✨ Game Hunting Regulations




1 MARCH

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

637

Shooting Hours

7.00 a.m. to 6.45 p.m. Area A, 7.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Areas B and D, except that during the period
28 July 2003 to 30 March 2004 inclusive, Canada Goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during
the specified open season. Paradise Shelduck may be hunted during daylight hours only, during the
Paradise Duck Summer Season.

Decoy Limit

No limit.

Closed Game Areas

Ashley Downs, Near Clinton, South Otago
Tomahawk Lagoon, Dunedin
Kawarau River outlet, Frankton

Special Conditions

  1. No person shall use or cause to be used on any water within the region for the hunting or killing of
    game, any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, loo or maimai, except within a distance of 10 metres from
    the water margin in non-tidal waters, or from the low water mark in tidal waters, or from the
    outside edge of the raupo growth where raupo abounds, without the prior consent of the Otago
    Fish and Game Council.

  2. No person may leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies of Black Swan or other
    game shot in the Otago Fish and Game Region.

  3. Shooting from a boat is prohibited on the Clutha River on the opening weekend only.

  4. Canada Geese can be hunted during the closed season if an authorisation is obtained from the
    Otago Fish and Game Council.



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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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