Thread: Wild game meat for those who need it

Originally Posted by F Majeur

As it says here, you absolutely cannot donate your kill. Hence the discussion:

https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/1059/direct

MPI:

This is what I was going by:


What you can't do
You can't serve recreational catch meat or fish to paying customers, (for example to customers at bed and breakfasts or lodges), or barter, raffle or donate it for use as a prize or as a fundraiser.
Schools, universities, hospitals or prisons can't use recreational catch meat or fish.
If you're running a commercial operation on a marae, you can't use recreational catch – you must use commercially processed meat or fish.
You can't sell recreational catch at wild food festivals, fundraisers and the like. If wild game or fish are sold at such events, they must be obtained from the regulated system.

Hmmm, maybe a bit of a mixed message. Here's what I was going by:

However, because no assurances can be
given about whether the meat is fit to eat, you
cannot donate, raffle, trade or sell wild game
or game birds. For example, you can’t:
• give meat to your local school to raffle;
• donate meat to a food bank;
• sell the meat at a farmers’ market.