✨ Game Hunting Regulations
316
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 10
Game That May be Hunted
or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-
bill), and mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
Black swan
California quail
Cock pheasant
Duration of 1978–79 Season
15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 30 April 1978 incl.
and 3 June to 5 June 1978
incl.
15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 30 July 1978 incl.
10 June to 11 June 1978 incl.
and 17 June to 18 June 1978
incl.
Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-
bill), mallard, and para-
dise 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 p. 2463.
Game That May be Hunted
or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-
bill), and mallard duck
Paradise duck (High Country—those watersheds up-
stream from and lying west
of a line joining points:
(1) the Lake Coleridge
Powerhouse on the Rakaia
River at the southern
boundary of the North
Canterbury Acclimatisation
District, (2) Woodstock on
the Waimakariri River,
(3) the junction of the
South Branch with the
Hurunui River, (4) Marble
Point Quarry south of
Hanmer at the Waiau
River, (5) the junction of
the Clarence River with the
Palmer Stream at the
northern boundary of
the North Canterbury
Acclimatisation District.
Low Country—that part of
the North Canterbury
Acclimatisation District
excluding High Country
areas described above)
Canada goose (only in the
counties of Waiwera and
Ellesmere east of State
Highway No. 1)
Canada goose (in the re-
minder of the North
Canterbury Acclimatisation
District)
California quail
Cock pheasant
Chukor
Duration of 1978–79 Season
15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 30 July 1978 incl.
and midnight 2 February
1979 to 25 March 1979 at
midnight incl.
15 April to 29 October 1978
incl. and midnight 2 February
1979 to 25 March 1979 at
midnight incl.
15 April to 30 July 1978 incl.
29 April to 14 May 1978 incl.
15 April to 3 September 1978
incl.
Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 25.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck, 25.
Paradise duck, 2. Low
Country, 6 High Country.
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-
bill), mallard, and para-
dise duck, 25 in all.
Pukeko, 2 north of the Ashley
River; 4 south of the Ashley
River.
California quail, no limit.
Cock pheasant, 2.
Chukor, no limit.
Canada goose, no limit.
Shooting hours: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. or any period within
these hours except that during the period 19 June 1978 to
29 October 1978 inclusive, and midnight 2 February 1979
to 25 March 1979 at midnight inclusive, Canada goose may
be hunted or killed 24 hours per day.
Decoy limit: No limit.
Special Conditions
- No hut, mudhole, stand, hide, shelter, mainai, 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.
Provided that nothing in these special conditions shall
prevent any person using any vessel for the purpose of
retrieving game that has been killed or wounded.
Otago Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 50, of 26 July
1945, at p. 945.
Game That May be Hunted
or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-
bill), and mallard duck
Paradise duck (shooting of
paradise duck(s) is pro-
hibited in the area south-
west of the Clutha River
from the Cromwell Gorge
to the Beaumont Bridge
and also the areas east
and south of the Lammer-
law Range, Rock and Pillar
Range, and a direct line
from Hyde to Morrisons)
California quail
Pheasants
Chukor
Duration of 1978–79 Season
15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 30 July 1978 incl.
15 April to 30 July 1978 incl.
15 April to 3 September 1978
incl.
Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 25.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 25.
Mallard duck, 25.
Paradise duck, 3 (except
that 5 may be hunted or
killed in the county of
Maniototo south and east
of State Highway No. 85)
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-
bill), paradise, and mallard
duck, 25 in all.
California quail, no limit.
Pheasants, 5.
Chukor, no limit.
Shooting hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for California quail,
pheasants, and chukor; 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for duck.
Decoy limit: No limit.
Special Conditions
- No person shall use, or cause to be used, on any water
within the district for the hunting or killing of game any
fixed stand, pontoon, hide, mainai, or loo, except within
a distance of 10 metres from the margin of such water in
non-tidal waters, or from the low-water mark in tidal waters
or, where raupo abounds, 10 metres from the outside edge
of such raupo.
South Canterbury Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March
1925, at p. 752.
Game That May be Hunted
or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
and mallard duck
Pukeko
Paradise duck (shooting of
paradise duck(s) is pro-
hibited on the seaward side
of State Highway No. 1,
from the Rangitata River
to the Pareora River)
California quail
Pheasants
Chukor
Canada goose
Duration of 1978–79 Season
15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.
15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.
22 April to 30 July 1978 incl.
20 May to 6 June 1978 incl.
22 April to 30 July 1978 incl.
15 April to 29 October 1978
incl.
Midnight 2 February 1979 to
25 March 1979 at midnight
incl.
Next Page →
PDF embedding disabled (Crown copyright)
View this page online at:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1978, No 10
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1978, No 10
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🏗️
Nelson Acclimatisation District Game Regulations
(continued from previous page)
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksGame hunting, Nelson, Wildlife Act, Bag limits
🏗️ North Canterbury Acclimatisation District Game Regulations
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksGame hunting, North Canterbury, Bag limits, Season dates
🏗️ Otago Acclimatisation District Game Regulations
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksGame hunting, Otago, Bag limits, Season dates
🏗️ South Canterbury Acclimatisation District Game Regulations
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksGame hunting, South Canterbury, Bag limits, Season dates