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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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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.

Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83 of 24 May 1990 as amended by Gazette, No. 129, of 29 August 1991, at page 2786

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10
Pukeko, 10
Shoveler duck, 3
Black swan, 2
Mallard duck, 10
Canada goose, 8
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck aggregate limits, 10 in all
California quail, no limit
Cock pheasant, 3
Paradise shelduck (Otorohanga and Waitomo Districts and Ruapehu District north of the Wanganui River), 8
Paradise Shelduck (Ruapehu District south of the North Bank of the Wanganui River), 20
Paradise shelduck (all other unspecified Districts), 4

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., except that from 29 June to 26 July 1992 (both days inclusive) Canada geese may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

1. (a) From the 2 May to the 28 June 1992 inclusive no person shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game on Lake Waikato, 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 Nuia Island (Grape Island).

(b) From the 1 July to the 26 July 1992 inclusive temporary moored floating stands may be used within 180 metres of the outer margin of the lake, or the shoreline of Motu Nuia 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 1992 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 Auckland/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 Fantail 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 Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region 1992 open season for game.

2. Any licence authorising the holder to hunt or kill game within the Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region for the 1992 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.