Thread: Doc hunting permits no go

What legal standing do the online maps have ?

There are quite a few more reserves and such like shown on the DoC boundaries map at Koordinates Koordinates - the one place for geodata and the walking access map site NZ Walking Access Mapping System than on the DoC permit site Hunting permit: Permits and licences Since the DoC .jpg were such low resolution and difficult to read, I preferred the others but they seem to have improved a lot now. I can load the Koordinates boundaries into my GPS if I want (anyone who needs instructions sing out).

Here is the answer from the DoC site above:

Restricted area hunting permits

If the area that you want to hunt is on public conservation lands, but isn't one of the open hunting areas, then it will either be a restricted or prohibited area.

Restricted areas will have extra requirements for hunting within them and include blocks that must be booked all year (e.g. Stewart Island coastal blocks).

You get permits for restricted areas from the DOC office that manages hunting in the restricted area. You can not get them online.

You can obtain a hunting permit or further information for a restricted area from:

DOC visitor centres
DOC area offices (contact info is linked here)


Also, I see there are special small game permits available now. Has anyone here used them yet ?

Overall I think the permit system is way better than it was 2 years ago.