4588
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 222

11. Disturbing spawning grounds—(1) No person shall, without having first obtained an authority in writing from the Director-General or otherwise in accordance with the Freshwater Fisheries Regulations 1983:

(a) Disturb or damage any spawning grounds; or

(b) Disturb the bed, bank, or margin of any stream, river, or other water adjacent to any spawning grounds; or

(c) Have in his possession the egg or young of trout taken from any spawning grounds.

(2) Every person who commits a breach of subclause (1) of this clause commits a further offence if he neglects or refuses to repair the damage to any spawning grounds, or to the bed, bank, or margin of any stream, river, or other water adjacent to any spawning grounds occasioned by the breach when requested to do so by any officer under the Act.

Approved this 16th day of December 1983.

M. J. BELGRAVE,
Assistant Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

FIRST SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF ROTORUA TROUT FISHING DISTRICT

WITH the exclusion of all that area set down in the Taupo District Order 1983, all that area in the South Auckland, Gisborne, Wellington, and Hawkes Bay Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the middle of the mouth of the Mohaka River in Block XIII, Waihua S.D., and proceeding up the middle of that river to a point in line with Trig. Station 68A in Block XIII, Kaweka S.D., and Trig. Station 65A in Block XXI, Kaweka S.D.; thence southerly along a right line to the said Trig. Station 65A; thence generally south-westerly along right lines to Trig. Station 26 Tauwheke whango in Block XV, Mangamai re S.D., to Trig. Station 27 Motunatai in Block XV, Mangamai re S.D., to Trig. Station 23 Kairnana wa (Three Kings) in Block V, Motupuha S.D., and to Trig. Station 7 Waitangi in Block V, Moawhango S.D., along the production of the last mentioned line to the middle of the No. 1 State Highway, and along the middle of that highway, Waiaruhe Road, Owhakura Road, Whangaehu Valley Road, and Fields Track to the middle of No. 4 State Highway; thence northerly and along the middle of that highway to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 4, D.P. 29354; thence generally westerly to and along the southern boundaries of Lots 4 and 3, D.P. 29354, the eastern, northern, and western boundaries of Lot 1, D.P. 29350, the south-eastern boundary of Lot 32, D.P. 29337, and the south-western boundary of Lot 42, D.P. 29337, and the production of the last mentioned boundary to and down the middle of Paparoa Stream to the middle of the Wanganui River; thence northerly to and along that boundary to Trig Station 1545 Maungaku in Block X, Maungaku S.D.; thence northerly along the summit of the Hauhungaroa Range passing through Trig. Stations 1711 Hauhungaroa in Block XIV, Puketapu S.D., Motere in Block V, Puketapu S.D., 2016 Tuhingamata in Block II, Maungaku S.D., and 2016 Weraroa in Block XI, Hurakia S.D., to Trig. Station 1390 Pureora in Block III, Hurakia S.D.; thence north-westerly along a right line to Pukeroa Trig. Station in Block XIV, Ranginui S.D.; thence north-easterly along the watershed between the Waiteti and the Mangakino Streams to Trig. Station Taupaki in Block I, Whakamaru S.D.; thence due east to a right line between Pureora Trig. Station aforesaid and Puwhenua Trig. Station in Block VII, Tapaa East S.D.; thence north-easterly along that right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station; thence north-westerly along a right line in the direction of Te Weraiti Trig. Station in Block IV, Opoutihi S.D., to a point due west of Otanewainuku Trig. Station in Block XVI, Otanewainuku S.D.; thence due east through Otanewainuku Trig. Station to a point due south of Trig. Station JI in Block IV, Waihi South S.D.; thence due north through Trig. Station JI to the mean low-water mark of the sea; thence easterly and southerly along the mean low-water mark crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers, to the point of commencement, including Mayor Island, The Alderman and Mercury Islands, Rurima Rocks, Motiti Island, Slipper Island, Shoe Island, Whale Island, Karewa Island, White Island and all other adjacent islands.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Paragraph 9

RESTRICTIONS ON LURES

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Description of Waters

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Lures Permitted

1. (a) The Ohau Channel:

(b) Every stream or river flowing out of Lake Tarawera, or Lake Rotoroi:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply with respect to the Tarawera River below the site of a landmark approximately 2500 metres downstream from its outlet from Lake Tarawera or to the Kaituna River below the site of a landmark approximately 5 km downstream from its outlet from Lake Rotoroi where the mouth of the outlet is designated by landmarks:

(c) That part of Lake Tarawera which lies inside a line, the ends of which are shown by landmarks on the shore, and which is 200 m from and parallel to the shore of Kariri Point and Rangiruru Bay:

(d) Every stream, spring, or river flowing into Lake Rotorua:

(e) All waters contained within the arc of a circle having a radius of 300 metres around the centre of the mouth or mouths of every stream, spring, or river flowing into or out of any of the following lakes:

(i) Lake Rotorua:

(ii) Lake Rotoroti:

(iii) Lake Okataina:

(iv) Lake Rotomahana:

(v) Lake Tarawera:

(vi) Lake Rotokakahi:

(vii) Lake Okareka:

(f) That portion of Lake Rotomahana lying east of a line between the normal sites of 2 landmarks adjacent to the area known commonly as “the landing”.

(g) The Horomanga River:

(h) The Wheao River and its tributaries:

(i) The Hopuruahine, Aniwaniwa, and Mokau Rivers and their tributaries, and the waters of Lake Waikaremoana contained within the arc of a circle having a radius of 300 metres around the centre of the mouths of those rivers, as indicated by landmarks by those river mouths:

(j) Lakes Kaitawa and Whakamarino (Tuai):

(k) The Ruakituri River and its tributaries from its confluence with the Hangaroa River upstream to the Waitangi Falls:

(l) The Hangaroa River and its tributaries:

(m) The Wharekopae River and its tributaries:

(n) The Opato Stream and its tributaries:

(o) The Waioeka River and its tributaries from its junction with the Opato Stream:

(p) Raetihi hydro-electric dam.

Natural fly or articial fly. Except as provided in the definition of “artificial fly” in clause 2 (1) of this Notice, no spinning attachment nor anything made from lead, glass, plastic, or other material to facilitate casting or to increase the sinking of the line shall be added to the cast, line, or fly.

2. All waters not specified above.

Natural fly, artificial fly, or artificial minnow.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice sets the conditions under which a current licence holder may fish for acclimatised fish in the Rotorua Trout Fishing District of the Central North Island Wildlife Conservancy acclimatisation district.