Game Hunting Regulations




872 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 30 14 MARCH 2014

NELSON MARLBOROUGH REGION16

1 Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2014/2015 Season

Species Season Duration (dates inclusive) Daily Bag Limit Hunting Area
Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 15 All areas
NZ shoveler duck 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 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.

Species Season Duration (dates inclusive) Daily Bag Limit Hunting Area
Paradise shelduck 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 10 All areas
Pukeko 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 10 Except East Coast/Kaikoura area
3 May to 27 Jul 2014 2 East Coast/Kaikoura area only
1 Aug to 31 Oct 2014 10 Pukeko area only
1 Jan 2015 to 28 Feb 2015 10 Pukeko area only
Black swan 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 10 All areas
California quail 3 May to 31 Aug 2014 10 Except Motueka and Waimea River Bermland
31 May to 31 Aug 2014 10 Motueka and Waimea River Bermland only
Cock pheasant (subject to clause 5.4 for this region) 31 May to 2 Jun 2014 1 All publicly administered land (includes all Crown Forest land)
28 Jun and 29 Jun 2014 1
26 Jul and 27 Jul 2014 1
Cock pheasant (subject to clause 5.4 for this region) 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 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 24 May 1990, at page 1861



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