NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 50

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1990 Season

Cock pheasant
TOTAL CLOSURE—NO SEASON

Chukar
5 May to 5 August 1990 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: Selwyn and Banks Peninsula local body Districts 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 on the south; along the Lyndon Road to its junction with the West Coast Road; then along the Torlesse and Puketeraki Ranges, down the Seward 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 Wairau River; down the Wairau River to the Grantham River confluence; up the Grantham River to Mt Captain then down the Styx River to its confluence with the Clarence River; then finally down the Clarence river to the District boundary.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 5
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 20
Paradise shelduck (area A), 2
Paradise shelduck (area B), 10
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck aggregate limits, 20 in all
Pukeko, (north of the Ashley River), 2
Pukeko, (south of the Ashley River), 4
Black swan, 2
Black swan, (during period 2 July to 26 August 1990), 4
Canada goose, no limit
California quail, 10
Chukar, 5
Cock pheasant, Nil

Shooting hours

6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. or any period within these hours except that during the period 1 June 1990 to 28 April 1991 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 wilfully 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 1990 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
5 May to 1 July 1990 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, 5
Shoveler duck, 5
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 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. or any period within these hours except that during the period 4 June 1990 to 28 April 1991 incl. Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy limit

No limit

South Canterbury Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17 of 12 March 1925, at page 752.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1990 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
5 May to 29 July 1990 inclusive

Paradise shelduck (area A)
5 May to 29 July 1990 inclusive

Pukeko
5 May to 29 July 1990 inclusive

Black swan
5 May to 3 June 1990 inclusive

Canada goose (area B)
5 May to 25 Nov 1990 inclusive

Canada goose (area C)
5 May to 25 Nov 1990 inclusive
3 Feb to 28 April 1991 inclusive

California quail
5 May to 26 August 1990 inclusive

Cock pheasant
5 May to 26 August 1990 inclusive

Chukar
5 May to 26 August 1990 inclusive