✨ Fish and Game Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 96

Wainuiomata, below main township bridge.

3.2

The following waters, and all their tributaries, are restricted to fly fishing and spinner only:

  • Mangaohane Stream.
  • Pourangaki River.
  • Rangitikei River and its tributaries upstream of the Matawhero Road bridge (commonly called the Mangaohane Bridge).
  • Tokomaru River.
  • Waingawa River.

3.3

Bait fishing is allowed in all other waters.

4.

DAILY BAG LIMITS

4.1

No licence holder shall take, kill or be in possession of more than 1 trout in the following waters:

  • Akatarawa River.
  • Hautapu River upstream of the road bridge numbered 741/10.96 on State Highway No. 1 by the Taihape Golf Club.
  • Mangaohane Stream.
  • Mangatarere Stream.
  • Makuri River.
  • Manawatu River upstream of its confluence with the Mangatewainui Stream.
  • Mangaroa River.
  • Pakuratahi Stream.
  • Pourangaki River.
  • Rangitikei River and its tributaries upstream of the confluence of Otarere Stream.
  • Tokomaru River.
  • Upper Kourarau Dam.
  • Waikanae River.
  • Wainuiomata River.
  • Whakatikei River.
  • All waters upstream of the boundaries of the Ruahine, Tararua and Rimutaka Forest Parks.

4.2

No licence holder shall take, kill or be in possession of more than 2 trout in the following waters:

  • Hutt River.

4.3

No licence holder shall take, kill or be in possession of more than 4 trout in the following waters:

  • Rangitikei River upstream of the Matawhero Road Bridge (commonly called Mangaohane Bridge) up to the confluence of the Otarere Stream.

4.4

There is no limit in all other waters.

5.

LENGTH LIMITS

5.1

There is no minimum length limit for sports fish taken in the Wellington Fish and Game region.



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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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