THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

25 MARCH

Whangarei Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 3 December 1970, at page 2364.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15
Shoveler duck, 15
Mallard duck, 15
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck aggregate limits, 15 in all.
Paradise shelduck, 5
Pukeko, 10
Black swan, 1
Cock pheasant, 5

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

Decoy limit: No limit.

Hobson Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 3 December 1970, at page 2364.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15
Shoveler duck, 15
Mallard duck, 15
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck aggregate limits, 15 in all.
Paradise shelduck, 5
Pukeko, 10
Black swan, 2
California and brown quail, no limit
Cock pheasant, 5

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

Decoy limit: No limit.

Auckland Acclimatisation District

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

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 15
Paradise shelduck (Otorohanga, Taumarunui, Waitomo, Taupo Counties), 8
Paradise shelduck (Raglan and Rodney Counties and north of Manukau and Waitemata Harbours), 2
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck aggregate limits, 15 in all.
Pukeko, 10
Black swan, 3
Canada goose, 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. No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Waikare, any temporarily moored floating stand or any stand, hide or maimai which is permanently fixed to the lake bed except within 180 metres of the outer margin of the lake, or the shoreline of Motu Nui Island (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 or maimai except within 85 metres of the margin of the 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 or maimai on any open water of the lake.

4. It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave on the hunting ground any game bird(s) shot or parts of any game bird(s) shot.

5. It shall be an offence for any person to herd or drive black swans 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 three days or the second weekend of the open season.

Declaring an Open Season for Game in the Firth of Thames for the 1987 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 Faintail Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula, subject to the conditions specified hereto and in the First Schedule.

Conditions

1. Game may only be hunted or killed in the Firth of Thames Open Game Area in compliance with conditions specified for the Auckland Acclimatisation District 1987 open season for game.

2. Any licence authorising the holder to hunt or kill game within the Auckland Acclimatisation District for the 1987 open season for game shall similarly authorise the holder to hunt or kill game in the Firth of Thames Open Game Area.

Central North Island Wildlife Conservancy Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: The Central North Island Wildlife Conservancy Council Regulations 1980.

Definition of Areas

Area A1: Opotiki County, Whakatane and Rotorua Districts, those parts of Matamata and Tauranga Counties that lie within the District, and all that area of Taupo County lying north of the shores of Lake Taupo and the Napier-Taupo State Highway No. 5.

Area A2: All that area of Taupo and Hawke’s Bay Counties lying southeast of the Napier-Taupo State Highway No. 5.

Area B1: All of the Waipukurau, Waikohu and Cook Counties.

Area B2: All that part of the Wairoa County within the District.

Area C1: That part of the Taumarunui County within the District.

Area C2: All of the Waimarino County and those parts of Waitotara, Wanganui and Rangitikei Counties within the District.