New Zealand Gazette – 2005 – No. 57

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✨ Game Bird Hunting Regulations



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 57

30 MARCH 2005

Lead Shot Exemption for Molesworth/St James Organised Canada Goose Hunts

The use of lead shot within 200 metres of open water by hunters participating in the Fish and Game NZ organised "Molesworth/St James Canada Goose Hunts" will be permitted during the 2005-06 game bird season. The lead shot exemption only applies to the hunting of Canada Geese on the Fish and Game organised hunts. Outside of these organised hunts, the national lead shot ban applies.

Camouflaged Rowboats

Persons(^6) may hunt or kill game within the following Fish and Game Regions, from unmoored camouflaged rowboats, subject to the conditions specified below.

Fish and Game Regions of:

  • Northland
  • Nelson/Marlborough
  • Otago
  • Southland
  • Taranaki
  • West Coast
  • Eastern – excluding 7 and 8 May 2005
  • Wellington – excluding 7 and 8 May 2005
  • Central South Island – excluding 7 and 8 May 2005
  • North Canterbury – excluding 7 to 15 May 2005
  • Hawke’s Bay – excluding 7 and 8 May 2005

Registered Game Preserves

Any property listed under any heading of "Registered Game Preserve" in this notice is a registered game preserve for the purposes of this notice regardless of the property’s name.

Paradise Duck

Any reference to Paradise Shelduck in this notice is to the same species referred to as Paradise Duck elsewhere in this notice and the Wildlife Act 1953.

Pegging Day

  1. A person, following purchase of a 2005/2006 Whole Season game bird hunting licence, can reclaim the stand claimed during the 2004 Game Season at any time prior to 10.00 a.m. on 10 April 2005 in all Fish and Game Regions.

  2. Otherwise unclaimed stands can only be claimed any time after 10.00 a.m. on 10 April 2005 in all Fish and Game Regions.

  3. Stands are claimed by completing and attaching to the stand, or a stake or board at the stand site, the claim tag provided with the licence.

  4. The stand claim tag must be affixed to a board or identifying label having plainly marked thereon the claimant’s name and the number of the licence.

  5. The licence holder claiming a stand must be present in person at the stand when marking up such.

(^6)Section 18(1)(f)(vi) of the Wildlife Act 1953



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Lead Shot Exemption for Molesworth/St James Organised Canada Goose Hunts (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Lead Shot, Temporary Exemption, Canada Goose Hunts, Molesworth/St James

🌾 Camouflaged Rowboats Usage for Game Hunting

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Camouflaged Rowboats, Game Hunting, Fish and Game Regions

🌾 Registered Game Preserves Definition

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Registered Game Preserves, Wildlife Act 1953

🌾 Paradise Duck Species Reference

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Paradise Duck, Paradise Shelduck, Wildlife Act 1953

🌾 Pegging Day Regulations for Game Bird Hunting

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Pegging Day, Game Bird Hunting Licence, Stand Claiming