Game Hunting Regulations




14 MARCH

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

during the period 5 June 1989 to 29 April 1990 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 willfully leave on the hunting ground, the bodies or parts of bodies of black swan or other game shot in the Marlborough Acclimatisation District.

North Canterbury Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 68, of 28 September 1933, at page 2463.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1989 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.

Paradise shelduck (area A)
6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.

Paradise shelduck (area B)
6 May to 13 Aug 1989 incl.

Pukeko
6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.

Black Swan
6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.

Black Swan (hunting permitted only over crops and pastures in the Wairewa and Ellesmere counties east of State Highway No. 1 greater than 400 metres distant from any lake, lagoon or river)
3 July to 27 Aug 1989 incl.

Canada Goose (area C)
6 May to 17 Sept 1989 incl.

Canada Goose (area D)
3 Feb to 1 April 1990 incl.

Canada Goose (area E)
6 May to 26 Nov 1989 incl.

Canada Goose (during period 3)
3 April to 29 April 1990 incl.

California quail
6 May to 6 Aug 1989 incl.

Cock pheasant
TOTAL CLOSEURE — NO SEASON

Chukar
6 May to 6 August 1989 incl.

Definition of Areas

Area A: That area east and south of State Highway No. 72 and south of Woodend Beach Road.

Area B: The remainder of the District excluding “area A”.

Area C: Wairewa and Ellesmere Counties east of State Highway No. 1.

Area D: The remainder of the District excluding “area C”.

Area E: High country: The area west and north of a line beginning at the Lake Coleridge Hydro Station in the south; along the Lyndon Road to its junction with the West Coast Road; then along the Torlesse and Puketeraki Ranges, down the Waimakariri River to its confluence with the Hurunui River; down the Hurunui river to its confluence with the Glenrae River; thence up the Glenrae River to its headwaters and down Gorge Stream to its confluence with the Waiau River; down the Waiau River to the Hope River confluence; up the Hope River to the Arthurs Pass Road; then down the Waimakariri River to the District boundary.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 20
Paradise shelduck (area A), 2
Paradise shelduck (area B), 10
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck and paradise shelduck, aggregate limit, 20 in all
Pukeko, (north of the Ashley River), 2
Pukeko, (south of the Ashley River), 4
Black swan, 2
Black swan, (during period 3 July to 27 August 1989), 4
Canada goose, no limit
California quail, 10
Chukar, 5
Cock pheasant, nil

Shooting hours: 6.30 am to 6.30 pm or any period within these hours except that during the period 1 June 1989 to 29 April 1990 incl. Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy limit: Duck decoys, 30 per hunter. Goose decoys, no limit.

Special Conditions

  1. No hut, mudhole, stand, hide, shelter, maimai, boat, or cylinder or other contrivance shall be used for the hunting or killing of game in any part of Lake Ellesmere at which the water is of a depth greater than 60 cm, excepting such areas as may be decided upon by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, provided that nothing in this special condition shall prevent any person using any vessel for the purpose of retrieving game that has been killed or wounded.

  2. It shall be an offence for any person to willfully leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies of black swan or other game shot in the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District.

Ashburton Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 68, of 28 September 1933, at page 2463.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1989 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.

Paradise shelduck (area A)
6 May to 30 July 1989 incl.

Paradise shelduck (area B)
6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.

Canada goose
6 May to 26 Nov 1989 incl.
3 Feb to 29 April 1990 incl.

California and brown quail
6 May to 27 Aug 1989 incl.

Cock pheasant
13 May to 21 May 1989 incl.

Chukar
6 May to 27 Aug 1989 incl.

Black swan (area A)
6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.

Definition of Areas

Area A: That area of the District west of State Highway No. 72.

Area B: That area of the District east of Blowing Point Bridge over the Ashburton River.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 25
Shoveler duck, 25
Mallard duck, 25
Paradise shelduck, 15
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck aggregate limits, 25 in all
Pukeko, 2
Canada goose, no limit
California quail, 15
Cock pheasant, 1
Chukar, 15
Black swan, 1

Shooting hours: 6.30 am to 6.30 pm or any period within these hours except that during the period 5 June 1989 to 29 April 1990 incl. Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy limit: No limit.



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🌾 Marlborough Acclimatisation District Game Hunting Regulations (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Game hunting, Ducks, Shelduck, Pukeko, Quail, Pheasant, Black swan, Canada goose, Marlborough

🌾 North Canterbury Acclimatisation District Game Hunting Regulations

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Game hunting, Ducks, Shelduck, Pukeko, Quail, Pheasant, Black swan, Canada goose, North Canterbury

🌾 Ashburton Acclimatisation District Game Hunting Regulations

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Game hunting, Ducks, Shelduck, Quail, Pheasant, Black swan, Canada goose, Ashburton