Fish & Game Region |
Species |
Season Length |
Daily Bag Limit |
Hunting Area |
Northland |
Paradise Shelduck |
15 Feb to 23 Feb 2025 |
20 |
|
Black Swan |
15 Feb to 23 Feb 2025 |
20 |
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Pukeko |
15 Feb to 23 Feb 2025 |
12 |
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Auckland/Waikato |
Paradise Shelduck |
15 Feb to 16 Feb 2025 |
15 |
The region north of Auckland Harbour Bridge |
Pukeko |
15 Feb to 16 Feb 2025 |
10 |
The region north of Auckland Harbour Bridge |
|
Eastern |
Pukeko |
1 Feb to 9 Feb 2025 |
10 |
All areas |
Black Swan |
1 Feb to 9 Feb 2025 |
No limit |
Area A1 |
|
Taranaki |
Paradise Shelduck |
22 and 23 Feb 2025 |
10 |
Area C |
Paradise Shelduck |
1 and 2 Mar 2025 |
10 |
Area C |
|
Paradise Shelduck |
8 Mar to 10 Mar 2025 |
10 |
Area C |
|
Nelson/Marlborough |
Pukeko |
4 Jan 2025 to 23 Feb 2025 |
20 |
Tasman/Golden Bay area only |
West Coast |
Paradise Shelduck |
22 Feb to 16 Mar 2025 |
15 |
Locations 200 metres or more from open water |
Pukeko |
1 Jan to 16 Mar 2025 |
20 |
All areas |
|
Black Swan |
22 Feb to 16 Mar 2025 |
4 |
All areas |
|
North Canterbury |
Grey/Mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
1 to 2 and 8 to 9 Feb 2025 |
10 |
Area B Only over agricultural grain crops and green feed paddocks and more than 200 metres from any water body. |
Paradise Shelduck |
1 Feb 2025 to 9 Mar 2025 |
15 |
Area A Only over agricultural grain crops and green feed paddocks and more than 200 metres from any water body. |
|
Paradise Shelduck |
1 Feb 2025 to 9 Mar 2025 |
20 |
Area B Only over agricultural grain crops and green feed paddocks and more than 200 metres from any water body. |
|
Central South Island |
Grey/Mallard duck and any hybrid of those species |
1 to 2 and 8 to 9 Feb 2025 |
10 |
Area C |
Paradise Shelduck |
1 to 2 and 8 to 9 Feb 2025 |
15 |
Area B |
|
Otago |
Paradise Shelduck |
1 Mar to 9 Mar 2025 |
5 |
Hunting is restricted to locations 200 metres or more from open water. |