638 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 31

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
along the Tararua Range
to the summit of the
Rimutaka Range and
thence along the main
Featherston-Hutt Road to
Mangaroa; thence south
along the Hutt River to its
confluence with the
Whakatiki River; thence
west along the Whakatiki
River to Wainui Hill
(2367 ft); thence along
the Wainui Stream to
Packakariki)

Duration of 1977-78 Season.

7 May to 31 July 1977 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-
bill), paradise, and mal-
lard duck, 15 in all.
Pukeko, 10.
Black swan, 4.
California and brown quail,
no limit.

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

WHANGAREI 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 spoon-
bill), and mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
California and brown quail
and cock pheasant

Duration of 1977-78 Season
7 May to 12 June 1977 incl.
21 May to 27 May 1977 incl.
7 May to 12 June 1977 incl.
7 May to 3 July 1977 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-
bill), mallard, and para-
dise duck, 15 in all.

Pukeko, 10.
California and brown quail,
no limit.
Paradise duck, 2.
Cock pheasant, 5.

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, Hobson, and Mangonui-
   Whangaroa 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.

Closed Game Areas
Delete:
No. (1). The City of Whangarei.
No. (2). The Town District of Hikurangi, and property of
the Hikurangi Town Council, being Allotments N.E. 47 and
S.W. 49 Hikurangi Parish, Block XVI, Hukerenui S.D.; Allot-
ment N.E. 49 Hikurangi Parish, Block XVI, Hukerenui S.D.;
Section 6, Block XVI, Hukerenui S.D.; Lot 1, Section 7, Block
XVI, Hukerenui S.D.; Section 9, Block XVI, Hukerenui S.D.;
Lot 1, D.P. 52817, Hikurangi Parish, Block V, Purua S.D.;
approximately 456 acres.
No. (3). The Langdale Game Farm at Ngaratuna.
No. (4). Section of the Maungaturoto Gorge—an area
extending for 5 miles along the Waipu-Maungaturoto Road
from the boundary of the Whangarei County towards Waipu,
and being bounded on either side of the road by lines 100 yards
from and parallel to both sides of the said road.
No. (5). That portion of the Waihoihoi Stream and an
area 1 chain in depth along each bank from the bridge
across the Waihoihoi Stream to Waipu to Simpkins Road.
No. (6). Swamp approximately 6 miles from Waipu on
Mrs I. M. Wright’s property on the Whangarei-Waipu Road
together with an area of 200 yards from the edge of
the said swamp.

No. (7). The property of W. Wakelin, Sections 68, 69, and
70, Whangarei Parish, Block XII, Purua S.D., approximately
128 acres.
No. (8). The property of I. D. Bodie, Sections N.W.M.
13, W., and part 14, Ruatanga Parish, and Section 4, Block
IV, Purua S.D., approximately 311 acres.
No. (9). The property of M. L. Forsyth, part Allotment
56, 57, 59, 61, and Allotment 60, 112, 140; Lot 1, D.P.
57186, Blocks VIII, and XII, Purua S.D., approximately 173
acres.
No. (10). The property of Beazley Homes Ltd., part
Lot 6, D.P. 1583, Allotment 2, Allotment 98, part Lots
99 to 103, Whangarei Parish, Block V, part Lot 2, D.P.
59980, Whangarei S.D., approximately 79 acres.
No. (11). The property of Norman B. McKinley, Sections
3, 7, 8, and 9, Block VI, Whangarei S.D., Section II, Block
VII, Whangarei S.D., road frontage of 2.0116 kilometres,
back boundary of the property being the Taheke Creek,
approximately 193.0348 hectares.
No. (12). The property of R. A. Longley, being Lots 1 to 4,
D.P. 36369, of Allotment 64, Whangarei Parish, Block XII,
Purua S.D., Wairua Riding: area, approximately 43 acres.
No. (13). The property of L. Calvert, Sections 5 and 16,
Block IV, Opua whanga S.D.: 122 acres.
No. (14). The property of E. P. Maddren and Sons Ltd.,
part Section 1, Block VI, Mangakahia S.D.: approximately
435 acres.
No. (15). The property of N. Suvalko, Allotment W. 44,
Ruakaka Parish, all D.P. 7220, and part Lot 19, D.P. 919, of
Allotments 63, 64, and 65, Ruakaka Parish, Block X, Ruakaka
S.D.: approximately 305 acres.
No. (16). The property of H. J. Schicker, Sections 27 and
30, Block XIII, Hukerenui S.D.: approximately 273 acres.
No. (17). The property of H. J. James, part Hurupaki
No. 3, Block VIII, Purua S.D.; Lot 1, D.P. 49459; and
Ngatapapa 2, Block VIII, Purua S.D.: approximately 242
acres.
No. (18). The property of J. M. Harris, Lot 2, D.P. 36064,
of Pukemiro Block 5989, and Lot 1, D.P. 39972 of 1D
Hurupaki, Blocks VIII and XII, Purua S.D.: approximately
91 acres.
No. (19). The property of M. A. Young, part Ketenikau
No. 7, Block VIII, Purua S.D., Pukemiro 2C No. 3, Block
VIII, Purua S.D.: approximately 48 acres.
No. (20). The property of C. Thomas, part Pebiaweri Block:
approximately 20 acres.
No. (21). The property of Wooldridge Farms Ltd., all
Whitingaramarama Block V, Whangarei S.D.: 56 acres.
No. (22). The property of P. W. Hislop, Ngararatunua
2B4, Maruara No. 2B, 2C, 2D, Block VII, Purua S.D.:
approximately 72 acres.
No. (23). The property of N. A. Bell, Ngararatunua 2A,
2B, Block VII, Purua S.D.: 26 acres.
No. (24). The property of J. Richards, Parahaki Parish,
Block IX, Whangarei S.D., Lots 35, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
45, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, part Lot 38, D.P. 18256, and Lot 6,
D.P. 27781, and Lot 1, D.P. 41577.
No. (25). The property of T. B. Topp and R. A. Fielding,
Sections 9 and E. 10 and W. Block VII, Whangarei S.D.:
approximately 969 acres.
No. (26). The property of J. A. Hanham and W. C.
Hanham, Section 6, Block VII, Whangarei S.D.: approxi-
mately 204 acres.
No. (27). The property of Mr W. E. Pickens, Hukerenui,
Block XI, Lot 5C 2B and part Lot 5A: approximately 140
acres.

Add:
No. (1). An area of 2 hectares on the property of A.
Exley, Helena Bay, Northland, being Pt. Owai Block 317,
I and II Opua whanga Survey District.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of March 1977.

D. A. HIGHER, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. Wil. 8/2/2)

Open Season for Game in Acclimatisation Districts—South
Island

This notice applies only to the open season for game in
those acclimatisation districts which fall within the South
Island.

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, excepting the close game areas published in
the supplement to the Gazette of 18 February 1975, and sub-
ject to any amendments in any subsequent Gazette notice
and in this notice.