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Eastern Hunting Locations & Access

On this page you will find game bird hunting location and access information for spots across the Eastern region. You can download hunting access maps and pamphlets using the links below or pick up a copy by visiting your local hunting shop or the Eastern Fish & Game Office.

We have produced a pamphlet on gamebird hunting in the Eastern Region. Click on the following link or enquire at your local sports shop or the Eastern Fish & Game Office for a copy: Gamebird Hunting in the Eastern Region brochure. (Pdf 570kb)

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Eastern Region Game Bird Hunting Maps:

BROCHURES:

BALLOTED HUNTING RESERVES:

Eastern Region Game Bird Hunting Ballots & Casual Permits:

Eastern Fish & Game hold annual ballots for hunting sites in wetlands managed by the Council.

Hunters may register for the ballot before the end of the first week in November. All you have to do is write to us with your name, address, and phone number and we will send you a ballot application form prior to the ballot. Hunters in the previous years ballot will automatically be sent an application form. If you have changed your address make sure you notify us of the changes.

Casual Permits to Hunt in the Wetlands:

Casual permits, for non-ballot holders to hunt wetlands administered by Eastern Fish & Game, can be obtained by ringing or writing to the office in Rotorua. Casual permits to hunt in the wetlands are not available until after the first two weeks of the season. This allows successful ballot holders two weeks of undisturbed hunting.

Upland Game Bird Hunting:

Some of New Zealand's best pheasant and quail hunting is found in the Eastern Region. A lot of this hunting is in the production forestry areas of the Bay of Plenty managed by Timberlands Ltd. For information on how to obtain a permit to hunt in these forests contact ISCL, Tarewa Rd, 07 347 8880. Upland game bird hunters in the Gisborne- East Coast area can apply to Juken New Zealand LTD for permits to hunt game birds within forest blocks that they manage in the Gisborne and Wairoa area, this includes the Patunamu and Wharerata Forests. Permits and more information relating to this is available from the Juken NZ office at 74 McDonalds Rd, Matawhero, Gisborne, Ph 06 869 1100.

Click here for full and updated Kaingaroa access information page

Clich here for Rotoehu access map (Provided by Timberlands) March 2012

 

Wetland Creation:

For information and advice on wetland creation contact the staff at your local Fish & Game office. Wetlands in the Eastern Region are now rare. In some parts less than 1% of the original wetlands remain.

The Habitat Trust fund is one source of funding for enhancement, purchase or development of wetlands. If you have a proposal to create or enhance a large area of wetland we may be able to assist you obtain funding.

Creating wetlands brochure. Pdf 662kb