Game Hunting Regulations




16 MARCH 2011

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 31

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NELSON MARLBOROUGH REGION¹⁴

1 Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2011/2012 Season

Species Season Duration (dates inclusive) Daily Bag Limit Hunting Area
Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species 7 May to 31 Jul 2011 15 All areas
NZ shoveler duck 7 May to 31 May 2011 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 | 7 May to 31 Jul 2011 | 10 | All areas |
| Pukeko | 7 May to 31 Jul 2011 | 10 | Except East Coast/Kaikoura area |
| Pukeko | 7 May to 31 Jul 2011 | 2 | East Coast/Kaikoura area only |
| Pukeko | 1 Aug to 31 Oct 2011 | 10 | Pheasant area only |
| Pukeko | 1 Jan to 28 Feb 2012 | 10 | Pheasant area only |
| Black swan | 7 May to 31 Jul 2011 | 10 | All areas |
| Canada goose | 7 May to 27 Nov 2011 | No limit | Except Wairau Lagoons |
| Canada goose | 7 May to 18 Sep 2011 | No limit | Wairau Lagoons only |
| Canada goose | 5 Feb to 23 Apr 2012 | No limit | All areas |
| California quail | 7 May to 28 Aug 2011 | 10 | Except Motueka and Waimea River Bermland |
| California quail | 4 Jun to 28 Aug 2011 | 10 | Motueka and Waimea River Bermland only |
| Cock pheasant | 4 Jun to 6 Jun 2011 | 1 | Pheasant area only |
| Cock pheasant | 25 Jun and 26 Jun 2011 | 1 | Pheasant area only |
| Cock pheasant | 30 Jul and 31 Jul 2011 | 1 | Pheasant area only |
| 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.

2.4 Waimea River Bermland

That area known as the Waimea Bermland contained within the stopbanks (or a 200 metre strip from both riverbanks where stopbanks are not present) of the Waimea and Wairoa Rivers up to the junction of the Lee River and the Wai-iti River up to State Highway 6 (Wai-iti Bridge).

¹⁴ Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 24 May 1990, at page 1861



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