✨ Game Hunting Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 54

Nelson Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 4 October 1951, at page 1465.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed Duration of Season 1988
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
Paradise shelduck 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
Pukeko 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
Black swan 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
Canada goose 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
California quail 4 June to 28 August 1988 incl.
Cock pheasant 4 June to 6 June 1988 incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 15
Paradise shelduck, 8
Grey, shoveler, mallard duck; and paradise shelduck aggregate limits, 15 in all.
Pukeko, 6
Black swan, 3
Canada goose, no limit
California quail, no limit
Cock pheasant, 1

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

Marlborough Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March 1925, at page 751.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed Duration of Season 1988
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
Paradise shelduck (area A, B) 7 May to 31 July 1988 incl.
Paradise shelduck (area C) 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
Pukeko 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
Black swan 7 May to 3 July 1988 incl.
Canada goose (area A, B, C) 7 May to 28 November 1988 incl.
Canada goose (area A, B) 4 January to 30 April 1989 incl.
Canada goose (area C) 4 January to 2 April 1989 incl.
California quail 7 May to 28 August 1988 incl.
Chukor 7 May to 28 August 1988 incl.

Definition of Areas

Area A: High country: Kaikoura County; the Awatere watershed and all that land lying to the south to the boundary of the Kaikoura County, the Acheron watershed; the Waiau River watershed upstream of the Power House on the Waiaupa River; the Wairau River watershed upstream of its junctions with Marchburn Stream and Bartletts Creek.

Area B: Sounds: That area of the District, north of a line joining points Elaine Bay settlement, Tennyson Inlet settlement and Havelock township and north of the Havelock to Picton Road and north of the Picton to Fighting Bay Road.

Area C: Low country: That area of the District excluding area A and area B.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, no limit
Shoveler duck, no limit
Mallard duck, no limit
Paradise shelduck (areas A, B), 15
Paradise shelduck (area C), 6
Pukeko, 6
Black swan, 3
Canada goose, no limit
California quail, no limit
Chukor, 4

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. during May 1988 and 6.45 a.m. to 6.15 p.m. during June and July 1988, except that during the period 6 June 1988 to 30 April 1989 incl. Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.
Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

  1. No person shall use for the purpose of hunting or killing game, any fixed stand, pontoon, hide or maimai on the waters of Upper Lagoon to Morgans Creek and Chandlers Lagoon, situated approximately 10 kilometres southeast of Blenheim.

  2. 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 district.



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