✨ Hunting Regulations




486 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 20 3 MARCH 2006

Shooting Hours

7.00 a.m. to 6.45 p.m. Area A; 7.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Area B, except that during the period 24 July 2006 to 31 March 2007 inclusive, Canada geese may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open season.

Decoy Limit

No limit.

The following wetland refuges and closed game areas are closed to hunting:

Refuges Location
Lake Hayes Queenstown/Arrowtown highway
Hawksbury Lagoon Waikouaiti – East Otago
Finegand Balclutha

Closed Game Areas Location
Ashley Downs Near Clinton, South Otago
Tomahawk Lagoon Dunedin
Kawarau River outlet Frankton

Special Conditions

  1. No person shall use or cause to be used on any water within the region for the hunting or killing of game, any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, loo or maimai, except within a distance of 10 metres from the water margin in non-tidal waters, or from the low water mark in tidal waters, or from the outside edge of the raupo growth where raupo abounds, without the prior consent of the Otago Fish and Game Council.

  2. No person may leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies of Black swan or other game shot in the Otago Fish and Game Region.

  3. Shooting from a boat is prohibited on the Clutha River on the opening weekend only.

  4. Canada geese can be hunted during the closed season if an authorisation is obtained from the Otago Fish and Game Council.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2006, No 20


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2006, No 20





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