New Zealand Gazette – 1989 – No. 46

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✨ Wildlife Regulations



SUPPLEMENT to

The New Zealand Gazette

OF THURSDAY, 9 MARCH 1989

WELLINGTON: TUESDAY, 14 MARCH 1989 — ISSUE NO. 46

Government Notice

Wildlife Act 1953

Wildlife Regulations 1955

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, subject to the Third Schedule (Game Licences and Licence Fees) of the Open Season for Game Notice 1988 published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 54 of Tuesday 29 March 1988 at pages 1280 to 1281 as amended by the Third Schedule hereto; 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 6 May 1989: 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 7 May 1989: Twice the number of game birds specified for Saturday 6 May 1989.

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



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