New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 32

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✨ Game Hunting Regulations



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 32

AUCKLAND/WAIKATO FISH AND GAME REGION

Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2000/2001 Season, except that no duck may be hunted on Great Barrier Island.

Species Season Daily Bag Limit
Grey Duck 6 May to 25 June 2000 incl 10
Mallard Duck 6 May to 25 June 2000 incl 10
Shoveler Duck 6 May to 25 June 2000 incl 3
Grey, Shoveler and Mallard Duck aggregate limits 10 in all
Paradise Shelduck
Ruapehu District south of the north bank of the Whanganui River 6 May to 25 June 2000 incl 20
Paradise Shelduck
All other unspecified districts 6 May to 25 June 2000 incl 10
Pukeko 6 May to 30 July 2000 incl 10
Black Swan; (except that no Black Swan may be hunted or killed on the Waikato Hydro Lakes; Karapiro, Arapuni and Waipapa) 6 May to 25 June 2000 incl 1
Canada Goose 6 May to 25 June 2000 incl 2
California Quail 6 May to 13 August 2000 incl 10
Bobwhite Quail 6 May to 13 August 2000 incl No limit
Cock Pheasant 6 May to 30 July 2000 incl 3

Shooting Hours

6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. except that Canada geese may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day for the 24 hour Moonlight Canada Goose Season; 6.30 p.m. 15 May 2000 to 6.30 p.m. 21 May 2000 and 6.30 p.m. 11 June 2000 to 6.30 p.m. 20 June 2000 inclusive.

Decoy Limit

No limit.

Special Conditions

  1. From 6 May to 25 June 2000 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 willfully 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 waterfowl 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.

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83 of 22 May 1990 as amended by Gazette, No. 129, of 29 August 1991, at page 2786



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