✨ 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, 5 May 2013, when that person may have in his or her possession twice the number of game birds specified as the daily bag limit for Saturday, 4 May 2013.
1.2
A person may possess more game than specified in clause 1.1 of the Schedule, 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, except Auckland/Waikato, where food has been cast, thrown, placed or planted any time during the year. In the Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game Region, Special Condition 4.9 in the Second Schedule applies instead to restrictions on baiting.
3 Magazine Shotguns – unpinned magazine shotguns can be used in all regions except Auckland/Waikato
A person may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, in all Fish & Game Regions, except Auckland/Waikato Region, with any unpinned magazine shotgun of a calibre 10 gauge or less, which includes magazine extensions(^5). In the Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game Region, Special Condition 4.10 in the Second Schedule applies instead to shotgun magazine requirements.
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
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)
- 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)
(^4)Section 17 of the Wildlife Act 1953
(^5)Amended notification to Section 18(1)(c)(iii) and (v) of the Wildlife Act 1953 as authorised by the Minister of Conservation under Section 18(1) of that Act
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