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New Zealand Gazette – 1976 – No. 24

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✨ Game Hunting Regulations

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It shall be an offence for any person to drive black
swan(s) for the purpose of hunting or killing them in the
Auckland Acclimatisation District.
It shall be an offence to shoot game from drifting or
hand propelled boats on the Waikato River north of the
boat ramp at the confluence of the Mangawara Stream and
the Waikato River at Taupiri.

Bay of Islands Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 3 December
1970, at page 2365.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
California and brown quail
and cock pheasant

Duration of 1976–77 Season

1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
29 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 27 June 1976 incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
Cock pheasant, 6

California and brown quail, no
limit.

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
paradise and mallard duck,
15 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

'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 Hobson, Mangonui-Whangaroa, and Whangarei
Acclimatisation Districts, during the period and subject,
mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in this notification fixing an open season for game in those districts.

Hawera Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 14, of 25 February
1960, at page 249.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
California and brown quail
and cock pheasant

Duration of 1976–77 Season

1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 20 June 1976 incl.
1 May to 31 July 1976 incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck, 10.
Paradise duck, 3.
Cock pheasant, 3.

California and brown quail,
no limit.

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
mallard, and paradise duck,
10 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.15 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Decoy limit: 20.

Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March
1925, at page 750.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard duck
Pukeko
California and brown quail
and cock pheasant

Duration of 1976–77 Season

1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 25 July 1976 incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Pukeko, 3.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard duck, 15 in all.
Cock pheasant, 2.

California and brown quail, no
limit.

Shooting hours: 6.15 a.m. to 6.15 p.m.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Hobson Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 3 December
1970, at page 2364.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
California and brown quail
and cock pheasant

Duration of 1976–77 Season

1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
29 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 28 June 1976 incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Pukeko, 10.
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: No limit.

Special Conditions

'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 Bay of Islands, Mangonui-Whangaroa, and
Whangarei Acclimatisation Districts, during the period and
subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in this
notification fixing an open season for game in those districts.

Mangonui-Whangaroa Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 3 December
1970, at page 2365.

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Duration of 1976–77 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
California and brown quail
and cock pheasant

1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
29 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 30 May 1976 incl.
1 May to 27 June 1976 incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
Cock pheasant, 4.

California and brown quail, no
limit.

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
paradise and mallard duck,
15 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

'1. A licencce issued pursuant to this notification to hunt
or kill game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill
game in the Bay of Islands, Hobson, and Whangarei Ac-
climatisation Districts, during the period and subject, mutatis
mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in this notification
fixing an open season for game in those districts.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:

No. (1) Lake Ngatu and a 1-chain strip of land sur-
rounding it, situated in Block VIII, Opoe S.D., on the western
side of the road running from Sweetwater to 90 Mile Beach,
which road is bounded by Section 27.

No. (3) Pukepoto No. 7 Block, Takahue S.D., part Old
Land Claim No. 8, Blocks V and IX, Takahue S.D., part
of land in D.P. 8655, North Auckland Land District, being
portion Pukepoto 8A, Ahipara and Takahue Survey Districts.
Present occupier, Fairlawn Farms Ltd. (originally Vernon
H. Reed).

No. (5) Lot 1, D.P. 58448, Block X, Takahue S.D. Present
occupier, Theo B. Matthews.

No. (6) Lot '1, D.P. 35105, of Sections 8 and 9, Block V,
Takahue S.D. Present occupier, V. L. Senn.

No. (7) Section 6, Block II, Mangataniwha S.D., Sections 2
and 8, Block III, Maungataniwha S.D.: area, approximately
461 acres. Present occupier, Lance L. Andresen, Kohumaru.

No. (8) Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 17, and 19, Block XI,
Takahue S.D. Present occupier, J. H. Shutt.

No. (9) Section 5, Block II, Maungataniwha S.D., part
Section 1, Block III, Maungataniwha S.D.: area, approxim-
ately 326 acres. Present occupier, R. L. Alder, Kohumaru.

No. (10) Part Allotment 24, Awanui Parish, part Old Land
Claim 193-8, Allotment 2, D.P. 33822, Blocks I and II,

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🌾 Open Season for Game in Acclimatisation Districts—North Island (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsGame Hunting, Wildlife Act, Acclimatisation Districts, Bay of Islands, Hawera, Hawke’s Bay, Hobson, Mangonui-Whangaroa
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6 names identified

Vernon H. Reed, Previous occupier of Pukepoto No. 7 Block
Theo B. Matthews, Present occupier of Lot 1, D.P. 58448
V. L. Senn, Present occupier of Lot 1, D.P. 35105
Lance L. Andresen, Present occupier of Section 6, Block II, Mangataniwha S.D.
J. H. Shutt, Present occupier of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 17, and 19, Block XI, Takahue S.D.
R. L. Alder, Present occupier of Section 5, Block II, Maungataniwha S.D.

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