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3 APRIL NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 983 Decoy limit: No limit. 2. No person shall use or cause to be used fo r the hunting or killing of game on Lake Ngaroto any fixed stand, pontoon, Definition of Areas hide or maimai except within 85 metres of the margin of the Areas A B C and D correspond to those regions formerly lake. known as the Mangonui/Whangaroa, Bay of Islands, Hobson and Whangarei acclimatisation districts respectively as 3. No person shall use or cause to be used fo r the hunting or described by Gazette, No. 78 of 3 December 1970 at pages killing of game on Lake Rotokauri any fixed stand, pontoon, 2364 and 2365. hide or maimai on any open water of the lake. Special Condition 4. It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave on the hunting ground any game bird(s) shot or parts of any game 1. No persons shall wilfully leave on the hunting ground any birds shot. game bird(s) shot or parts of any game bird(s) shot. 5. It shall be an offence for any person to herd or drive black swan(s) for the purpose of hunting or killing them. Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region 6. It shall be an offence to shoot game from any unmoored Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83 of 24 May 1990 as boat on the Waikato River north of the boat ramp at the amended by Gazette, No. 129, of 29 August 1991, at page confluence of the Mangawara Stream and the Waikato River at 2786 Taupiri on any of the first three days or the second weekend of Game That May be Hunted the open season. or Killed Duration of 1992 Season 7. No person shall possess a firearm in or on any unmoored Grey, shoveler and mallard 2 May to 28 June 1992 incl. vessel, except a rowboat, unless the firearm is dismantled or duck (except that no duck secured in a case, gunslip or other secure compartment, may be hunted on Great except when in use to retrieve wounded game. Barrier Island) Paradise shelduck 2 May to 28 June 1992 incl. Pukeko 2 May to 26 July 1992 incl. Black swan (except that no 2 May to 28 June 1992 incl. Declaring an Open Season for Game in the Firth of black swan may be hunted Thames for the 1992 Game Season or killed on the Waikato An open season for game is declared in that area of the Firth Hydro Lakes; Karapiro, of Thames hereinafter named the Firth of Thames Open Game Arapuni and Waipapa) Area and being that area that is enclosed between the Canada goose (Waikato 2 May to 26 July 1992 incl. boundary of the Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region District only) and a line connecting the points on that boundary by passing California quail 2 May to 9 August 1992 incl. through Orere Point on the west side of the Firth and the Cock pheasant 2 May to 26 July 1992 incl. southern headland of Fantail Bay on the Coromandel Daily Bag Limits Peninsula, subject to the conditions specified hereto and in the First Schedule. Grey duck, 10 Pukeko, 10 Conditions Shoveler duck, 3 1. Game may only be hunted or killed in the Firth of Thames Black swan, 2 Open Game Area in compliance with conditions specified for the Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region 1992 open Mallard duck, 10 season for game. Canada goose, 8 2. Any licence authorising the holder to hunt or kill game Grey, shoveler and mallard duck aggregate limits, 10 in all within the Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Region for the California quail, no limit 1992 open season for game shall similarly authorise the holder Cock pheasant, 3 to hunt or kill game in the Firth of Thames Open Game Area. Paradise shelduck (Otorohanga and Waitomo Districts and Ruapehu District north of the Wanganui River) , 8 Eastern Fish and Game Region Paradise Shelduck (Ruapehu District south of the North Bank of the Wanganui River) ,20 Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 83, of 24 May 1990, at page 1861. Paradise shelduck (all other unspecified Districts) , 4 Game That May be Hunted Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. , except that from 29 or Killed Duration of 1992 Season June to 26 July 1992 (both days inclusive) Canada geese may Grey, shoveler and mallard 2 May to 28 June 1992 incl. be hunted or killed 24 hours per day during the specified open duck (all areas) season. Paradise shelduck (all areas) 2 May to 28 June 1992 incl. Decoy limit: No limit. Pukeko (all areas) 2 May to 28 June 1992 incl. Special Conditions Black swan (areas Al,A2,) 2 May to 30 August 1992 incl . 1. (a) From the 2 May to the 28 June 1992 inclusive no person Black swan (area Bl) Closed season. shall use or cause to be used for the hunting or killing of game Black Swan (area B2) 2 May to 28 June 1992 incl. on Lake Waikare, any drifting or temporarily moored floating Canada goose (area Bl, B2) 2 May to 28 June 1992 incl. stand or any stand, hide or maimai which is permanently fixed Canada goose (areas Al,A2,) 2 May to 30 August 1992 to the lake bed except within 180 metres of the outer margin incl. of the lake, or the shoreline of Motu Nuia Island (Grape California quail (areas 2 May to 2 August 1992 incl . Island). Al,A2,B2) (b) From the 1 July to the 26 July 1992 inclusive temporary California quail (area Bl) Closed season. moored floating stands may be used within 180 metres of the Cock pheasant (all areas) 2 May to 2 August 1992 incl. outer margin of the lake, or the shoreline of Motu Nuia Island Brown quail (areas 2 May to 2 August 1992 incl. (Grape Island) to hunt Canada geese. Al,A2,B2) .
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