4 APRIL THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1431

Game That May be Hunted or Killed Duration of 1986 Season

California quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 24 August 1986 incl.
Pheasant (Area B2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
Chukor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 24 August 1986 incl.

Definition of Areas

Area A:—All that area west of State Highway No. 1.

Area A1:—All that area west of State Highway No. 1 excluding the floodbed of the Waitaki River to the Waitaki Dam.

Area B:—All that area east of State Highway No. 1.

Area B1:—All that area east of State Highway No. 1 excluding the floodbed of the Waitaki River.

Area B2:—All that area east of State Highway No. 1 and north of the Waitaki River.

Area C:—The floodbed of the Waitaki River from the Waitaki Dam to the sea.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 25
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 25
Paradise shelduck, 8
Grey, shoveler, mallard duck and paradise shelduck, 25 in all
Pukeko, 2
Black swan, 2
Canada goose, no limit
California quail, 10
Pheasant, 3
Chukor, 10

Shooting hours: 6.45 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Decoy limit: No limit

Special Conditions

1. No person shall, for the purpose of hunting or killing game, build any stand or hunting position before 10 a.m. on 6 April 1986.

2. No person shall use, or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game, on any water within the district, any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, maimai or loo, except within a distance of 10 metres from the water margin in non-tidal waters, or from the low water mark in tidal waters, or from the outside edge of the raupo growth where raupo abounds.

3. It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies of black swan or other game shot in the Otago Acclimatisation District.

4. Shooting from a boat is prohibited on the Mataura River and Clutha River from 3 May to 31 May 1986 inclusive.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:

(3) The property of Mr J. D. S. Duncan, Wedderburn, Maniototo County.

(11) Block V, part of Sections 13, 14, 18, 46, 64, 65 and 66, Waitahuna East and West S. D. (Property of Mr E. H. Crump).

Add:

(3) “The Woolshed Pond” White Sow Valley Road, Wedderburn, the property of Mr J. D. S. Duncan, being part Section 7, Block II, Naseby Survey District.

Otago Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 50, of 26 July 1945, at page 945.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed Duration of 1986 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
Paradise shelduck (Areas A and B) . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
Paradise shelduck (Area C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 9 May 1986 incl.
Pukeko (Mataura River catchment only) . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
Pukeko (remainder of District) . . . . . . . . . . Close Season
Black swan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
Canada goose (Areas A and B) . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 2 November 1986 incl.
Canada goose (Areas A and B) . . . . . . . . . . . 31 January to 29 March 1987 incl.
Canada goose (Area D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
California quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 May to 24 August 1986 incl.
Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 May to 24 August 1986 incl.
Chukor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 May to 24 August 1986 incl.
Chukor (in those areas of Taieri Ridge, Waipori County and Silver Peaks County north and east of the railway line from Mosgiel to Hyde) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Close season

Definition of Areas

Area A:—The Maniototo County.

Area B:—All that part of the Taieri River catchment upstream from Hindon outside Area A; all that part of the Shag River catchment above Dunback; that part of the Manuberikia River catchment outside Area A; that part of the Clutha River catchment east of the Clutha River from Cromwell Gorge to Beaumont; and the Waikouaiti catchment upstream from Bucklands Crossing.

Area C:—The Waikaia River catchment; the Pomahaka River catchment upstream from Conical Hills; the Waiwera River catchment upstream from Waipori Falls township; that part of the Clutha River catchment to the west of the Clutha River from Cromwell Gorge to Beaumont, and the Waikaia River catchment upstream from Maitland.

Area D:—All that area between the Mataura and Clutha Rivers south of State Highway 1.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 25
Pukeko, 2
Shoveler duck, 5
Black swan, 2
Mallard duck, 25
Canada goose, no limit
Paradise shelduck (Areas A and B), 8
Paradise shelduck (Area C), 2
Grey, shoveler, mallard duck and paradise shelduck, 25 in all
California quail, 10
Pheasant, 3
Chukor, 10

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

Decoy limit: Wainono Lagoon, 25; rest of district, no limit

Special Condition

1. No person shall, for the purpose of hunting or killing game, build any stand or hunting position before 10 a.m. on 6 April 1986.

Southland Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 39, of 9 July 1959, at page 903.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed Duration of 1986 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
Paradise shelduck (hunting is permitted only in areas west of and including the Aparima River watershed, the Oreti River watershed upstream of the Centre Bush bridge and that portion of the District north of the highway from Glenure Hill via Balfour to the Ardrossan bridge over the Mataura River on the eastern boundary of the District) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 2 June 1986 incl.
Pukeko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
Black swan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 27 July 1986 incl.
Canada goose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 May to 30 September 1986 incl.
Canada goose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 January to 29 March 1987 incl.
California and brown quail . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 June to 24 August 1986 incl.
Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 June to 24 August 1986 incl.
Chukor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 June to 24 August 1986 incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 1
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 25
Paradise shelduck, 4
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck and paradise shelduck, 25 in all
Pukeko, 3
Black swan, 1
Canada goose, no limit
California and brown quail, no limit
Pheasant, no limit
Chukor, no limit

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during the period 31 January to 29 March 1987 including Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy limit: No limit

Special Condition

Shooting from boats is prohibited during the month of May 1986 on the Mataura, Aparima, Oreti, Waiau and Waimatuku Rivers and their navigable tributaries.