✨ Game Hunting Regulations




14 MARCH

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Area D: All that area between the Mataura and Clutha Rivers south of State Highway 1.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 3
Shoveler duck, 10
Mallard duck, 25
Paradise shelduck (area A), 6
Paradise shelduck (area B), 4
Canada goose (areas A and B), no limit
Canada goose (area D), 1
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck; and paradise shelduck, aggregate limit, 25 in all
Pukeko (areas C and D), 1
Black Swan, 1
California quail, 10
Pheasant, 5
Chukar, 5

Shooting Hours: 7.00 am to 6.30 pm except that during the period 17 July 1989 to 1 April 1990 inclusive 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 or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game within the district, any fixed stand, pontoon, hide or maimai, except within a distance of 10 metres from the water margin in non-tidal waters, or from the low water mark in tidal waters, or from the outside edge of the raupo growth where raupo abounds.

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

  3. Shooting from a boat is prohibited on the Mataura River downstream of the Mataura-Clydevale Bridge and the Clutha River downstream of Clydevale during the month of May 1989 incl.

Southland Acclimatisation District

Reference to description: Gazette, No. 39 of 9 July 1959, at page 903

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1989 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck: 6 May to 16 July 1989 incl.
Paradise shelduck (area A): 6 May to 16 July 1989 incl.
Pukeko: 6 May to 16 July 1989 incl.
Black swan: 6 May to 16 July 1989 incl.
Canada goose: 6 May to 16 July 1989 incl.
Canada goose (area A): 17 July to 26 Nov 1989 incl.
California and brown quail: 3 June to 27 Aug 1989 incl.
Pheasant: 3 June to 27 Aug 1989 incl.
Chukar: 3 June to 27 Aug 1989 incl.

Definition of Areas

Area A: That area west of and including the Aparima River watershed, the Oreti River watershed upstream of the Centre Bush bridge and that portion of the district north of the highway from Glenure Hill via Balfour to the Ardluisa Bridge over the Mataura River on the eastern boundary of the district.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 1
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 25
Paradise shelduck, 4
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck and paradise shelduck, aggregate limit, 25 in all
Pukeko, 4
Black Swan, 1
Canada goose, no limit
California and brown quail, 10
Pheasant, no limit
Chukar, no limit

Shooting Hours: 7.00 am to 6.30 pm or any period within these hours except that during the period 17 July 1989 to 1 April 1990 inclusive Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy Limit: No limit

Special Conditions

  1. Shooting from boats is prohibited during the month of May 1989 on the Mataura, Aparima, Oreti, Waiau and Waimatuku Rivers and their navigable tributaries.

Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District

Reference to description: Gazette, No. 39 of 9 July 1959, at page 903

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1989 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck (area A): 6 May to 16 July 1989 incl.
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck (area B): 6 May to 30 July 1989 incl.
Paradise shelduck (area A): 6 May to 16 July 1989 incl.
Paradise shelduck (area B): 6 May to 30 July 1989 incl.
Canada goose: 6 May to 26 Nov 1989 incl.
Canada goose (area B): 3 Feb to 1 April 1990 incl.
California quail: 6 May to 27 Aug 1989 incl.
Chukar: 6 May to 27 Aug 1989 incl.
Pukeko (area B): 6 May to 30 July 1989 incl.

Definition of Areas

Area A: All that area of the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District, outside the Westland Land District, lying east of the Southern Alps main divide.

Area B: That area of the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District within the Westland Land District (that lying west of the Southern Alps main divide).

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck (area A), 5
Grey duck (area B), 10
Shoveler duck, 3
Mallard duck, 10
Paradise shelduck (area A), 4
Paradise shelduck (area B), 10
Pukeko (area B), 3
Canada goose, no limit
Chukar, 5
California quail, 10

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck; and paradise shelduck aggregate limit, 15 in all

Shooting Hours: Area A: 7.00 am to 6.45 pm during the period 6 May 1989 to 31 May 1989 inclusive and 7.00 am to 6.30 pm during the period 1 June to 27 August 1989 inclusive. Except that during the period 17 July 1989 to 1 April 1990 inclusive Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Area B: 6.30 am to 6.30 pm

Decoy Limit: No limit

West Coast Acclimatisation District

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

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1989 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck: 6 May to 30 July 1989 incl.
Paradise shelduck (areas A, B, C): 6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.
Pukeko: 6 May to 30 July 1989 incl.
Black swan: 6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.
California quail: 6 May to 2 July 1989 incl.
Canada goose (area D): 6 May to 30 July 1989 incl.



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

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

🌾 Southland Acclimatisation District Game Hunting Regulations

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🌾 Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District Game Hunting Regulations

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Game hunting, Ducks, Shelduck, Quail, Pheasant, Canada goose, Southern Lakes

🌾 West Coast Acclimatisation District Game Hunting Regulations

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Game hunting, Ducks, Shelduck, Quail, Pheasant, Black swan, Canada goose, West Coast