NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 54

Open Season for Game in Acclimatisation Districts – North Island and South Island

Pursuant to the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation declares an open season for game in the acclimatisation districts, and subject to the conditions specified in the Second Schedule hereto, except in the closed game areas published in the supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of 28 March 1985, and subject to any amendments in any subsequent Gazette notice and in this notice.

The attention of sportsmen and others is drawn to the daily game possession limits set forth in the First Schedule hereto and to the provisions of the Wildlife Act 1953 and the Wildlife Regulations 1955.

FIRST SCHEDULE

EXCEPT where all game is labelled with the following details:

(a) The name and address of the person by whom the game was taken;
(b) The number of the licence to hunt or kill game held by the person by whom the game was taken;
(c) The name of the acclimatisation society by which that licence was issued;
(d) The name of the acclimatisation district in which the game was taken; and
(e) The date on which the game was taken;

no person shall have in possession on any one day game in excess of the following numbers:

North and South Island

Saturday 7 May 1988: The number of game birds specified in the Second Schedule of this notification as the daily bag limit for the acclimatisation district in which the game is taken.

Sunday 8 May 1988: Twice the number of game birds specified for Saturday 7 May 1988.

Every subsequent day: The number of game birds specified in the Second Schedule of this notification as the daily bag limit for the acclimatisation district in which the game is taken.

A Waiver of Restrictions on Baiting, and Methods of Taking Game

Baiting for Waterfowl

Pursuant to section 17 of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation approves persons to hunt or kill game of the family Anatidae (waterfowl) during the open season for game in the acclimatisation districts named hereto, where food has been cast, thrown, placed or planted during the current open season for game or during the thirty (30) days immediately prior to the open season for game, subject to the conditions specified below.

Acclimatisation Districts of:

Ashburton
Bay of Islands
Hawera
Hobson
Marlborough
North Canterbury
South Canterbury
Southland
Tauranga
Wanganui
West Coast
Whangarei
Auckland
Central N.I. Wildlife
Conservancy
Hawke’s Bay
Mangonui-Whangaroa
Nelson
Otago
Southern Lakes
Stratford
Waitaki Valley
Wellington
Westland

Magazine Shotguns

Pursuant to section 18 (1)(c)(iii) of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation approves persons to hunt or kill Canada geese within the acclimatisation districts named hereto, with any shotgun of a calibre 12 gauge or less having a magazine of any type not adjusted in accordance with regulations made under this Act, and capable of holding more than one shell. This approval shall apply only during that period of the open season for game following 3 July 1988 and for the purpose of hunting Canada geese. The approval is subject to the CONDITIONS specified below.

Acclimatisation Districts of:

Ashburton
North Canterbury
South Canterbury
Waitaki Valley
Marlborough
Otago
Southern Lakes