New Zealand Hunting Permits
For more information e-mail Steuart of NZ Hunting Info Ltd
The Department of Conservation (DOC) divides New Zealand into fourteen regions (conservancies) for administering hunting permits.
Hunting permits can be obtained from regional DOC offices either by telephone or by visiting the offices.
In most instances the DOC regional offices issuing hunting permits need to sight your "Visitors Firearms Licence".
This means that you must visit the office in person or Fax the Licence to the office so they can issue the permit.
Therefore you cannot obtain a New Zealand hunting permit for DOC land until you arrive in the country.
Specific information can be found via web sites for some of the regions as listed below. The other DOC regions do not supply specific hunting information via their web sites and their offices have to be contacted directly for hunting information.
Hunting information by region
Otago
Coastal Otago,
Central Otago,
Wanaka,
Wakatipu
Canterbury
Twizel Te Manahuna ,
Waimakariri (North Canterbury),
Mid-Canterbury
West Coast
Hokitika,
Greymouth,
Franz Josef,
South Westland
Buller
Southland
Western Southland,
Eastern Southland
Fiordland,
Fiordland
Stewart Island
Stewart Island
Nelson
Auckland
North Auckland
Waikato
Maniapoto,
Pirongia,
Pureora,
Coromandel
Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty
Tongariro Taupo
Turangi/Taupo,
Rangitaiki,
Kaimanawa,
Tongariro,
Lake Taupo
East Coast Hawkes Bay
Kaweka,
Opotiki,
Gisborne,
Aniwaniwa,
Waikaremoana,
Raukumara,
Te Urewera,
Wellington
Wellington
Private Land
No permits are required for visitors hunting on private land providing of course they have the permission of the land owner. Therefore if you will be hunting on a Safari Game Park or any other area of private land no applications for permits will be needed.
Similarly, a hunting licence is not required for hunting on private land under the supervision of a guide. Provided a hunter is under the close supervision of a New Zealand Firearms Licence holder, no firearms licence is required.
For more information e-mail Steuart of NZ Hunting Info Ltd
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