Fishing Regulations




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 54 — 25 MAY 2017

(3) For the purpose of clauses 2(4) or 4(2) or 5(2), any person who takes a trout and fails to return that trout immediately to the water from which it is taken is deemed to have taken and kept that trout.

  1. Hours of fishing—(1) No person shall fish for trout between 12.00am midnight and 5.00am on any day.

  2. Open season—(1) No person shall fish for trout in any waters in the Taupō District except during an open season for those waters.

(2) The open season for waters in the Taupō District is as set out in the Schedule, except where a closed season is specified in clause 8.

(3) If any waters are included in both the Schedule and clause 8, clause 8 takes priority and a closed season will be in place for those waters as set out in that clause.

  1. Closed season—(1) A closed season is in place for the following waters, and no person shall fish for trout in any of these waters at any time of the year:

    a. all rivers and streams (including their tributaries) flowing into Lake Taupō other than the rivers and streams listed in Part B of the Schedule;

    b. all tributaries of the rivers and streams listed in Part B of the Schedule;

    c. Tokaanu Tailrace Canal for a distance of 110m downstream from the powerhouse;

    d. that portion of the Waiotaka River (Stream) that lies wholly within the boundaries of the Tongariro/Rangipo Prison (from approximately 2km upstream of the Hautu Ford on Waiotaka Road to the north-western boundary of Kaimanawa Forest Park);

    e. Te Whaiau Stream and its tributaries (including the Whanganui River diversion culvert outfall) and all other streams (including their tributaries) flowing into Lake Te Whaiau;

    f. all rivers and streams (including their tributaries) flowing into Lake Ōtamangakau other than the Ōtamangakau Canal; and

    g. all rivers and streams (including their tributaries and including Poutu Aqueduct) flowing into Lake Rotoaira except the Wairehu Canal.

(2) A closed season is in place, and no person shall fish for trout at any time of the year within:

a. any waters in which trout are held in captivity for display, hatching, monitoring or other purposes; or

b. a distance of 80m from those waters.

(3) Subclause (2) of this clause does not apply to authorised fishing activities held in the children’s fishing pond at the Tongariro National Trout Centre.

  1. Use of boats—(1) No person shall fish for trout from a boat in those portions of Lake Taupō within 200m of a landmark post or posts situated at the mouth or mouths of any river or stream listed in Part A of the Schedule.

(2) Despite subclause (1) of this clause, a person may fish for trout from a boat in those portions of Lake Taupō within 200m of a landmark post or posts situated at the mouth or mouths of the following rivers if the boat is securely anchored parallel to the flow with not more than two anchors:

a. Tongariro River; and

b. Tauranga Taupō River.

(3) No person shall fish for trout from a boat in Lake Taupō within 200m of Te Rae Point (known as Kuratau Spit), located approximately 780m south of the mouth of the Kuratau River and marked by a landmark post, unless the boat is securely anchored with not more than two anchors.

(4) In waters other than Lake Taupō, no person shall fish for trout from a boat in waters where only fly fishing is permitted unless the boat is securely anchored parallel to the flow with not more than two anchors.

(5) No person shall fish for trout from a boat in the following places:

a. the Taupō Boat Harbour;

b. that portion of the Hinemaiaia Stream (or River) which lies between Lake Taupō and the lower hydro-electric dam (known as the HB Dam);

c. that portion of the Tongariro River upstream of a point at the head of that stretch of water known as Downs Pool (situated downstream approximately 3.1km in a straight line from the bridge carrying State Highway 1

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