Thread: Need me some Llamas!

Originally Posted by stug

From the national parks act National Parks Act 1980 No 66 (as at 26 March 2015), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation

60 Offences in parks
(1)
Every person commits an offence against this Act who, without being authorised by the Minister (the proof of which shall be on the person charged) or by any bylaw made under this Act,—
(a)
causes or allows any animal owned by him or under his control to trespass on any park; or
(b)
takes any animal into or liberates any animal in any park; or

Geez that's intense reading there thanks so much for POINTING THAT OUT STUG guess I shouldn't have been silly enough to ask!...so that says national parks what about forest parks is that included ? if so I have been naughty in that I saddle up my 4 & 7 yo girls ponys and go for walks in the bush but now that I think about it there is a lot of doc land down here were you are aloud to ride horses on doc land.

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

Geez that's intense reading there thanks so much for POINTING THAT OUT STUG guess I shouldn't have been silly enough to ask!...so that says national parks what about forest parks is that included ? if so I have been naughty in that I saddle up my 4 & 7 yo girls ponys and go for walks in the bush but now that I think about it there is a lot of doc land down here were you are aloud to ride horses on doc land.

You might be alright in some forest parks or other DoC reserves with horses, but even then DoC limit them a lot.

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