✨ Game Hunting Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 24
April 1997 inclusive, Canada Geese may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.
Decoy limit:
Duck decoys: (a) 4 May to 12 May, both days inclusive, no person, or persons sharing a stand, shall use more than 30 duck decoys. No duck decoys shall be placed within 50 metres of those placed by any other hunter or stand.
(b) 13 May to 21 July - no limit.
Goose, black swan and all other game species: No limit
Special Conditions
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No hut, mudhole, stand, hide, shelter, maimai, boat, or cylinder or other contrivance shall be used for the hunting or killing of game in any part of Lake Ellesmere at which the water is of a depth greater than 60 cm, excepting such areas as may be decided upon by the North Canterbury Fish and Game Council, provided that nothing in this special condition shall prevent any person using any vessel for the purpose of retrieving game that has been legally killed or wounded.
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It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies of black swan or other game shot in the North Canterbury Fish and Game Region.
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Staking of mai-mais in the North Canterbury Fish and Game Region is 2 weeks before opening weekend, except on boundary areas where 4 weeks applies.
Central South Island 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.
Game That May be Hunted or Killed
| Game | Duration of 1996 Season |
|---|---|
| Grey, shoveler and mallard | 4 May to 28 July 1996 incl |
| duck | |
| Paradise shelduck | |
| East of SH1 | 4 May to 28 July 1996 incl |
| West of SH1 | 4 May to 29 September 1996 incl |
| 1 February 1997 to 20 April 1997 incl | |
| Pukeko | 4 May to 28 July 1996 incl |
| Black swan | 4 May to 26 May 1996 incl |
| Canada goose (Area A) | 4 May to 25 August 1996 incl |
| Canada goose (Area B) | 4 May to 24 November 1996 incl |
| Canada goose (Area C) | 4 May to 24 November 1996 incl |
| 1 February to 20 April 1997 incl | |
| California quail | 4 May to 25 August 1996 incl |
| Cock pheasant | Closed Season |
| Chukar | 4 May to 25 August 1996 incl |
Definition of Areas
Area A: All that part of the Region encompassing Lake Wainono and Wainono Reserve and bounded to the north by Hook Beach Road, the west by SH1, the south by Poingdestres Road and the east by the Pacific Ocean.
Area B: That part of the bed of the Waitaki River between Lake Waitaki Dam and the sea.
Area C: That part of the Region not included in Area A and Area B.
Daily Bag Limits
| Game | Limits |
|---|---|
| Mallard duck | Saturday 4 May: 35. Sunday 5 May: 35. |
| Rest of season: 25 | |
| Grey Duck | 25 |
| Shoveler duck | 2 |
| Black Swan | 5 |
| Grey, shoveler and mallard | Aggregate limits: |
| duck | Saturday 4 May 35 in all; Sunday 5 May |
| 35 in all; rest of season 25 in all | |
| Pukeko | 4 |
| California Quail | 10 |
| Cock Pheasant | 0 (Closed Season) |
| Chukar | 10 |
| Paradise Shelduck | 15 |
| Canada Goose | no limit |
Shooting hours: Area A: 7:00am to 7:00pm. Areas B & C: 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Except that during the period 27 May 1996 to 20 April 1997 incl. Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.
Decoy limit: Lake Wainono and the Wainono Reserve 25; rest of region, no limit.
Special Conditions
- No person shall wilfully leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies of black swan or other game shot in this region.
Otago Fish and Game Region
Reference to description: Gazette, No. 83 of 24 May 1990, at page 1861
Game That May be Hunted or Killed
| Game | Duration of 1996 Season |
|---|---|
| Grey, shoveler and mallard | 4 May to 14 July 1996 incl |
| duck | |
| Paradise shelduck (areas A, | 4 May to 25 August 1996 |
| B, C) | |
| Paradise shelduck (area D | 4 May to 14 July 1996 incl only |
| only) | |
| Paradise shelduck (area E | 4 May to 14 July 1996 incl only |
| only) | |
| Pukeko (areas D and E only) | 4 May to 14 July 1996 incl only |
| Pukeko (areas A, B, C only) | Closed season |
| Black swan (areas C,D and | 4 May to 14 July 1996 incl |
| E only) | |
| Black swan (areas A,B only) | Closed Season |
| Canada goose (areas A, B, | 4 May to 15 December 1996 incl |
| C, X only) | |
| 1 February to 27 April 1997 incl | |
| Canada goose (areas D and | Closed season |
| E only) | |
| California quail (whole | 1 June to 25 August 1996 incl |
| region) | |
| Pheasant (whole region) | 1 June to 25 August 1996 incl |
| Chukar (whole region) | 1 June to 25 August 1996 incl |
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