New Zealand Gazette – 2007 – No. 28

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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 28

9 MARCH 2007

(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
2007 season. This exemption will be reviewed before the 2008 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 Hunts to Control Canada Geese

The use of lead shot within 200 metres of open water by hunters participating in the Fish & Game
New Zealand organised Molesworth/St James hunts to control Canada geese will be permitted during the
2007-08 Game Bird Season. The lead shot exemption only applies to the hunting of Canada geese on
the Fish & Game organised hunts. Outside of these organised hunts to control Canada goose numbers, 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 5 and 6 May 2007
  • Central South Island – excluding 5 and 6 May 2007
  • Eastern – excluding 5 and 6 May 2007
  • Hawke’s Bay – excluding 5 and 6 May 2007
  • North Canterbury – excluding 5 and 6 May 2007
  • Wellington – excluding 5 and 6 May 2007

Registered Game Preserves

Game preserves provide opportunities for upland game hunting on a commercial basis. Fish & Game
New Zealand is working to finalise the legality of wording for game preserves recognising they do not
involve the hunting of the wild game resource, but rather they raise and/or release all the birds that are
available for hunting. They increase the available hunting opportunities in several ways both on and
adjacent to the preserve, and they do so without using either birds or land that would otherwise have been
freely publicly available.

In order to ensure that they meet legal and ethical requirements, Fish & Game New Zealand requires that
all game preserves be approved and licensed to ensure the following results:

  • the legal and boundary descriptions of all game preserve areas are fully defined.
  • hunting on game preserves is in accord with the conditions specified in this Gazette Notice.
  • there is no waterfowl hunting commercially available on game preserves, or anywhere else.

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



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