✨ Game Hunting Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 25
Conditions
- The conditions specified for each Acclimatisation District under this Second Schedule shall apply.
- This approval will expire at the end of the open season for game specified for each Acclimatisation District.
SECOND SCHEDULE
Ashburton Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 68, 28 September 1933, at page 2463.
| Game That May be Hunted or Killed | Duration of 1981-82 Season |
|---|---|
| Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck | 11 April to 28 June 1981 incl. |
| Paradise duck (only in that portion of the Ashburton Acclimatisation District west of State Highway No. 72) | 11 April to 28 June 1981 incl. |
| Pukeko (except in the Ashburton Acclimatisation District west of the Blowing Point Bridge on the Ashburton River) | 11 April to 28 June 1981 incl. |
| Black swan (only in that portion of the Ashburton District west of State Highway No. 72) | 11 April to 28 June 1981 incl. |
| California quail | 11 April to 23 August 1981 incl. |
| Cock pheasant | 18 April to 3 May 1981 incl. |
| Chukor | 11 April to 23 August 1981 incl. |
| Canada goose | 11 April to 25 October 1981 incl. |
| Canada goose | 6 February 1982 to 14 March 1981 incl. |
Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 25.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 25.
Mallard duck, 25.
Paradise duck, 6.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise, and mallard duck, 25 in all.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during the period 29 June 1981 to 25 October 1981 inclusive, and 6 February 1982 to 14 March 1982 inclusive, Canada goose may be shot 24 hours per day.
Decoy limit: No limit.
Auckland Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 62, of 16 October 1947, at page 1680.
| Game That May be Hunted or Killed | Duration of 1981 Season |
|---|---|
| Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck (except that no duck may be hunted or killed on Great Barrier Island) | 2 May to 14 June 1981 incl. |
| Paradise duck (only in the counties of Otorohanga, Waitomo, Taupo, and Taumarunui) | 2 May to 1 June 1981 incl. |
| Pukeko | 2 May to 14 June 1981 incl. |
| Black swan (except that no swan may be hunted or killed on the Waikato Hydro Lakes Karapiro, Arapuni, and Waipapa) | 2 May to 14 June 1981 incl. |
| California quail | 2 May to 23 August 1981 incl. |
| Brown quail and cock pheasant | 2 May to 26 July 1981 incl. |
Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 20 on opening weekend only being 2 and 3 May 1981; 15 on every other day.
Paradise duck, 3.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck, 20 in all on opening weekend only being 2 and 3 May 1981; 15 in all on every other day.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: No limit.
Special Conditions
- Excepting that temporarily moored floating stands may be used, no person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Waikare any stand, hide, maīmai or loo, which is permanently fixed to the lake bed except within 180 metres of the outer margin of the said lake, or the shore-line of that island known as Motu Nui or Grape Island.
- No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Ngaro to any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maīmai, or loo, except within 85 metres of the margin of the said lake.
- No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Rotokauri any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maīmai, or loo, on any open water of the said lake.
- It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave on the hunting ground any black swan(s) shot or the mutilated bodies of any black swan(s) shot.
- It shall be an offence for any person to herd or drive black swan(s) for the purpose of hunting or killing them.
- It shall be an offence to shoot game from any unmoored boat on the Waikato River north of the boat ramp at the confluence of the Mangawara Stream and the Waikato River at Taupiri on any of the first 3 days or the second weekend of the open season.
Closed Game Areas
Delete:
(28) Part Section 12, Suburbs of Newcastie, comprising 7.2579 hectares; allotments within the Tangirau No. 1 Block, allotment No. 21 to 42 and 44 to 63, comprising 20.8286 hectares; Part Allotment 65, Town of Newcastie, comprising 1.7464 hectares; D.P. 57545, comprising 4.5589 hectares; Section 573 of the Suburbs of Newcastie South, comprising 1.5887 hectares. The property of the estate of S. S. Saulbrey, Whata Whata Road, Ngaruawahia.
(68) Lots 3 and part 2, Block V, Whangamarino Parish, the property of Mr L. Babington, Waiterimu.
Add:
(28) Part Section 12, Suburbs of Newcastie west of the Te Kowhai - Whata Whata Road; allotments within the Tangirau No. 1 Block, allotment No. 21 to 42 and 44 to 63, comprising 20.8286 hectares. Part Allotment 65, Town of Newcastie, comprising 1.7464 hectares; D.P. 57545, comprising 4.5589 hectares; Section 573 of the Suburbs of Newcastie South, comprising 1.5887 hectares. The property of the estate of S. S. Saulbrey, Whata Whata Road, Ngaruawahia.
(68) Part Maungatapu B4C, Blocks VI, VII, Mangakawa Survey District, 70.18 hectares, certificate of title 1/105 property of the A. J. Irvine estate.
Open Season for Game in a Described Area of the Firth of Thames for the 1980 Game Season
An open season for game is declared in that area of the Firth of Thames hereinafter named the Firth of Thames Open Game Area and being that area that is enclosed between the boundary of the Auckland Acclimatisation District and a line connecting the points on that boundary by passing through Oreere Point on the west side of the Firth and the southern headland of Fantail Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula subject to the conditions specified hereto and in the First Schedule.
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