areas specified in the
Third Schedule hereto. The attention of sportsmen and others is
drawn to the daily game possession limits set forth in the
First Schedule hereto and to the provisions of the Wildlife Act
1953 and the Wildlife Regulations 1955.
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, 3 May 1975: A number of game corresponding to
the number specified in this notification as the daily bag
limit.
Sunday, 4 May 1975: Twice the number of game specified for
Saturday, 3 May 1975.
Every subsequent day: As for Saturday, 3 May 1975.
SECOND SCHEDULE
Ashburton 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 (only in that portion
of the Ashburton Acclimatisation
District west of Highway No. 72
from the Rakaia Gorge Bridge to
the Rangitata River)
Pukeko (except in the Ashburton
Acclimatisation District west of the
Blowing Point Bridge on the Ash-
burton River)
Black swan
California quail
Cock pheasant
Chukor
Canada goose
Canada goose
Duration of
1975–76 Season
3 May to 2 June 1975
incl.
3 May to 2 June 1975
incl.
3 May to 2 June 1975
incl.
3 May to 2 June 1975
incl.
3 May to 27 July 1975
incl.
10 May to 18 May 1975
incl.
3 May to 24 August 1975
incl.
3 May to 5 October 1975
incl.
Midnight 6 February
1976 to 21 March 1976
at midnight 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 during
the period 3 June 1975 to 5 October 1975 inclusive, and midnight
6 February 1976 to 21 March 1976 at midnight inclusive, Canada
goose may be shot 24 hours per day.
Decoy limit: No limit.
Pukeko, 3.
Black swan, 1.
California quail, 10.
Cock pheasant, 1.
Chukor, no limit.
Canada goose, no limit.
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