Game Hunting Regulations




2 APRIL
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1479

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 15
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 15
Paradise duck (west of railway), 2
Paradise duck (only in that area east
of the railway line Waitara to Tar-
iki), 4
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: No limit.

Tauranga Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March 1925, at
page 753.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
Black swan
Canada goose (hunting is permitted
only on Tauranga Harbour and
areas east of State Highway No. 2
and north-west of a line between
Panepane Point on Matakana
Island and the Wairoa River)
California and brown quail
Cock pheasant

Duration of 1985 Season
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.
4 May to 30 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.
4 May to 30 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 30 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 4 August 1985
incl.
4 May to 4 August 1985
incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 6
Shoveler duck, 2
Mallard duck, 6
Grey, shoveler mallard duck and
paradise duck, 12 in all

Paradise duck, 3
Pukeko, 10
Black swan, 3
Canada goose, 2
California and brown quail,
no limit
Cock pheasant, 3

Shooting hours: 6.15 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

  1. In the Tauranga Harbour no maimai shall be erected that will
    impede the use of navigable channels and waters of the Harbour.
  2. Maimais erected in the Tauranga Harbour must be dismantled
    and removed at the close of the season.

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

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
Paradise duck (east of State Highway
No. 1)
Paradise duck (west of State High-
way No. 1)
Pukeko
Black swan (East of State Highway
No. 1)
Canada goose (Area A—all that area
west of State Highway No. 1
excluding the floodbed of the Wai-
taki River to the Waitaki Dam)
(Area B—the floodbed of the Wai-
taki River from the Waitaki Dam
to the sea)
(Area C—east of State Highway No. 1
excluding the floodbed of the Wai-
taki River)
California quail
Chukor
Pheasant (east of State Highway No. 1
and north of the Waitaki River)

Duration of 1985 Season
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.
4 May to 3 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.
4 May to 3 June 1985 incl.
4 May 1985 to 24 Novem-
ber 1985 incl. and 1 Feb-
ruary 1986 to 30 March
1986 incl.
4 May 1985 to 30 Septem-
ber 1985 incl.
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.
4 May to 25 August 1985
incl.
4 May to 25 August 1985
incl.
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 25
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 25
Paradise duck, 8
Grey, shoveler, mallard and paradise
duck, 25 in all

Pukeko, 2
Black swan, 4
Canada goose, no limit
California quail, 10
Pheasant, 3
Chukor, 10

Pukeko, 10
California and brown quail,
no limit
Cock pheasant, 3
Grey, shoveler, mallard
and paradise duck, 15 in
all

Shooting hours: 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. except that during the
period 29 July 1985 to 30 March 1986 inclusive, Canada goose may
be hunted or killed 24 hours per day, during the specified open season.
Decoy limit: Wainono Lagoon: maximum 25; rest of district: no
limit.

Special Condition

  1. No person shall, for the purposes of hunting or killing game,
    build, or attempt to build, any stand, hide, shelter, maimai, mud-
    hole, loo, louvre, or position before 10 a.m. on 31 March 1985.

Wanganui Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 99, of 30 November 1972,
at page 2690.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
Paradise duck
Pukeko
Black swan
California and brown quail and cock
pheasant

Duration of 1985 Season
4 May to 30 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 30 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 30 June 1985 incl.
3 June 1985 only
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 30
Paradise duck, 4
Grey, shoveler, mallard and paradise
duck, 30 in all

Pukeko, 10
Black swan, 1
California and brown quail,
no limit
Cock pheasant, 2

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Condition

  1. It shall be an offence to hunt or kill game from any unmoored
    boat on the Turakina River during the first two days of the open
    season for game only, being Saturday 4 May 1985 and Sunday 5
    May 1985.

Wellington Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 70, of 5 November 1964,
at page 2013.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
Paradise duck (Rangitikei area: North
of Tangimoana Road to State
Highway No. 1, then north of Wil-
son Road and Mingoroa Road to
Halcombe and there north of the
railway line east to the Manawatu
Gorge).
Paradise duck (Wairarapa area:
Featherston County, Wairarapa
South County and Masterton
County).
A close season shall apply for para-
dise duck in the unspecified areas
of the district).
Pukeko
Black swan (only in the county of
Featherston)
Black swan (Coastal Manawatu only,
being that area west of State High-
ways 1 and 3 between the Turak-
ina and Waikanae Rivers)
California and brown quail and cock
pheasant

Duration of 1985 Season
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.
4 May to 30 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 3 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.
4 May to 5 May 1985 incl.
and 1 June to 23 June
1985 incl.
1 June to 3 June 1985 incl.
4 May to 28 July 1985 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 25
Shoveler duck, 25
Mallard duck, 25
Paradise duck (Rangitikei area), 6
Paradise duck (Wairarapa area), 2
Grey, shoveler, paradise and mallard
duck, 25 in all

Pukeko, 5
Black swan, (Featherston
County), 2
Black swan (Coastal Man-
awatu), 1
California and brown quail,
no limit
Cock pheasant, 2

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Condition

  1. It shall be an offence to hunt or kill game from any unmoored
    boat within the Wellington Acclimatisation District during the first
    two days of the open season for game only, being Saturday 4 May
    1985 and Sunday 5 May 1985.


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🌾 Game Hunting Regulations for Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District

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🌾 Game Hunting Regulations for Wanganui Acclimatisation District

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🌾 Game Hunting Regulations for Wellington Acclimatisation District

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