✨ Fish and Game Regulations




11 AUGUST

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

2535

AUCKLAND / WAIKATO FISH AND GAME REGION

Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, No. 83, 24 May 1990, page 1861, as amended by New Zealand Gazette, No. 129, 29 August 1991, page 2786

1. DEFINITIONS

None.

2. OPEN SEASON

Location Season Duration
All lakes in region. All year
Hikutaia River downstream from the ford on the Whangamata Track. All year
Mangaotaki River downstream from the lower bridge on the Mangaotaki Road (Piopio). All year
Mangawhio River between the Waikato River and the Falls. All year
Marokopa River downstream from its confluence with the Mangatuahaua Stream. All year
Ohinemuri River downstream from the Victoria Street Bridge, at Waihi. All year
Puniu River downstream from the Seafund Road bridge. All year
Waihou River. All year
Waikato River. All year
Waimakariri Stream. All year
Waipa River downstream from Toa Bridge (some 16km upstream from Otorohanga). All year
Wairoa River. All year
Waitawheta Stream downstream from the upstream end of the public vehicle access on Franklin Road. All year
Whanganui River downstream from its confluence with the Whakapapa River. All year
All other open waters, except those specified in Section 3.1 of this Schedule. 1 Oct – 30 Jun (inclusive)

3. CLOSED WATERS

3.1

Subject to Section 3.2 of this Schedule, no licence holder shall fish for sports fish from the following waters:

All rivers, streams and their tributaries which flow into but not including Lake Arapuni, Lake Waipapa, Lake Karapiro and that part of the Waikato River downstream from the Maraetai Dam to above the Karapiro Dam.

3.2

The closed waters restrictions in Section 3.1 of this Schedule do not apply to the following waters:

  • Mangawhio Stream and tributaries.
  • Pokaiwhenua Stream and tributaries.
  • Waipa Stream and tributaries.
  • Waikato River.
  • Waipapa River and tributaries.


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 96


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 96





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