✨ Game Hunting Regulations
3 MARCH 2006 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 20 471
| Bobwhite quail | All areas | No limit |
| Cock Pheasant | All areas, excluding Registered Game Preserves | 5 |
| Pheasants, both sexes | Registered Game Preserves | No limit |
| Red Legged Partridge | Registered Game Preserves | No limit |
Definition of Areas
The following descriptions refer to Local Authority Boundaries described on the Infomap 242B-2 Department of Survey and Land Information (now Land Information New Zealand) for the Eastern Region Fish and Game Council region.
Area A1: Tauranga District, Western Bay of Plenty District, that part of the South Waikato District within the Eastern Fish and Game region and east of State Highway No. 1, Rotorua District, Kawerau District, Whakatane District and Opotiki District.
Area A2: Those parts of the South Waikato District west of State Highway No. 1 within the Eastern Fish and Game region, Taupo District and Ruapehu District, which lie within the Eastern Fish and Game region.
Area B1: Gisborne District.
Area B2: That part of Wairoa District within the Eastern Fish and Game region.
Closed Game Areas
The closed game area for Waewaetutuki (Waewaetutuki 8B, Block 1, Waihi South Survey district and comprising all of Computer Freehold Register SA3D/627) Reference, Game Gazette, 3 March 2003, Issue No. 20, Page 611, is revoked.
Shooting Hours
6.15 a.m. to 6.15 p.m., except that in Areas A1, A2, and B1 from the 3 July 2006 to 27 August 2006 and 3 and 4 February 2007, Canada geese may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day. For Area B2, Canada geese may only be hunted 24 hours from 3 to 4 March 2007 inclusive. Paradise Shelduck may be hunted 24 hours per day from 3 to 4 March 2007 inclusive in that area north of the Uawa River, Tolaga Bay.
Decoy Limit
No limit.
Magazine Capacity
Unpinned magazine shotguns to manufacturer’s specifications may be used.
Maimais
No maimai shall impede the use of navigable channels in the Tauranga Harbour, Ohiwa Harbour, Little Waihi Estuary, Lake Aniwhenua and Lake Taupo.
Maimais erected in the Little Waihi Estuary, Lake Aniwhenua, Ohiwa Harbour, Stump and Waihi bays of Lake Taupo must be dismantled and removed within 2 weeks of the close of the season (i.e. by 10 September 2006).
Registered Game Preserves (pheasant):
(i) Titoki Hereford Stud: The property situated along a 4 kilometre road frontage, at the top of Tikitere Hill from above Hell’s Gate to opposite Moose Lodge entrance. Bounded by Fletcher Challenge Tikitere Forest and Okataina Scenic Reserve.
(ii) Benner’s Brothers Farm: Located 8 kilometres up the Bush Road from Pongokawa. Bounded by Pongakawa River and Rotoehu Forest and Bush Road.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2006, No 20
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2006, No 20
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