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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 10

Canada goose (only in the Waiau Watershed upstream from the junction of the Waiau and the Orawia Rivers, the whole of the Oreti Watershed upstream from the Centre Bush Bridge and the Aparima Watershed upstream from the Wreys Bush Bridge. Also in that portion of the society's district north of a straight line extending from the Lumsden road-rail bridge to East Dome on the society's eastern boundary)

15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 5.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-bill), paradise, and mallard duck, 15 in all.

Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

1. In the Southland Acclimatisation District not more than four persons shall at any time hunt or kill or attempt to hunt or kill game over the same set of artificial decoys.

Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 54, of 31 August 1967, at p. 1453.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-bill), and mallard duck
Paradise duck (Area A—all that area that lies west of Waitaki Dam and north of the Waitaki River and west of State Highway No. 1)

15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.

(Area B—all that area that lies north of the Waitaki River and east of State Highway No. 1)

15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.

Pukeko (only in the area that lies east of State Highway No. 1 and north of the Waitaki River and in the area that lies east of the main transmission lines from Bortons through Dansey’s Pass and south of the Waitaki River)

15 and 16 April 1978 incl.

Canada goose (Area A—all that area west of Waitaki Dam)

15 April to 29 October 1978 incl. and midnight 2 February 1979 to 15 March 1979 at midnight incl.

Canada goose (Area B—all that area east of the Waitaki Dam and west of State Highway No. 1)

15 April to 29 October 1978 incl.

Canada goose (Area C—all that area that lies east of State Highway No. 1)

15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.

California quail

22 April to 30 July 1978 incl.

Chukor

22 April to 30 July 1978 incl.

Pheasants (only in that area of the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District that lies west of Lake Waitaki)

20 May to 21 May 1978 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Pheasants, no limit.
Chukor, no limit.
Canada goose, no limit.

Grey duck, 25.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 25.
Mallard duck, 25.
Paradise duck, Area A, 5; Area B, 2.
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-bill), mallard, and paradise duck, 25 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. 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

1. No person shall, for the purposes of hunting or killing game, build, or attempt to build, any stand, hide, shelter, maimai, mud-hold, loo, louvre, or position before 9 a.m. on 18 March 1978.

West Coast Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 4 October 1951, at p. 1465.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-bill), and mallard duck

15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.

Paradise duck

15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.

Pukeko

15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.

California quail

15 April to 18 June 1978 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 8.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 2.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 3.
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-bill), paradise, and mallard duck, 15 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Westland 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

15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.

Paradise duck

15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.

Pukeko

15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.

Black swan

15 April to 5 June 1978 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10.
Pukeko, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 2.
Black swan, 2.
Mallard duck, 10.
Paradise duck, 2.
Grey, shoveler (or spoon-bill), paradise, and mallard duck, 10 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions
No person shall, on the waters of Lake Mahinapua, for the purpose of hunting or killing game, use any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maimai, or loo, except within 45 metres from the margin of the lake waters.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of February 1978.

D. A. HIGHET, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Approval to Hunt or Kill Game during an Open Season for Game where Food has been Cast, Thrown, Placed or Planted
Pursuant to section 17 of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal Affairs approves persons to hunt or kill game of the species listed in the First Schedule hereto, during an open season for game in the acclimatisation districts named in the Second Schedule hereto, where food has been cast, thrown, placed or planted during the 1978–79 open season for