New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 32

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✨ Game Hunting Regulations

31 MARCH NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 757

NORTH CANTERBURY FISH AND GAME REGION

Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2000-2001 Season

Species	Season	Daily Bag Limit
Grey Duck	6 May to 30 July 2000 incl	5
Shoveler Duck	6 May to 30 July 2000 incl	2
Mallard Duck	6 May to 30 July 2000 incl	25
Grey, Shoveler and Mallard Duck aggregate		25
Paradise Shelduck (Area A)	6 May to 30 July 2000 incl	5
Paradise Shelduck (Area B)	6 May to 24 September 2000 incl	20
Pukeko	3 February to 1 April 2001 incl	20
	6 May to 30 July 2000 incl	2
Black Swan (Area A)	6 May to 24 September 2000 incl	5
Black Swan (Area B)	6 May to 30 July 2000 incl	2
Canada Goose (Area A)	6 May to 24 September 2000 incl	No limit
	3 February to 25 March 2001 incl	No limit
Canada Goose (Area B)	6 May to 26 November 2000 incl	No limit
	3 February to 29 April 2001 incl	No limit
California Quail	6 May to 27 August 2000 incl	10
Cock Pheasant	4 June 2000 (one day only)	1
Chukar	Closed Season	Nil

Definition of Areas

Area A: (Paradise Duck, Black Swan and Canada Goose): “That area east of State Highway 1 from Rakaia River in the south to Woodend Beach Road in the north.”

Area B: (Paradise Duck, Black Swan and Canada Goose): The remainder of the region excluding “Area A”.

Shooting Hours

6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., except that during the period 1 June 2000 to 29 April 2001, Canada Goose may be hunted 24 hours per day during the specified season.

Decoy Limit

Duck decoys:

(a) 6 May to 14 May, 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 another hunter.

(b) Rest of duck hunting season: No limit.

Goose, Black Swan and other species: No limit.

Special Conditions

It shall be an offence for any person to willfully leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies, of any game shot in the North Canterbury Fish and Game Region.

Closed Game Area

The following area is declared Closed Game Area 14:

All that area known as the Rakaia River Lagoon being an area from a line commencing at the confluence of Boat Creek which flows into the lagoon from the northern shore, then north-easterly to the head of the lagoon and including the foreshore in front of the Rakaia Huts Village, thence round the lagoon and south west along the shingle spit to a position opposite Boat Creek, the area being specifically marked by “Closed Game Area” signage.

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🌾 North Canterbury Fish and Game Region Hunting Regulations 2000/2001

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