Hunting Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 30

13 MARCH 2013

NELSON MARLBOROUGH REGION¹⁶

1 Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2013/2014 Season

Species Season Duration (dates inclusive) Daily Bag Limit Hunting Area
Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species 4 May to 28 Jul 2013 15 All areas
NZ shoveler duck 4 May to 28 Jul 2013 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 | 4 May to 28 Jul 2013 | 10 | All areas |
| Pukeko | 4 May to 28 Jul 2013 | 10 | Except East Coast/Kaikoura area |
| Pukeko | 4 May to 28 Jul 2013 | 2 | East Coast/Kaikoura area only |
| Pukeko | 1 Aug to 31 Oct 2013 | 10 | Pukeko area only |
| Pukeko | 1 Jan to 28 Feb 2014 | 10 | Pukeko area only |
| Black swan | 4 May to 28 Jul 2013 | 10 | All areas |
| California quail | 4 May to 25 Aug 2013 | 10 | Except Motueka and Waimea River Bermland |
| California quail | 1 Jun to 25 Aug 2013 | 10 | Motueka and Waimea River Bermland only |
| Cock pheasant (subject to clause 5.4 for this region) | 1 Jun to 2 Jun 2013 | 1 | All publicly administered land (includes all Crown Forest land) |
| Cock pheasant (subject to clause 5.4 for this region) | 22 Jun and 23 Jun 2013 | 1 | All publicly administered land |
| Cock pheasant (subject to clause 5.4 for this region) | 27 Jul and 28 Jul 2013 | 1 | All publicly administered land |
| Cock pheasant (subject to clause 5.4 for this region) | 4 May to 28 Jul 2013 | 1 | All privately owned land |
| Chukar | Closed season | 0 | 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 Pukeko 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). Hunters are

¹⁶Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 22 May 1990, at page 1861



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