New Zealand Gazette – 2017 – No. 30

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✨ Game Hunting Regulations

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 30 — 17 MARCH 2017

Species	Season Dates	Bag Limit	Areas
	3 Mar 2018 (one day only)	5	All areas junior hunting day (refer to clause 5.4 for this Region)
Pukeko	Closed season	0	All areas
Black swan	Closed season	0	Area A
	6 May to 27 Aug 2017	5	Area B
California quail	3 Jun to 27 Aug 2017	10	All areas
Pheasant	3 Jun to 27 Aug 2017	5	All areas excluding upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 7
	6 May to 27 Aug 2017	No limit	Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 7 for this Region
Red-legged partridge	6 May to 27 Aug 2017	No limit	Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 7 for this Region
Chukar	3 Jun to 27 Aug 2017	2	All areas

2. Definition of Areas

Area A: The Clutha River catchment upstream from the Clyde Dam.
Area B: The Clutha River catchment downstream from the Clyde Dam; the Taieri River catchment and all the coastal catchments between Shag Point and The Brothers Point on the east coast of the South Island.

3. Shooting Hours

Area A: 7.00am to 6.45pm
Area B: 7.00am to 6.30pm

4. Decoy Limit

No limit.

5. Special Conditions

No person shall use or cause to be used on any water within the region for the hunting or killing of game, any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, loo or maimai, except within a distance of 10 metres from the water margin in non-tidal waters, or from the low water mark in tidal waters, or from the outside edge of the raupo growth where raupo abounds, without the prior consent of the Otago Fish and Game Council.
No person may leave on the hunting ground the bodies or parts of bodies of black swan or other game shot in the Otago Fish and Game region.
Shooting from a boat is prohibited on the Clutha River from 6 to 14 May 2017 (refer to First Schedule clause 7).
The summer paradise duck season is open for one day on 3 March 2018 for junior licence holders only, and is restricted to locations 200 metres or more from open water.

6. Refuges and Closed Game Areas

The following wetland refuges and closed game areas are closed to hunting:

Refuges	Location
1. Lake Hayes	Queenstown/Arrowtown highway
2. Hawksbury Lagoon	Waikouaiti – East Otago
3. Finegand	Balclutha

Closed Game Areas

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