New Zealand Gazette – 2008 – No. 62

Page 1755

✨ Game Bird Hunting Regulations



19 MARCH 2008 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 62 1755

FIRST SCHEDULE

1 Bag limits

1.1 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.

1.2 Notwithstanding subclause 1.1 on Sunday, 4 May 2008, a person may have in possession twice the number of game birds specified as the daily bag limit for Saturday, 3 May 2008 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.

2 Waiver of Restrictions on Baiting, and Methods of Taking Game Baiting for Waterfowl

A person⁴ 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.

3 Magazine Shotguns – unpinned magazine shotguns can be used in all regions

A person⁵ 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.

4 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 hybrid of that species with any other species, variety, or kind of duck

Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) and any hybrid 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

(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.

⁴Section 17 of the Wildlife Act 1953

⁵Section 18(1)(c)(iii) of the Wildlife Act 1953



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