754 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 24

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. except that during the weekend of 29 and 30 June 1996 (both days inclusive), Canada geese may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day.
Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

1. From the 4 May to the 2 July 1996 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 Nuia Island (Grape Island).

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.

Eastern Fish and Game Region
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 24 May 1990, at page 1861.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, shoveler and mallard duck: all areas | An aggregate bag of 15, except that within the aggregate bag a limit of 5 grey and 3 shoveler shall apply
Paradise Shelduck |
Areas A1, A2, B1, 8 | Area B2, 5
Pukeko | All areas, 8
Black Swan |
Areas A1, A2, no limit | Area B2, 2
Canada Goose | All areas, no limit
California quail | All areas, no limit
Brown Quail | All areas, 5
Cock pheasant | All areas, 3

Definition of Areas
The following descriptions refer to Local Authority Boundaries described on the Infomap 242B-2 Department of Survey and Land Information for the Eastern Fish and Game Council region.

Area A1: Tauranga District, Western Bay of Plenty District, that part of the South Waikato District within the Eastern Fish and Game region and east of State Highway 1, Rotorua District, Kawerau District, Whakatane District, and Opotiki District.

Area A2: Those parts of the South Waikato District west of State Highway 1, the Taupo District, and the Ruapehu District, which lie within the Eastern Fish and Game region.

Area B1: Gisborne District

Area B2: That part of Wairoa District within the Eastern Fish and Game region.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.15 p.m., except that in Areas A1 and A2 from 1 July to 31 August 1996 inclusive Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day.
Decoy limit: No limit

Unmoored Boats
Hunting from unmoored boats is prohibited over opening weekend (4 May to 5 May incl.)

Maimais

1. No maimai shall impede the use of navigable channels in the Tauranga Harbour, Ohiwa Harbour, Little Waihi Estuary, Lake Aniwhenua and Lake Taupo.

2. Maimais erected in the Little Waihi Estuary, Lake Aniwhenua, Ohiwa Harbour, Stump and Waihi bays of Lake Taupo must be dismantled and removed within two weeks of the close of the season (i.e. by 14 September 1996).

Taranaki Fish and Game Region
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 24 May 1990, at page 1861.