✨ Fish and Game Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 51

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 5
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 15
Paradise shelduck (area A, B and D), 4
Paradise shelduck (area C) 6
Paradise shelduck (area E), nil
Pukeko (areas D and E), 2
Black Swan, 1
Canada goose (areas A, B, C and D), no limit

Shooting Hours: 7.00 a.m. to 6.45 p.m. areas A & B, 7.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. areas C, D & E, except that during the period 15 July 1991 to 30 April 1992 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 on any water within the region for the hunting or killing of game, any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, loo 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 Fish and Game Region.

  3. Shooting from a boat is prohibited on the Clutha River downstream of the Balclutha Bridge during the month of May 1991 incl.

  4. Chukar hunting is prohibited in the area of the Taiere Bridge, Waihemo County and Silverpeaks County north and east of the railway line from Mosgiel to Hyde.

Southland Fish and Game Region

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

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

  • Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 30 June 1991 incl.

  • Paradise shelduck (area A)
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 30 June 1991 incl.

  • Pukeko
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 30 June 1991 incl.

  • Black swan
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 30 June 1991 incl.

  • Canada goose
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 30 June 1991 incl. and 1 June 1991 incl. 1 July to 1 December 1991 incl., 1 February to 29 March 1992 incl.

  • California and brown quail
    Duration of 1991 Season: 1 June to 25 August 1991 incl.

  • Pheasant
    Duration of 1991 Season: 1 June to 25 August 1991 incl.

  • Chukar
    Closed Season

Definition of Areas

Area A: Paradise Shelduck (4 May - 30 June 1991) and Canada Goose (1 July - 1 December 1991 and 1 February - 29 March 1992) hunting is permitted only in all that land in the Southland Fish and Game Region north of State Highway 1, between Mataura, Gore and Pukerau and North of State Highway 96 between Mataura, Winton and Wreys Bush and West of and including the Aparima catchment.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 1
Shoveler duck, 5
Mallard duck, 20
Paradise shelduck (Area A - only), 4
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck and paradise shelduck, aggregate limit, 20 in all
Pukeko, 4
Black Swan, 1
Canada goose, no limit

Shooting Hours: 7.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. or any period within these hours except that during the period 1 July to 1 December 1991 and 1 February to 29 March 1992 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 1991 on the Mataura, Aparima, Oreti, Waiau and Waimatuku Rivers and their navigable tributaries.

West Coast Fish and Game Region

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 4 May 1990, at page 1861

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

  • Grey, shoveler and mallard duck
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 28 July 1991 incl.

  • Paradise shelduck (areas A, B, C)
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 28 July 1991 incl.

  • Pukeko
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 28 July 1991 incl.

  • Black swan
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 28 July 1991 incl.

  • California quail
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 30 June 1991 incl.

  • Canada goose (area D)
    Duration of 1991 Season: 4 May to 28 July 1991 incl.

Definition of Areas

Area A: North of the Buller River.

Area B: All that part of the region south of the Buller River to the Taramakau River.

Area C: All that part of the region south of the Taramakau River.

Area D: All that part of the region south of the Grey River.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10
Shoveler duck, 2
Mallard duck, 10
Pukeko, 20
Black swan, 2
California quail, no limit
Paradise shelduck (area A), 2
Paradise shelduck (area B), 8
Paradise shelduck (area C), 10

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

Decoy limit: No limit

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of February 1991.

DENIS MARSHALL, Minister of Conservation.

Third Schedule

Game Licences and Licence Fees

Pursuant to regulations 5 and 13 of the Wildlife Regulations 1955, the Minister of Conservation hereby approves the licence fees set and payable in respect of each class of game licence and the conditions attached thereto.

Class: New Zealand Game Licence

Fee: Forty-four dollars and forty-four cents ($44.44) + G.S.T.

Conditions: A New Zealand Game Licence shall enable the...



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🌾 Otago Fish and Game Region Hunting Regulations (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Otago Region, Game hunting, Season dates, Bag limits, Area definitions

🌾 Southland Fish and Game Region Hunting Regulations

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Southland Region, Game hunting, Season dates, Bag limits, Area definitions

🌾 West Coast Fish and Game Region Hunting Regulations

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 February 1991
West Coast Region, Game hunting, Season dates, Bag limits, Area definitions
  • DENIS MARSHALL, Minister of Conservation

🌾 Game Licences and Licence Fees

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 February 1991
Game licences, Fees, Wildlife Regulations
  • DENIS MARSHALL, Minister of Conservation