Fish and Game Regulations




WELLINGTON FISH AND GAME REGION

Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2002/2003 Season

Species Season Length (dates inclusive) Daily Bag Limit Area
Mallard 4 May to 5 May 2002 10 (maximum 2 hens) All areas
6 May to 16 June 2002 7 (maximum 2 hens) All Areas
Grey Duck* 4 May to 5 May 2002 5 All areas
Grey Duck* 6 May to 16 June 2002 3 All areas
Shoveler Duck 4 May to 16 June 2002 5 Area C
Shoveler Duck 4 May to 16 June 2002 2 Areas A,B,D
Paradise Shelduck 4 May to 16 June 2002 10 All areas
Pukeko 4 May to 16 June 2002 5 All areas
Black Swan 4 May to 12 May 2002 1 Area C
25 May to 21 July 2002 3 Area C
4 May to 5 May 2002 1 Areas B,D
1 June to 16 June 2002 2 Areas B,D
Canada Goose 4 May to 21 July 2002 15 Areas A,C
1 Feb to 23 March 2003 20 Areas A,C
California Quail 4 May to 11 August 2002 5 All areas
Cock Pheasant 4 May to 11 August 2002 2 All areas
Brown Quail Closed season All areas

Definition of Areas

Area A: Wairarapa/Bush. East of main Ruahine and Tararua/Rimutaka ranges, apart from Area C.

Area B: Rangitikei/Northern Manawatu. West of main Ruahine and Tararua/Rimutaka ranges, apart from Area D.

Area C: South Wairarapa. East of the Rimutaka Range and south of the following boundary: From the summit of the Rimutaka Hill Road east along State Highway No. 2 to Featherston, east along State Highway No. 53 to the junction with Kahutara Road, and the Martinborough–Lake Ferry Road to Lake Ferry.

Area D: Manawatu/Wellington. South and west of Tangimoana, Bailey, Wilson and Mingaroa Roads, to Halcombe and along the railway line from Halcombe, east to the Manawatu Gorge and then along the main divide of the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges.

Definition of Grey Duck

A Grey Duck is defined as having a wing score of 0 (zero) as shown by photographs in the 2002-2003 Gamebird Hunting Guide “Identifying a Hybrid”, where the speculum is green, with NO discernible white or brownish white bar on either the upper alar or the posterior border of the speculum.


Reference to Description: Gazette No. 83, of 22 May 1990, at page 1861



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2002, No 24


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2002, No 24





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