Game Licences and Conditions




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 38

Conditions

  1. The conditions specified for each Acclimatisation District under the Second Schedule shall apply.

  2. This approval will expire at the end of the open season for game specified under the Second Schedule for each Acclimatisation District.

GAME AND JUNIOR GAME SEASON LICENCES AND LICENCE FEES

PURSUANT to the Wildlife Regulations 1955, Amendment No. 9, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby prescribes the classes of licence to hunt or kill game that may be issued by an Acclimatisation Society in New Zealand for the 1982 open season for game, and approves the licence fees set and payable in respect of each class and the conditions attached thereto.

Class: New Zealand Game Season Licence.
Fee: Eighteen dollars ($18).
Conditions: A New Zealand Game Season Licence shall enable the holder to hunt or kill game in all acclimatisation districts of New Zealand. The holder of the licence shall be subject to the conditions and daily possession limits specified under the Second Schedule for the acclimatisation district in which the hunting or killing of game takes place.

Class: Junior North Island Game Season Licence.
Fee: Nine dollars ($9).
Conditions: Junior North Island Game Season Licences may be issued to persons up to 16 years of age or pupils attending school full time. The licence shall enable the holder to hunt or kill game within the acclimatisation districts of, Central North Island Wildlife Conservancy, Hawke’s Bay, Stratford, Taranaki, Tauranga, Wanganui, Wellington and Whangarei. The holder of the licence shall be subject to the conditions and daily possession limits specified under the Second Schedule for the acclimatisation district in which the hunting or killing of game takes place.

Class: Junior South Island Game Season Licence.
Fee: Five dollars ($5).
Conditions: Junior South Island Game Season Licences may be issued to persons up to 16 years of age and shall enable the holder to hunt or kill game in all acclimatisation districts of the South Island. The holder of the licence shall be subject to the conditions and daily possession limits specified under the Second Schedule for the acclimatisation district in which the hunting or killing of game takes place.

The provisions of the Arms Act 1958 apply with respect to firearms used in accordance with the licence.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, 2 April 1981, p. 849—Game and Junior Game Season Licences and Licence Fees is hereby revoked.

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SECOND SCHEDULE
Ashburton Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 68, 28 September 1933, at page 2463.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck

Paradise duck (only in that portion of the Ashburton Acclimatisation District west of State Highway No. 72)

Pukeko (except in the Ashburton Acclimatisation District west of the Blowing Point Bridge on the Ashburton River)

Black swan (only in that portion of the Ashburton District west of State Highway No. 72)

California quail

Cock pheasant

Chukor

Canada goose

Canada goose

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, no limit
Shoveler (or spoonbill), no limit
Mallard duck, no limit
Paradise duck, 8
Chukor, 15

Duration of 1982–83 Season

1 May to 18 July 1982 incl.

1 May to 18 July 1982 incl.

1 May to 18 July 1982 incl.

1 May to 18 July 1982 incl.

1 May to 22 August 1982 incl.

8 May to 22 May 1982 incl.

1 May to 22 August 1982 incl.

1 May to 24 October 1982 incl.

5 February 1983 to 27 March 1983 incl.

Pukeko, 3
Black swan, 1
California quail, 15
Cock pheasant, 1
Canada goose, no limit

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during the period 1 June 1982 to 27 March 1983 inclusive, Canada goose may be shot 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Closed Game Areas

(2) The property of Mr and Mrs R. Gregory, being Lot 2, D.P. 11497, R.S. 23979, 25005, 25298, and part R.S. 14618, and 19418, Lot 3, D.P. 11497, R.S. 25299, 26714, and 35991, Block II, Westerfield Survey District.

Auckland Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 62, of 16 October 1947, at page 1680.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill) and mallard duck (except that no duck may be hunted or killed on Great Barrier Island)

Paradise duck (only in the counties of Otorohanga, Waitomo, Taupo and Taumarunui)

Pukeko

Black swan, (except that no swan may be hunted or killed on the Waikato Hydro Lakes Karapiro, Arapuni and Waipapa)

California quail

Cock pheasant

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15
Mallard duck, 20 on opening weekend on being 1 and 2 May 1982; 15 on every other day
Paradise duck, 3
Grey shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard and paradise duck, 20 in all on opening weekend only being 1 and 2 May 1982; 15 in all on every other day

Duration of 1982 Season

1 May to 13 June 1982 incl.

1 May to 25 July 1982 incl.

1 May to 13 June 1982 incl.

1 May to 22 August 1982 incl.

1 May to 25 July 1982 incl.

Pukeko, 10
Black swan, 2
California quail, no limit
Cock pheasant, 3

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

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

  1. 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 Nuia or Grape Island.

  2. No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Ngaroto any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maīmai, or loo, except within 85 metres of the margin of the said lake.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. It shall be an offence for any person to herd or drive black swan(s) for the purpose of hunting or killing them.

  6. 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

Add:

(144) The property of Mr C. L. Pitu, Whenuakiti, being Lot 7, D.P. 9441, Block II, Whitianga S.D.

Open Season for Game in a Described Area of the Firth of Thames for the 1982 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 Orere 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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Hunting Approval, Game Species, Wildlife Act 1953

🌾 Game and Junior Game Season Licences and Licence Fees

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Game Licences, Fees, Hunting Seasons, Wildlife Regulations

🌾 Second Schedule: Ashburton Acclimatisation District

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Game Species, Bag Limits, Hunting Seasons, Ashburton District
  • R. Gregory (Mr), Property owner in Closed Game Areas
  • Mrs Gregory, Property owner in Closed Game Areas

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Game Species, Bag Limits, Hunting Seasons, Auckland District
  • C. L. Pitu (Mr), Property owner in Closed Game Areas