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The establishment date of the Game Animal Council is based on the date the Game Animal Council Act 2013 received the Royal assent, 27 November 2013.
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Game Animal Council website, https://nzgameanimalcouncil.org.nz/ (accessed 6 May 2020).
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New Zealand Legislation website (Parliamentary Counsel Office), http://www.legislation.govt.nz/ (accessed 6 May 2020).
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Establishment
The Game Animal Council was established on 23 November 2013 under section 6(1) of the Game Animal Council Act 2013. The inaugural members of the Council were appointed on 8 April 2014:
- Donald Hammond, of Rotorua (chair);
- Thomas Mark Brough, of Aria, King Country;
- Roger Duxfield, of Putaruru;
- Professor Geoffrey Kerr, of Christchurch;
- Steven Bruce McFall, of Otorohanga;
- Alexander William McIver, of Rotorua;
- William O’Leary, of Nelson;
- Garry Ottmann, of Rangiora;
- Terence Arthur Pierson, or Southbridge;
- Roy Sloan, of Winton; and
- Carol Watson, of Auckland.1
Functions and Responsibilities
The objectives of the Game Animal Council were to:
- enhance the quality of game animal herds while remaining consistent with conservation values;
- develop positive relationships between the Game Animal Council and stakeholders;
- promote hunter safety;
- reduce conflict among stakeholders;
- improve the acceptance of hunting as a safe and legitimate activity; and
- promote standards for hunting and management of game animals.2
Under the Game Animal Council Act 2013, the functions of the Council were:
The Council had the following functions in relation to game animals:
- to advise and make recommendations to the Minister of Conservation:
- to provide information and education to the hunting sector:
- to promote safety initiatives for the hunting sector, including firearms safety:
- to advise private landowners on hunting:
- to develop, on its own initiative or at the direction of the Minister, voluntary codes of practice for hunting:
- to raise awareness of the views of the hunting sector:
- to liaise with hunters, hunting organisations, representatives of tangata whenua, local authorities, landowners, the New Zealand Conservation Authority, conservation boards, and the Department of Conservation to improve hunting opportunities:
- to conduct research, including research on the hunting of game animals:
-
in respect of herds of special interest for which the Minister delegated management powers under the Act to the Council,—
- to undertake management functions that were compatible with the management of public conservation land and resources generally; and
- to exercise its powers for the effective management of the herd:
- to operate voluntary certification schemes for professional hunting guides and game estates:
- to promote minimum standards and codes of conduct for certified hunting guides and game estates:
- to investigate complaints and take disciplinary action in relation to certified hunting guides and game estates:
- to provide any other services to hunters that the Minister was satisfied were ancillary to the Council’s other functions:
- to perform any other functions conferred on it under the Act or any other enactment:
- to assess the costs of managing herds of special interest and make recommendations to the Minister on ways to recover those costs.
Structure
The Game Animal Council was a body corporate with perpetual succession.
The Council consisted of between 9 and 11 members who were appointed by the Minister of Conservation.
The Minister was required to appoint members to the Council who the Minister considered had, collectively, knowledge of, and experience in relation to, matters relevant to the functions of the Council:
-
in the case of game animals,—
- recreational hunting;
- commercial hunting;
- deer farming;
- safari park operations;
- meat processing and exporting;
- hunting-related tourism:
- Maori hunting interests;
- research on hunting in New Zealand:
- farming generally:
- forestry:
- kaitiakitanga (being guardianship of natural and physical resources in accordance with tikanga Maori):
- nature conservation:
- scientific disciplines.
Members were appointed for terms of up to 3 years.
Before appointing a member to the Council, the Minister had to publish a notice:
- stating the number of appointments the Minister intended to make; and
- calling for nominations to be sent to the Minister; and
- stating a date after which the Minister could decline to accept nominations, being a date not less than 28 days after the date of first publication of the notice.
Notices were required to be published at least twice in a daily newspaper in circulation in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and in any other media that the Minister thought appropriate.
All Council appointments were made by notice in the New Zealand Gazette.
Footnotes:
- Appointments to the Game Animal Council, Notice Number 2014-go2258, p.1205, Issue Number 41, New Zealand Gazette, 17 April 2014 - New Zealand Gazette website, https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-go2258 (accessed 6 May 2020).
- What We Do, Game Animal Council website, https://nzgameanimalcouncil.org.nz/what-we-do/ (accessed 6 May 2020).
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AGXI
2013 ‑
Central government
Game Animal Council Act 2013
The Game Animal Council was responsible for the sustainable management of game animals and hunting for recreation, commerce, and conservation.
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty
Show History
Establishment
The Game Animal Council was established on 23 November 2013 under section 6(1) of the Game Animal Council Act 2013. The inaugural members of the Council were appointed on 8 April 2014:
- Donald Hammond, of Rotorua (chair);
- Thomas Mark Brough, of Aria, King Country;
- Roger Duxfield, of Putaruru;
- Professor Geoffrey Kerr, of Christchurch;
- Steven Bruce McFall, of Otorohanga;
- Alexander William McIver, of Rotorua;
- William O’Leary, of Nelson;
- Garry Ottmann, of Rangiora;
- Terence Arthur Pierson, or Southbridge;
- Roy Sloan, of Winton; and
- Carol Watson, of Auckland.1
Functions and Responsibilities
The objectives of the Game Animal Council were to:
- enhance the quality of game animal herds while remaining consistent with conservation values;
- develop positive relationships between the Game Animal Council and stakeholders;
- promote hunter safety;
- reduce conflict among stakeholders;
- improve the acceptance of hunting as a safe and legitimate activity; and
- promote standards for hunting and management of game animals.2
Under the Game Animal Council Act 2013, the functions of the Council were:
The Council had the following functions in relation to game animals:
- to advise and make recommendations to the Minister of Conservation:
- to provide information and education to the hunting sector:
- to promote safety initiatives for the hunting sector, including firearms safety:
- to advise private landowners on hunting:
- to develop, on its own initiative or at the direction of the Minister, voluntary codes of practice for hunting:
- to raise awareness of the views of the hunting sector:
- to liaise with hunters, hunting organisations, representatives of tangata whenua, local authorities, landowners, the New Zealand Conservation Authority, conservation boards, and the Department of Conservation to improve hunting opportunities:
- to conduct research, including research on the hunting of game animals:
-
in respect of herds of special interest for which the Minister delegated management powers under the Act to the Council,—
- to undertake management functions that were compatible with the management of public conservation land and resources generally; and
- to exercise its powers for the effective management of the herd:
- to operate voluntary certification schemes for professional hunting guides and game estates:
- to promote minimum standards and codes of conduct for certified hunting guides and game estates:
- to investigate complaints and take disciplinary action in relation to certified hunting guides and game estates:
- to provide any other services to hunters that the Minister was satisfied were ancillary to the Council’s other functions:
- to perform any other functions conferred on it under the Act or any other enactment:
- to assess the costs of managing herds of special interest and make recommendations to the Minister on ways to recover those costs.
Structure
The Game Animal Council was a body corporate with perpetual succession.
The Council consisted of between 9 and 11 members who were appointed by the Minister of Conservation.
The Minister was required to appoint members to the Council who the Minister considered had, collectively, knowledge of, and experience in relation to, matters relevant to the functions of the Council:
-
in the case of game animals,—
- recreational hunting;
- commercial hunting;
- deer farming;
- safari park operations;
- meat processing and exporting;
- hunting-related tourism:
- Maori hunting interests;
- research on hunting in New Zealand:
- farming generally:
- forestry:
- kaitiakitanga (being guardianship of natural and physical resources in accordance with tikanga Maori):
- nature conservation:
- scientific disciplines.
Members were appointed for terms of up to 3 years.
Before appointing a member to the Council, the Minister had to publish a notice:
- stating the number of appointments the Minister intended to make; and
- calling for nominations to be sent to the Minister; and
- stating a date after which the Minister could decline to accept nominations, being a date not less than 28 days after the date of first publication of the notice.
Notices were required to be published at least twice in a daily newspaper in circulation in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and in any other media that the Minister thought appropriate.
All Council appointments were made by notice in the New Zealand Gazette.
Footnotes:
- Appointments to the Game Animal Council, Notice Number 2014-go2258, p.1205, Issue Number 41, New Zealand Gazette, 17 April 2014 - New Zealand Gazette website, https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-go2258 (accessed 6 May 2020).
- What We Do, Game Animal Council website, https://nzgameanimalcouncil.org.nz/what-we-do/ (accessed 6 May 2020).
The establishment date of the Game Animal Council is based on the date the Game Animal Council Act 2013 received the Royal assent, 27 November 2013.
- Game Animal Council website, https://nzgameanimalcouncil.org.nz/ (accessed 6 May 2020).
- Department of Conservation website, https://www.doc.govt.nz/ (accessed 6 May 2020).
- New Zealand Legislation website (Parliamentary Counsel Office), http://www.legislation.govt.nz/ (accessed 6 May 2020).
- New Zealand Gazette website, https://gazette.govt.nz/ (accessed 6 May 2020).
- Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
- Conservation Act 1987
- Biosecurity Act 1993
- Public Finance Act 1989
- Animal Welfare Act 1999
- Public Audit Act 2001
- Official Information Act 1982
- Public Records Act 2005
- π Conservation (1986 ‑ )
- π Realm of New Zealand (2013 ‑ )