✨ Game Hunting Regulations




1 MARCH

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

613

Waiver of Restrictions on Baiting, and Methods of Taking Game Baiting for Waterfowl

Persons4 may hunt or kill game of the family Anatidae (waterfowl) during the open season for game in all Fish and Game Regions where food has been cast, thrown, placed or planted, either during the current open season for game, the thirty (30) days immediately prior to the season or any other time during the year.

Magazine Shotguns – unpinned magazine shotguns can be used in all regions

Persons5 may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, in all Fish and Game Regions with any unpinned magazine shotgun of a calibre 12 gauge or less, which includes magazine extensions.

Use of Lead Shot Prohibited

The use of lead shot for the hunting of game with guns of a calibre 12 gauge over the following wetlands is prohibited, but non-toxic alternative shot may be used including steel. (NB: At this stage of the transition, hunters may continue to use lead shot in guns of a calibre less than 12 gauge due the difficulty in obtaining non-toxic shot for smaller calibre guns. No decisions have been made yet on whether this exemption will be approved for future years.)

Northland

No areas

Auckland Waikato

No areas

Eastern

Awaiti Wildlife Management Reserve
Awakaponga Wildlife Management Reserve
Bregmans Wildlife Management Reserve
Kapenga Swamp
Lake Orotu Wildlife Management Reserve
Lower Kaituna Wildlife Management Reserve
Maungawhio Lagoon Wildlife Management Reserve
Ngapouri Wildlife Management Reserve
Orini Wildlife Management Reserve
Tamurenui Wildlife Management Reserve
Thornton Lagoon Wildlife Management Reserve
Tutaeinanga Wildlife Management Reserve
Waikite Wildlife Management Reserve

Hawkes Bay

Ahuriri Conservation Area

Taranaki

Corliss Island
Lake Kohata
Lake Wiritoa
Tom Watt farm wetlands

4Section 17 Wildlife Act 1953

5Section 18(1)(c)(iii) Wildlife Act 1953



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 20


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 20





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🌾 Waiver of Restrictions on Baiting for Waterfowl

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Hunting, Waterfowl, Baiting, Game Regulations

🌾 Use of Unpinned Magazine Shotguns

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Hunting, Shotguns, Magazine, Game Regulations

🌾 Prohibition of Lead Shot in Wetlands

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Hunting, Lead Shot, Wetlands, Game Regulations