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You can help paradise duck

Labrador dog with paradise sheldrake in mouth. Photo: D Veitch.
Labrador dog with paradise sheldrake
in mouth

You can help protect the paradise shelduck by adhering to your local hunting regulations, and by reporting any misconduct to your local Fish and Game office.

Keeping wetlands free of pollutants and stock will help ducks as well as many other native species.

More information about hunting permits and restrictions can be obtained from your local Fish and Game office.

Learn more

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Contacts

Phone 0800 DOC HOTline (0800 362 468) 24 hour emergency number to report:

Sick or injured wildlife
Whale or dolphin strandings

Conservation for prosperity. Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai