✨ Game Hunting Regulations
FIRST SCHEDULE
1 Bag limits
1.1 No person shall possess on any one day, more than the number of game birds specified as the daily bag limit for the Fish & Game Region in which the game is taken, except on Sunday, 8 May 2011, when that person may have in his or her possession twice the number of game birds specified as the daily bag limit for Saturday, 7 May 2011.
1.2 A person may possess 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 & Game Region by which that licence was issued;
(d) The name of the Fish & Game Region in which the game was taken; and
(e) The date on which the game was taken.
2 Waiver of Restrictions on Baiting for Waterfowl
A person[^4] may hunt or kill game of the family Anatidae (waterfowl) during the open season for game in all Fish & 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 person[^5] may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, in all Fish & Game Regions with any unpinned magazine shotgun of a calibre 10 gauge or less, which includes magazine extensions.
4 Shot Size
No person shall use, in any shotgun used for the purposes of hunting and killing game, any cartridge containing any shot size having a larger retained, per-pellet energy at 90 metres than lead BB.
5 Use of Lead Shot Prohibited
5.1 Subject to clause 7, no person may possess lead shot, or use lead shot, while hunting or killing waterfowl within 200 metres of open water, with any gun using a 10 or 12 gauge cartridge. Non toxic alternative shot may be used, including steel.
5.1.1 For the purposes of this requirement, "waterfowl" means any of the following game species:
- Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
- 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 shelduck (Tadorna variegata) also known as Paradise duck.
- Spoonbill duck (New Zealand shoveler) (Anas rhynchotis)
- Pukeko (Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus)
5.1.2 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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NZ Gazette 2011, No 31
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New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Stamp
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