Game Hunting Regulations




NORTH CANTERBURY FISH AND GAME REGION

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

Species Season Duration (dates inclusive) Daily Bag Limit Hunting Area
Grey duck and any hybrid of that species 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 5 All areas
NZ shoveler duck 3 May to 25 May 2014 2 All areas
26 May to 27 Jul 2014 1 drake All areas
Mallard duck and any hybrid of that species 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 25 All areas
Grey, mallard and shoveler duck aggregate bag 25 All areas
Paradise shelduck 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 5 Area A
3 May to 28 Sep 2014 20 Area B
1 Feb 2015 to 22 Mar 2015 20 Area B
Pukeko 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 2 All areas
Black swan 3 May to 27 Jul 2014 5 Area A
3 May to 28 Sep 2014 2 Area B
California quail 3 May to 24 Aug 2014 10 All areas
Cock pheasant 7 and 8 Jun 2014
(two days only) 1 All areas
Chukar Closed season 0 All areas

2 Definition of Areas

2.1 Area A (Paradise shelduck and Black swan): That area east of State Highway 1 from the Rakaia River in the south to Woodend Beach Road in the north.

2.2 Area B (Paradise shelduck and Black swan): The remainder of the region excluding "Area A".

3 Shooting Hours

3.1 Paradise shelduck

  • 3 May to 28 Sep 2014: 6.45am to 6.30pm during the specified season
  • 1 Feb to 22 Mar 2015: 5.00am to 10.00pm during the specified season

3.2 All other game birds

  • 6.45am to 6.30pm during the specified season

4 Decoy Limit

No limit.

5 Special Conditions

5.1 No person shall wilfully leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies of any game bird shot in this region.

6 Closed Game Areas

There are three Closed Game Areas in the North Canterbury Region: St Anne’s Lagoon, the northern end of the Rakaia Lagoon and the Ahuriri Lagoon.

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



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Online Sources for this page:

Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2014, No 30





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