NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 51

Area C: Upland Game: All that area in the Nelson/Marlborough Fish and game region excluding the Waimea and Wairoa rivers up to the junction of the Lee River, and the Wai-iti River up to State Highway No.6 (Wai-iti Bridge), and excluding a 200 metre strip on both banks of these rivers within the said area.

Area D: Waimea: The area contained in the Waimea, Wairoa and Wai-iti Rivers including a 200 metre strip on both banks, as specified in Area A.

Area E: Pheasant: The area west of a line generally following the Bryant and St Arnaud Ranges and the Spencer Mountains within the Nelson/Marlborough Fish and Game Region.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 5
Shoveler duck, 2
Mallard duck, 15
Paradise shelduck, No Limit
Canada goose, 10
California quail, 10
Pukeko, 6
Black swan, 6

Paradise shelduck, (Area A) 15
Paradise shelduck (Area B) 8
Cock pheasant, (Area E) 1
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck aggregate limits: 15 in all of which not more than 5 may be Grey and not more than 2 may be Shoveler.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. during May 1991 and 6.45 a.m. to 6.15 p.m. during June 1991, except that during the period 3 June 1991 to 26 April 1992 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 maimed or decoy bird 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 Nelson/Marlborough Fish and Game Region.

3. Every person who hunts cock pheasant and/or chukar within the region must complete and return the “survey” tag, issued with the 1991/92 Game Licence for the Nelson/Marlborough Fish and Game Region, including their individual bag and locality of hunting.

Declaring an Open Season for Game in Estuaries and off shore islands outside the Nelson-Marlborough Fish and Game Region for the 1991 Game Season.

An open season is declared, subject to the conditions specified hereto and in the first Schedule, in the following specified areas:

• D’Urville Island: herein after named the D’Urville Open Game Area and being that area encompassing D’Urville Island in its entirety.

-- Waimea and Moutere Inlets: herein after named the Waimea/Moutere Inlet Open Game Area and being an area that is enclosed between the boundary of the Nelson-Marlborough Fish and Game Region and a line connecting the points on that boundary passing through the western point of Tahunanui Beach and Moutere Bluff and Port Motueka.

-- Ruataniwha Inlet: herein after named Ruataniwha Inlet Open Game Area and being an area enclosed between the boundary of the Nelson-Marlborough Fish and Game Region and a line connecting the points on that boundary passing through Melbourne Point and Moki Point.

Conditions:

1. Game may only be hunted in the D’Urville, Waimea/Moutere, Ruataniwha and West Haven Open Game Area(s) in compliance with conditions specified for the Nelson-Marlborough Fish and Game Region 1991 open season for game.

2. Any licence authorising the holder to hunt or kill game within the Nelson-Marlborough Fish and Game Region for the 1991 open game season shall similarly authorise the holder to hunt or kill game in the D’Urville, Waimea/Moutere, Ruataniwha and West Haven Open Game Areas.

Ref: DOCs/GM 91016

North Canterbury Fish and Game Region

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

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

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 Region excluding “area A”.

Area C: Selwyn and Banks Peninsular 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 south west and north of a line; beginning at the Lake Coleridge Hydro Station in the south; along the Rakaia River 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 thence to the head of Lake Sumner.