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Black swan, 2, except : (i) in that part of Area A north of a line between Mt Camel in the east and Hukatera in the west where 5 birds per day may be shot and (ii) in that part of Area C on the Poutu Peninsula to the west of Poutu Road and to the south of Te Poa Road where 5 birds per day may be shot.

California and brown quail, no limit.
Cock pheasant, 5.

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

Definition of Areas

Areas A, B, C and D correspond to those regions formerly known as the Mangonui/Whangaroa, Bay of Islands, Hobson and Whangarei acclimatisation districts respectively, as described by Gazette, No. 78 of 3 December 1970 at pages 2364 and 2365.

Special Condition

1. No person shall wilfully leave on the hunting ground any game bird(s) shot or parts of any game bird(s) shot.

Waikato Fish and Game Region

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 24 May 1990, at page 1861

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Daily Bag Limits

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

1. (a) From the 4 May to the 30 June 1991 inclusive no person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Waikare, any drifting or temporarily moored floating stand or any stand, hide or maimai which is permanently fixed to the lake bed except within 180 metres of the outer margin of the lake, or the shoreline of Motu Nui Island (Grape Island).

   (b) From the 1 July to the 28 July 1991 inclusive temporary moored floating stands may be used within 180 metres of the outer margin of the lake, or the shoreline of Motu Nui Island (Grape Island) to hunt Canada geese.

2. No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Ngaroto any fixed stand, pontoon, hide or maimai except within 85 metres of the margin of the lake.

3. No person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Rotokauri any fixed stand, pontoon, hide or maimai on any open water of the lake.

4. It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave on the hunting ground any game bird(s) shot or parts of any game birds shot.

5. It shall be an offence for any person to herd or drive black swan(s) for the purpose of hunting or killing them.

6. It shall be an offence to shoot game from any unmoored boat on the Waikato River north of the boat ramp at the confluence of the Mangawara Stream and the Waikato River at Taupiri on any of the first three days or the second weekend of the open season.

7. No person shall possess a firearm in or on any unmoored vessel, except a rowboat, unless the firearm is dismantled or secured in a case, gunslip or other secure compartment, except when in use to retrieve wounded game.

Declaring an Open Season for Game in the Firth of Thames for the 1991 Game Season

An open season for game is declared in that area of the Firth of Thames hereinafter named the Firth of Thames Open Game Area and being that area that is enclosed between the boundary of the Waikato Fish and Game Region and a line connecting the points on that boundary by passing through Orere Point on the west side of the Firth and the southern headland of Fantaíl Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula, subject to the conditions specified hereto and in the First Schedule.

Conditions

1. Game may only be hunted or killed in the Firth of Thames Open Game Area in compliance with conditions specified for the Waikato Fish and Game Region 1991 open season for game.

2. Any licence authorising the holder to hunt or kill game within the Waikato Fish and Game Region for the 1991 open season for game shall similarly authorise the holder to hunt or kill game in the Firth of Thames Open Game Area.

Eastern Fish and Game Region

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 24 May 1990, at page 1861.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed