New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 20

Page 464

✨ Game Hunting Regulations



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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 20

3 MARCH 2006

(b) any area which is temporarily covered by water at the time of such possession or use of lead shot,
and that is contiguous to an area referred to in paragraph (a);
and the area covered by water is wider than 3 metres.

Guns of a Calibre Less Than 12 Gauge and Muzzle Loaders Exempt in Relation to Use of Lead Shot

Hunters may continue to use lead shot in guns of a calibre less than 12 gauge or muzzle loaders for the
2006 season. This exemption will be reviewed before the 2007 game bird hunting season.
No exemption for any breach loading 12 gauge or greater is to be provided for waterfowl hunting.

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

The use of lead shot within 200m of open water by hunters participating in the Fish and Game NZ
organised Molesworth/St James Canada Goose Hunts will be permitted during the 2006-07 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 excluded periods for some regions specified below.

Fish and Game Regions of:

Nelson/Marlborough
Northland
Otago
Southland
Taranaki
West Coast
Auckland/Waikato – excluding 6 and 7 May 2006
Central South Island – excluding 6 and 7 May 2006
Eastern – excluding 6 and 7 May 2006
Hawke’s Bay – excluding 6 and 7 May 2006
North Canterbury – excluding 6 to 14 May 2006
Wellington – excluding 6 and 7 May 2006

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 2006/2007 Whole Season game bird hunting licence, can
    reclaim the stand claimed during the 2005 Game Season at any time prior to 10.00 a.m. on 9 April
    2006 in all Fish and Game Regions.

  2. Otherwise unclaimed stands can only be claimed any time after 10.00 a.m. on 9 April 2006 in all
    Fish and Game Regions.

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



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