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High Court Wellington
18 October; 30 November 1990
Tompkins J
18 October; 30 November 1990
Tompkins J
Criminal law — Offences — Possession of absolutely protected wildlife — Dead kiwi bird — Whether "absolutely protected or partially protected wildlife" - Wildlife Act 1953, ss 2, 3 and 63.
Statutes — Interpretation — Dead kiwi bird — Whether "absolutely protected or partially protected wildlife" - Whether kiwi bird remains within that definition when dead and having been stuffed — Wildlife Act 1953, ss 2, 3 and 63.