✨ Game Hunting Regulations
13 MARCH 2009
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 32
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NELSON MARLBOROUGH REGION³
1 Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2009/2010 Season
| Species | Season Duration
(dates inclusive) | Daily Bag
Limit | Hunting Area |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grey/mallard duck and
any hybrid of those
species | 2 May to 26 Jul 2009 | 15 | All areas |
| Shoveler duck | 2 May to 1 Jun 2009 | 2 | All areas |
Grey, mallard and shoveler duck aggregate limit: A maximum total bag not exceeding 15 birds, which must comprise no more than 7 grey and 2 shoveler duck, when in season.
| Paradise shelduck | 2 May to 26 Jul 2009 | 10 | All areas |
| Pukeko | 2 May to 26 Jul 2009 | 10 | Except East Coast/Kaikoura area |
| | 2 May to 26 Jul 2009 | 2 | East Coast/Kaikoura area only |
| | 1 Aug to 25 Oct 2009 | 10 | Pheasant area only |
| | 1 Jan to 28 Feb 2010 | 10 | |
| Black swan | 2 May to 26 Jul 2009 | 20 | All areas |
| Canada goose | 2 May to 30 Nov 2009 | No limit | Except Wairau Lagoons |
| | 1 Feb to 18 Apr 2010 | No limit | Except Wairau Lagoons |
| | 2 May to 20 Sep 2009 | No limit | Wairau Lagoons only |
| | 1 Feb to 18 Apr 2010 | No limit | Wairau Lagoons only |
| California quail | 2 May to 30 Aug 2009 | 10 | Except Motueka and Waimea
River Bermland |
| | 30 May to 30 Aug 2009 | 10 | Motueka and Waimea River
Bermland only |
| Cock pheasant | 30 May to 1 Jun 2009 | 1 | Pheasant area only |
| | 27 Jun and 28 Jun 2000 | 1 | |
| | 25 Jul and 26 Jul 2009 | 1 | |
| Chukar | Closed season | Nil | All areas |
2 Definition of Areas
2.1 Wairau Lagoons
That area defined as all open waters, islands and the peninsula between Chandlers Lagoon and Big Lagoon, south of the Wairau River mouth, including Te Aropipi Channel and south to the White Bluffs.
2.2 Pheasant Area
The area west of the Bryant Range, north of State Highway 63 from St Arnaud to Kawatiri Junction, and east of the Hope and Arthur Ranges.
2.3 Motueka River Bermland
The area adjacent to the Motueka River downstream of the Alexandra Bluff Bridge within the boundaries of State Highway 61 and Old Wharf Road to the east and the Motueka River West Bank Road, Umukuri Road and Lodder Lane in the west.
³ Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 24 May 1990, at page 1861
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🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesGame hunting, Season dates, Bag limits, Nelson Marlborough, Ducks, Geese, Quail, Pheasant, Wairau Lagoons, Pheasant Area, Motueka River Bermland
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