✨ Game Bird Hunting Regulations
9 MARCH 2007
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 28
727
FIRST SCHEDULE
Bag limits
No person shall have in that person’s possession on any one day, more than the number of game birds specified as the daily bag limit for the Fish and Game Region in which the game is taken, except on Sunday, 6 May 2007, where a person may have in possession twice the number of game birds specified as the daily bag limit for Saturday, 5 May 2007.
A person may have in that person’s possession more game than specified above, if all such game is labelled with the following details:
(a) The name and address of the person by whom the game was taken;
(b) The number of the licence to hunt or kill game held by the person by whom the game was taken;
(c) The name of the Fish and Game Region by which that licence was issued;
(d) The name of the Fish and Game Region in which the game was taken; and
(e) The date on which the game was taken.
Waiver of Restrictions on Baiting, and Methods of Taking Game Baiting for Waterfowl
Persons(^4) may hunt or kill game of the family Anatidae (waterfowl) during the open season for game in all Fish and Game Regions where food has been cast, thrown, placed or planted, either during the current open season for game, the thirty (30) days immediately prior to the season or any other time during the year.
Magazine Shotguns – unpinned magazine shotguns can be used in all regions
Persons(^5) may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, in all Fish and Game Regions with any unpinned magazine shotgun of a calibre 10 gauge or less, which includes magazine extensions.
Use of Lead Shot Prohibited
No person may possess lead shot, or use lead shot, while hunting or killing water fowl within 200 metres of open water, with any gun of a 10 or 12 gauge calibre. Non-toxic shot may be used, including steel.
For the purposes of this requirement, "water fowl" means any of the following game species:
Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Duck:
Grey duck (Anas superciliosa) and any cross of that species with any other species, variety, or kind of duck
Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) and any cross of that species with any other species, variety, or kind of duck
Paradise duck (Tadorna variegata), also known as the Paradise Shelduck
Spoonbill duck (New Zealand Shoveler) (Anas rhynchotis)
Pukeko (Porphyrio melanotus)
For the purposes of this requirement, "open water" means either:
(a) any area of land or seabed covered permanently or seasonally by water; or
(^4)Section 17 of the Wildlife Act 1953
(^5)Section 18(1)(c)(iii) of the Wildlife Act 1953
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 28
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 28
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