✨ Hunting Regulations




31 MARCH NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 869

Game That May be Hunted or Killed

Duration of 1995 Season

Canada goose (areas D and E) Closed season

California quail (whole region) 3 June to 27 August 1995 incl.

Pheasant (whole region) 3 June to 27 August 1995 incl.

Chukar (whole region) 3 June to 27 August 1995 incl.

Definition of Areas

Area A: The Kawarau River catchment upstream of the Roaring Meg catchment (Power House) including Lake Wakatipu and tributaries.

Area B: The Clutha River catchment upstream of Alexandra including Lakes Wanaka and Hawea and their tributaries and outside Area A.

Area C: The Manuherikia River catchment and the Taieri River catchment upstream of and including the North Stream catchment near Pukeuri, the Shag River catchment above Dunback and the Waikouaiti River catchment above Bucklands Crossing.

Area D: The Taieri catchments upstream and including the Lee Stream catchment and outside Area C, the Waipori catchment upstream of Waihola Falls, including Lake Mahinerangi, the Clutha catchment upstream of Manuka Island and outside of Areas A, B and C and including the Kaitangata, Waiwera, Waipahi and Pomahaka catchments, the Shag River catchment below Dunback, the Waikouaiti River catchment below Bucklands Crossing, the Catlins catchment, Tahakopa River catchment and all other catchments that drain into the sea between Tahakopa catchment and the region boundary at the Brothers point.

Area E: The coastal area of the Otago Fish and Game Region outside of Areas A, B, C, and D running from the Catlins River to the Waikouaiti River Catchment.

Area X: Lake Onslow catchment.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 5

Pukeko (areas A, B and C only), nil (closed season)

Pukeko (areas D and E only), 2

Shoveler duck, 5

Black swan (area C only), 3

Black Swan, (areas D, and E only), 1

Black Swan (areas A, B only), nil (closed season)

Mallard duck, 15

Canada goose (areas A, B, C and X only), no limit

Canada goose (area D and E only), nil (closed season)

Paradise shelduck (area A, B & D only), 10

Paradise shelduck (area C only), 15

Paradise shelduck (area E only), 2

California quail, 10

Pheasant, 5

Chukar, 5

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 and E, except that during the period 16 July 1995 to 28 April 1996 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, without the prior consent of the Otago Fish and Game Council.

  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 on the opening weekend only.

  4. Chukar hunting is prohibited in the area of the Taieri Ridge 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

Duration of 1995 Season

Grey, shoveler and mallard duck 6 May to 2 July 1995 incl.

Paradise shelduck (areas A&B only) 6 May to 2 July 1995 incl.

Pukeko 6 May to 2 July 1995 incl.

Black swan 6 May to 2 July 1995 incl.

Canada goose 6 May to 26 November 1995 incl.

Canada goose (area C) 3 February to 31 March 1996 incl.

California quail 3 June to 20 August 1995 incl.

Pheasant 3 June to 20 August 1995 incl.

Chukar Closed season

Definition of Areas

Area A: Paradise duck (6 May - 2 July 1995) bag limit 6 per day. Hunting is permitted 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.

Area B: Paradise duck (6 May - 2 July 1995, bag limit 2 per day). Hunting is permitted in all of the remaining land in the Southland Fish and Game Region not described in Area A.

Area C: Canada Goose (3 February to 24 March 1996 incl.) Hunting is permitted in all that land within the Southland Fish and Game Region, except that area known and gazetted as the Waituna Wetland Reserve

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 1

Shoveler duck, 5

Mallard duck, 20

Paradise shelduck (Area A), 6

Paradise shelduck (Area B), 2

Grey, shoveler, mallard duck and paradise shelduck, aggregate limit, 20 in all

Pukeko, 4

Black Swan, 1

Canada Goose, no limit

California Quail, 5

Pheasant, 5

Chukar, nil - closed season

Shooting Hours: 7.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. or any period within these hours except that during the period 3 July to 26 November 1995 inclusive Canada goose may be hunted 24 hours per day during the open season.



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