Game Hunting Regulations




12 MARCH

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

641

WELLINGTON FISH AND GAME REGION¹¹

Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2004/2005 Season

| Species | Season Length
(dates inclusive) | Daily Bag
Limit | Area |
|-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
| Grey/Mallard Duck | 1 May to 27 June 2004 | 10 | All areas |
| Shoveler Duck | 1 May to 27 June 2004 | 5 | Area C |
| Shoveler Duck | 1 May to 27 June 2004 | 2 | Areas A, B |
| Paradise Shelduck | 1 May to 27 June 2004 | 10 | All areas |
| Pukeko | 1 May to 27 June 2004 | 5 | All areas |
| Black Swan | 1 May to 8 August 2004 | 3 | Area C |
| Black Swan | 1 May to 2 May 2004 | 3 | Area B |
| Black Swan | 5 June to 27 June 2004 | 3 | Area B |
| Canada Goose | 1 May to 12 September 2004 | 20 | Areas A, C |
| Canada Goose | 5 February to 27 March 2005 | 20 | Areas A, C |
| Canada Goose | 1 May to 2 May 2004 | 5 | Area B |
| Canada Goose | 5 June to 27 June 2004 | 5 | Area B |
| Canada Goose | 5 February to 27 February 2005 | 5 | Area B |
| Californian Quail | 1 May to 8 August 2004 | 5 | All areas |
| Cock Pheasant | 1 May to 8 August 2004 | 2 | All areas |
| Brown Quail | Closed season | | All areas |

Definition of Areas

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

Area B: Rangitikei/Manawatu/Horowhenua/Wellington. West of main Ruahine and Tararua/Rimutaka ranges.

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.

Hours of Shooting

6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., excluding Canada Goose that may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy Limit

No limit.

Special Conditions

Summer Hunting Registration 2005: Hunters participating in the summer goose season must register with the Fish and Game Council prior to hunting.

¹¹Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 22 May 1990, at page 1861



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2004, No 27


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2004, No 27





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