Thread: Illegal Hunting

Everyone should read and remember the Legislation RE: wild animals

Wild Animal Control Act 1977 No 111 (as at 01 October 2012), Public Act Contents – New Zealand Legislation


The taking or killing of any wild animal shall be deemed to be unlawful where any person takes or kills the animal—

(a) while he is on any land without the express authority of the owner or occupier or authority in control of the land, or in any case where, while recovering any animal or the carcass thereof, he lands on or enters upon any land without the express authority of the owner or occupier or authority in control of the land; or

(b) by any unlawful means while he is lawfully on any land; or

(c) in the course of any hunting if, during that hunting, he commits or has committed any offence against this Act, or against the Trespass Act 1980, the Civil Aviation Act 1990, or any other enactment directly related to the purposes of this Act or to the protection or administration of the land or of the flora or fauna of the land whereon the offence took place; or

(d) by discharging a firearm into or over or across any land without the authority of the owner or occupier or authority in control of the land.