2022 EARLY WATERFOWL SEASON DATES
| Fish & Game Region | Species | Season Length | Daily Bag Limit |
| Northland | Paradise Shelduck | 19 Feb 2022 -27 Feb 2022 | 20 (all areas) |
| Black Swan | 19 Feb 2022 to 27 Feb 2022 | 20 (all areas) | |
| Pukeko | 20 Feb 2022 to 27 Feb 2022 | 12 (all areas) | |
| Auckland/Waikato | Paradise Shelduck | 19 Feb 2022 - 20 Feb 2022 | 15 (nth of Auckland Harbour Bridge) |
| Pukeko | 19 Feb to 20 Feb 2022 | 10 (nth of Auckland Harbour Bridge) | |
| Eastern | Pukeko | 26 Feb and 27 Feb 2022 | 10 (all areas) |
| Black swan | 26 Feb and 27 Feb 2022 | No limit (Area A1) | |
| Taranaki | Paradise Shelduck | 26 Feb and 27 Feb 2022 and 5 Mar and 6 Mar 2022 | 10 (Area C Only) |
| Nelson-Marlborough | Pukeko | 1 Jan 2022 to 28 Feb 2022 | 20 (Tasman/Golden Bay area) |
| West Coast | Paradise Shelduck | 5 Mar to 20 Mar 2022 | 10 (all areas) |
| Pukeko | 1 Jan to 20 Mar 2022 | 10 (all areas) | |
| Black swan | 5 Mar to 13 Mar 2022 | 2 (all areas) | |
| North Canterbury | Grey, mallard duck and any hybrid of those species | 5 to 6 and 12 to 13 Feb 2022 | 10 (Only over agricultural grain crops and green feed paddocks and more than 200 metres from any water body.) |
| Paradise Shelduck | 29 Jan 2022 to 13 Mar 2022 | 15 (Area A only) | |
| Paradise Shelduck | 29 Jan 2022 to 13 Mar 2022 | 20 (Area B only) | |
| Central South Island | Grey/mallard duck and any hybrid of those species | 5 & 6 and 12 & 13 Feb 2022 | 10 (Area C only) |
| Paradise Shelduck | 5 & 6 and 12 & 13 Feb 2022 | 15 (Area B only) | |
| Otago | Paradise Shelduck | 5 Mar to 13 Mar 2022 | 5 (All areas junior season (refer to clause 5(4) for this Region) |