Open Season for Game in Fish and Game Regions
Under sections 15 and 16 of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation declares an open season for game in the Fish and Game Regions from 6 May 2017 to 4 May 2018 inclusive, subject to the conditions specified in the First and Second Schedules of this notice.
The Minister of Conservation gives consent, under section 17(2) of the Wildlife Act 1953, to the hunting or killing of game in the manner set out in this notice.
A game bird habitat stamp must1 be affixed to every licence to hunt or kill game or (in the case of licences issued in the form of plastic cards) a reproduction of the stamp incorporated within it. The following form of the 2017 Game Bird Habitat Stamp is approved2.
The 2017 Game Bird Habitat Stamp has a face value of ten dollars ($10.00). A fee of three dollars ($3.00) only is payable3 for every game bird habitat stamp supplied with a licence to hunt or kill game.
First Schedule | Hunting conditions generally common to all Fish and Game Regions. |
Second Schedule | Regionally specific hunting conditions, bag limits, closed and open game areas, and the like. |
1. Bag Limits
2. Waiver of Restrictions on Baiting for Waterfowl
A person4 may hunt or kill game of the family Anatidae (waterfowl) during the open season for game in all Fish and Game Regions, except Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region, where food has been cast, thrown, placed or planted any time during the year. In the Second Schedule, Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region, Special Condition 4(9), applies to restrictions on baiting.
3. Magazine Shotguns
A person may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, in any Fish and Game Regions with any magazine shotgun of a calibre 10 gauge or less, which includes magazine extensions5, other than in the:
For these six Regions special conditions in the Second Schedule apply.
4. Shot Size
No person shall use, in any shotgun used for the purposes of hunting and killing game, any cartridge containing any shot size having a larger retained, per-pellet energy at 90 metres than lead BB.
5. Use of Lead Shot Prohibited
6. Shotguns of a Bore Smaller Than 12 Gauge and Muzzle Loaders Exempt in Relation to Use of Lead Shot
Hunters may use lead shot in shotguns of a bore smaller than 12 gauge (including 16, 20, 28, 410) or muzzle loaders for the 2017 season.
7. Camouflaged Rowboats
A person6 may hunt or kill game within the following Fish and Game Regions, from unmoored camouflaged rowboats, subject to the excluded periods for the regions specified below:
Northland – no excluded period
Auckland/Waikato – excluding 6 and 7 May 2017
Eastern – excluding 6 and 7 May 2017
Hawke’s Bay – excluding 6 and 7 May 2017
Taranaki – no excluded period
Wellington – excluding 6 and 7 May 2017
Nelson/Marlborough – no excluded period
West Coast – no excluded period
North Canterbury – excluding 6 and 7 May 2017
Central South Island – excluding 6 and 7 May 2017
Otago – excluding Clutha River 6 to 14 May 2017 inclusive
Southland – no excluded period.
8. Restriction on Taking of Game
No person shall use any vehicle propelled by mechanical power (including motorised watercraft)7 to chase or kill game, except in such circumstances and at such times as authorised by the Conservation Act 1987 and Wildlife Act 1953.
9. Pegging Day
10. Conditions
These conditions will expire at the end of the open season for game specified under the Second Schedule for each Fish and Game Region.
1. Game That May Be Hunted or Killed—Duration of the 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of that species |
6 May to 2 July 2017 |
12 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
3 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 6 Aug 2017 |
25 |
All areas |
24 Feb and 25 Feb 2018 |
20 |
All areas |
|
Black swan |
6 May to 6 Aug 2017 |
15 |
All areas |
24 Feb 2018 to 4 Mar 2018 |
15 |
All areas |
|
Pukeko |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
12 |
All areas |
24 Feb 2018 to 4 Mar 2018 |
12 |
All areas |
|
California and brown quail |
6 May to 6 Aug 2017 |
10 |
Area A |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
Rest of region |
|
Cock pheasant |
6 May to 6 Aug 2017 |
3 |
Area A |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
Rest of region |
2. Definition of Area A
All lands north of a line running east/west, north of the Whangape Harbour, then along the main ridgeline of the Maungataniwha Range and out to and including all lands north of Whangaroa Harbour.
3. Shooting Hours
4. Decoy Limit
No limit.
5. Special Conditions
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey, mallard and shoveler duck: A maximum total bag not exceeding 10 birds for all species combined and no more than the individual bag limit for each species. |
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Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
6 May to 5 Jun 2017 |
10 |
All areas, except that no duck may be hunted on Great Barrier Island |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 5 Jun 2017 |
2 |
All areas, except that no duck may be hunted on Great Barrier Island |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 25 Jun 2017 |
10 |
The region south of Auckland Harbour Bridge |
6 May to 25 Jun 2017 |
20 |
The region north of Auckland Harbour Bridge |
|
Pukeko |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Black swan |
6 May to 25 Jun 2017 |
20 |
The region west of State Highway 1 and north of State Highway 22 (Glenbrook Road), Constable and Karioitahi Roads |
Black swan |
6 May to 25 Jun 2017 |
5 |
In the Otorohanga, Waitomo and Ruapehu District Council areas within the Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Council region including the Aotea Harbour. |
Black swan |
6 May to 25 Jun 2017 |
1 |
All other areas (except that no Black swan may be hunted or killed on the Waikato Hydro Lakes: Karapiro, Arapuni and Waipapa) |
Bobwhite (Virginian) quail, California and Brown Quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Cock pheasant |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
3 |
All areas |
1 Sep to 28 Sep 2017 |
No limit |
Whaingaroa Pheasants upland game property with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this region (junior hunters only) |
|
Pheasant, both sexes |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this Region |
Red legged partridge |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
All Areas |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 1 Apr to 4 May 2018 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this Region |
2. Shooting Hours
6.30am to 6.30pm.
3. Decoy Limit
No limit, except on Lake Waikare and Lake Rotokauri – a total decoy limit of 50 decoys per stand and no decoys to be placed within 50 metres of those placed by another hunter. Furthermore, on Lake Rotokauri a total limit of no more than two battery-powered decoys per stand.
4. Special Conditions
so that the magazine shotgun is incapable of holding more than two shells in the magazine, with no more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined, at any one time.
5. Closed Game Areas
6. Upland Game Properties with Special Conditions
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey/mallard duck |
6 May to 18 Jun 2017 |
8 |
All areas except the Reporoa Area |
6 May to 5 Jun 2017 |
4 |
The Reporoa Area |
|
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 5 Jun 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
6 |
Area A1, A2 |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
10 |
Area B2 and that part of B1, which lies south of the true right bank of the Uawa River Mouth, Tolaga Bay |
|
6 May to 16 Jul 2017 |
20 |
That part of B1, which lies north of the true right bank of the Uawa River Mouth, Tolaga Bay |
|
Pukeko |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Black swan |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
Area A1 |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
2 |
Area A2 |
|
Closed season |
0 |
Area B1 and B2 |
|
Bobwhite (Virginian) quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
All areas |
Brown quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
All areas |
California quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
Area A1 and A2 |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
Area B1 and B2 |
|
Cock pheasant |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
All areas excluding upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this Region |
Pheasant, both sexes |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this Region |
Cock pheasant |
28 Aug to 17 Sep 2017 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this Region (junior hunters only) |
Red legged partridge |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this Region |
2. Definition of Areas
The following descriptions refer to Local Authority Boundaries described on the Infomap 242B-2 Land Information New Zealand for the Eastern Fish and Game region.
3. Shooting Hours
6.15am to 6.15pm in all areas for all species during their respective seasons.
4. Decoy Limit
No limit.
5. Special Conditions
6. Upland Game Properties with Special Conditions
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey/mallard duck |
6 May to 18 Jun 2017 |
8 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 18 Jun 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Pukeko |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Black swan |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
3 |
All areas |
California quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Cock pheasant |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
2 |
All areas excluding upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 5 for the Region |
Pheasants, both sexes |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 1 Apr 2018 to 4 May 2018 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 5 for the Region |
Pheasants, both sexes |
28 Aug to 24 Sep 2017 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 5 for the Region (junior hunters only) |
Red-legged partridge |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 1 Apr 2017 to 4 May 2018 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 5 for the Region |
2. Shooting Hours
6.30am to 6.15pm.
3. Decoy Limit
No limit.
4. Magazine Extension
No person may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, within the Hawke’s Bay region with any magazine extensions on a shotgun of 10 gauge or smaller (including 12, 16, 20, 28, 410).
Magazine shotguns must be restricted in such a way that the shotgun is incapable of holding more than two shells in the magazine, with no more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined at any one time.
5. Upland Game Properties with Special Conditions
Latitude | Longitude |
39 21 25.776 S | 176 04 51.799 E |
39 22 30.711 S | 176 04 50.521 E |
39 25 54.972 S | 176 06 56.828 E |
39 27 05.932 S | 176 07 12.598 E |
(World Geodetic System 1984) |
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey/mallard duck |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 5 Jun 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
10 |
Areas A and B |
6 May and 7 May 2017 |
15 |
Area C |
|
8 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
10 |
Area C |
|
24 and 25 February 2018 |
10 |
Area C |
|
3 and 4 March 2018 |
10 |
Area C |
|
Black swan |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Pukeko |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
Areas A and B |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
Areas C |
|
California quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
All areas |
Cock pheasant |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
All other game bird species14 |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
1 |
All areas |
2. Definition of Areas
3. Shooting Hours
6.30am to 6.15pm.
4. Decoy Limit
No limit.
5. Special Conditions
6. Pond feeding
Pond feeding is permitted.
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey/mallard duck |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
8 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
8 |
All areas |
Pukeko |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
All areas |
Black swan |
6 May to 2 Jul 2017 |
3 |
All areas |
Bobwhite (Virginian) quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions only specified in clause 6 for this Region |
Brown quail |
Closed season |
0 |
All areas |
California quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
All areas |
Cock pheasant |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
2 |
All areas excluding upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this Region |
Pheasant, both sexes |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions only specified in clause 6 for this Region |
1 Apr 2018 to 4 May 2018 |
No limit |
Te Para Hut upland game property only specified in clause 6 for this Region. |
|
Red-legged partridge |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
1 |
All areas excluding upland game properties with special conditions specified in clause 6 for this Region |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
Upland game properties with special conditions only specified in clause 6 for this Region |
2. Definition of Areas
3. Shooting Hours
6.30am to 6.30pm
4. Decoy Limit
No limit.
5. Special Conditions
No person may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, within the Wellington region with any magazine extensions on a shotgun of a bore smaller than 10 gauge (including 12, 16, 20, 28, 410).
6. Upland Game Properties with Special Conditions
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
8 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
10 |
All areas, except Tasman/Golden Bay area |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
15 |
Tasman/Golden Bay area |
|
Pukeko |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
10 |
Except East Coast/Kaikoura area |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
2 |
East Coast/Kaikoura area only |
|
31 Jul to 29 Oct 2017 1 Jan 2018 to 25 Feb 2018 |
10 10 |
Tasman/Golden Bay area only Tasman/Golden Bay area only |
|
Black swan |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
California quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
Except Motueka and Waimea River Bermland |
3 Jun to 30 Aug 2017 |
10 |
Motueka and Waimea River Bermland only |
|
Cock pheasant
|
3 Jun to 5 Jun 2017 1 Jul and 2 Jul 2017 29 Jul and 30 Jul 2017 |
1 1 1 |
All publicly administered land (excludes Crown Forest land) |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
1 |
All privately owned land as well as Crown Forest Land |
|
Chukar |
Closed season |
0 |
All areas |
2. Definition of Areas
3. Shooting Hours
6.30am to 6.30pm during May, then 6.45am to 6.15pm until 27 August 2017. For the remaining pukeko season, sunset to sunrise.
4. Decoy Limit
No limit.
5. Magazine Extension
No person may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, within the Nelson/Marlborough Fish and Game region with any magazine extensions on a shotgun of a bore smaller than 10 gauge (including 12, 16, 20, 28, 410).
6. Special Conditions
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
Aggregate bag 15 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
15 |
All areas |
3 Mar to 11 Mar 2018 |
5 |
All areas |
|
Pukeko |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
10 |
North of the Taramakau River |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
20 |
South of the Taramakau River |
|
3 Mar to 11 Mar 2018 |
5 | All areas | |
Black swan |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
4 |
All areas |
Pheasant, both sexes |
6 May 2017 to 4 May 2018 |
20 |
Upland game properties with special conditions only specified in clause 5 for this Region |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
2 |
All other areas |
2. Shooting Hours
6.30am to 6.30pm (May to July inclusive).
6.30am to 8.00pm (March)
3. Decoy Limit
No limit.
4. Ammunition Limits
No person may hunt or kill game birds, as specified, within the West Coast region with any magazine shotgun of a bore smaller than 10 gauge unless the shotgun:
so that the magazine shotgun is incapable of holding more than four shells in the magazine, with no more than five shells in the magazine and chamber combined at any one time.
5. Upland Game Properties with Special Conditions
Upland Game Area A: The area of land owned by the Gloriavale Christian Community clearly signposted and confined to that part of the Haupiri River Valley upstream of the Haupiri River Bridge (NZTM reference 1495313E, 5285772N). The land is contained in Certificates of Title WS5A/972, WS5D/97, WS5A/973, WS5B/308, WS5B/309, WS2D/1052, WS2A/905, WS5A/545, WS2A/1197 owned by the Christian Church Community Trust, and WS8A/680 owned by F. and P. Stedfast, situated at 189 Heaphy Road, Lake Haupiri, and titles WS1A/1421, WS2D/876, WS1B/486, WS8C/1072, WS8C/1073, WS2D/854, WS8A/681, and WS5B/311 owned by the Christian Church Community Trust, situated at 82 Wallace Road, Lake Haupiri.
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey, mallard and shoveler duck aggregate bag limit |
25 |
All areas |
|
Grey, mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
25 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
20 |
Area A |
6 May to 24 Sep 2017 |
20 |
Area B |
|
13 Jan 2018 to 4 Mar 2018 |
20 |
Area B |
|
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 |
1 |
All areas |
Chukar |
Closed season |
0 |
All areas |
2. Definition of Areas
3. Shooting Hours
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 |
4. Decoy Limit
No limit.
5. Special Conditions
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. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey, mallard and shoveler duck: A maximum total aggregate bag not exceeding 50 birds for all those species including hybrids combined, except that within the aggregate bag a limit of five grey duck and two shoveler duck must apply. |
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Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
50 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
25 |
East of State Highway 1 |
6 May to 24 Sep 2017 |
25 |
West of State Highway 1 |
|
3, 4 and 10, 11 Feb 2018 |
15 |
Area B |
|
Pukeko |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Black swan |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
5 |
Area B |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
2 |
Area A |
|
Bobwhite (Virginian) quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
No limit |
All areas |
California quail |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Chukar (subject to clause 2.4 for this region) |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
10 |
All areas |
Cock pheasant |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
4 |
All areas excluding Craigmore, Pinegrove and Waituna Game Birds properties with special conditions specified in clause 5 for this Region |
Pheasant (both sexes) |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 1 Apr 2017 to 4 May 2018 |
No limit |
Craigmore, Pinegrove and Waituna Game Birds properties with special conditions only specified in clause 5 for this Region |
Red-legged partridge |
Closed season |
0 |
All areas excluding Craigmore property with special conditions specified in clause 5 for this Region |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 1 Apr 2017 to 4 May 2018 |
No limit |
Craigmore property with special conditions only specified in clause 5 for this Region |
2. Definition of Areas
3. Shooting Hours
6.45am to 6.30pm (May to September 2017 inclusive).
5.30am to 10.00pm for the mid-summer mallard and paradise shelduck season 3/4 and 10/11 February 2018.
4. Decoy Limit
5. Upland Game Properties with Special Conditions
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
25 |
All areas |
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 30 Jul 2017 |
2 |
All areas |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 27 Aug 2017 |
12 |
All 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 for this Region |
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
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
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 | |
4. Ashley Downs | Near Clinton, South Otago |
5. Tomahawk Lagoon | Dunedin |
6. Kawarau River outlet | From Lake Wakatipu downstream to the Shotover River confluence |
7. Upland Game Properties With Special Conditions
1. Game That May be Hunted or Killed—Duration of 2017/2018 Season
Species |
Season Duration |
Daily Bag Limit |
Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
6 May and 7 May 2017 |
20 |
9 May to 30 July 2017 |
10 |
|
NZ shoveler duck |
6 May to 30 July 2017 |
2 |
Paradise shelduck |
6 May to 30 July 2017 |
6 |
Pukeko |
Closed season |
0 |
Black swan |
6 May to 30 July 2017 |
3 |
California quail |
3 Jun to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
Cock pheasant |
3 Jun to 27 Aug 2017 |
5 |
Chukar |
Closed season |
0 |
2. Shooting Hours
7.00am to 6.30pm.
3. Decoy Limit
No limit.
4. Special Conditions
Shooting from boats is prohibited during the month of May 2017 on the Mataura, Aparima, Oreti, Waiau and Waimatuku rivers and their navigable tributaries.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of March 2017.
Hon MAGGIE BARRY, onzm, Minister of Conservation.
1. Section 19A(1) of the Wildlife Act 1953.
2. Sections 19A(2)(a)(i) and 19A(2)(a)(ii) of the Wildlife Act 1953.
3. Section 72(3A)(e) of the Wildlife Act 1953.
4. Section 17 of the Wildlife Act 1953.
5. Amended notification to section 18(1)(c)(iii) and (v) of the Wildlife Act 1953 as authorised by the Minister of Conservation under section 18(1) of that Act.
6. Section 18(1)(f)(vi) of the Wildlife Act 1953.
7. Section 18(1)(f)(v) of the Wildlife Act 1953.
8. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
9. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861, as amended by New Zealand Gazette, 29 August 1991, No. 129, page 2787.
10. Section 7 of the Wildlife Act 1953.
11. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
12. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
13. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
14. Wildlife declared game as listed in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Act 1953.
15. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
16. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
17. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
18. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
19. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861, as amended by New Zealand Gazette, 29 August 1991, No. 129, page 2789.
20. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.
21. Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette, 27 May 1990, No. 83, page 1861.