New Zealand Gazette – 2017 – No. 30

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✨ Game Hunting Regulations



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 30 — 17 MARCH 2017

Game Bird Season Dates Bag Limit Area
13 Jan 2018 to 4 Mar 2018 5 Area A
Pukeko 6 May to 30 Jul 2017 2 All areas
Black swan 6 May to 30 Jul 2017 5 Area A
31 Jul to 24 Sep 2017 20 Area A
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 2 Area B
California quail 6 May to 20 Aug 2017 10 All areas
Cock pheasant 10 and 11 Jun 2017
(two days only) 1 All areas
Chukar Closed season 0 All areas

2. Definition of Areas

  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. Area B (paradise shelduck and black swan): The remainder of the region excluding "Area A".

3. Shooting Hours

  1. Paradise shelduck

    • 6 May to 24 September 2017: 6.45am to 6.30pm during the specified season
    • 13 January to 4 March 2018: 5.00am to 10.00pm during the specified season

  2. All other game birds: 6.45am to 6.30pm during the specified season

4. Decoy Limit

No limit.

5. Special Conditions

  1. No person shall wilfully leave on the hunting ground the body or a part of the body of any game bird(s) 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.

  1. St Anne’s Lagoon: Those parts of St Anne’s Lagoon (commonly known as Cheviot Lagoon) situated on part Section 27 Block IV, and part Sections 1 and 4 Block VII Cheviot Survey District together with a strip of land 45.72 metres in width along the margins. On the remainder of this lagoon and land adjoining (being Reserve 3146), shooting is prohibited as it is a reserve pursuant to the Reserves Act 1977.

  2. Rakaia Lagoon: All that area known as the Rakaia River Lagoon, being an area from a line commencing at the confluence of Boat Creek which flows into the lagoon from the northern shore, then north-easterly to the head of the lagoon and including the foreshore in front of the Rakaia Huts Village, then around the lagoon and south-west along the shingle spit opposite Boat Creek, the area being specifically marked by "Closed Game Area" signage.

  3. Ahuriri Lagoon: All that area of land in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Block X Halswell Survey District, in the Counties of Ellesmere and Halswell, containing approximately 249 hectares, being Rural Sections 1167 and 31239, part Rural Section 3319, part Reserve 3598, including Lots 1 and 2, and Lots 4 to 11, Crown and road reserves; commencing at the north-western corner of Rural Section 11167 on the eastern boundary of Burke’s Drain and road reserve proceeding in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Rural Section 11167 and Reserve 3598 to the south-eastern corner of Rural Section 11165; then easterly in a straight line crossing Reserve 3598 to the south-eastern corner of Rural Section 11166; then easterly along the northern boundaries of Reserve 3598 and Rural Section 31239 to the north-eastern corner of Rural Section 31239 at the western side of the Christchurch-Akaroa Highway; then southerly, south-easterly and



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