{"id":361351,"date":"2026-04-03T04:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/361351\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:07:08","slug":"poachers-in-central-hawkes-bay-caught-with-153-undersized-paua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/361351\/","title":{"rendered":"Poachers in Central Hawke\u2019s Bay caught with 153 undersized p\u0101ua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe seized their vehicle and fishing equipment, and the four people are likely to be prosecuted. Inquiries are continuing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">Police supported with enforcement action against suspected poaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">They  said a 29-year-old man was charged with driving with a suspended licence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">The man will appear in the Hastings District Court on April 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">Sutton said Mangakuri Beach was a common place for shellfish gatherers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">He said the daily limit for p\u0101ua was five per person at a minimum size of 125mm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">Sutton said a useful tip for seafood gatherers was to download the NZ Fishing Rules mobile app before heading outdoors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt will provide you with the latest fishing rules for the area you are fishing in. This includes closures and gear restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sYHrSxRJWo\" style=\"display:none\">Michaela Gower joined Hawke\u2019s Bay Today in 2023 and is based out of the Hastings newsroom. She covers Dannevirke and Hawke\u2019s Bay news and loves sharing stories about farming and rural communities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe seized their vehicle and fishing equipment, and the four people are likely to be prosecuted. Inquiries are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[190284,1561,7972,3043,9525,1853,2026,71,1976,130905,78,1329,111,43,139,69,160781,24192,16509,3109,54252,102],"class_list":{"0":"post-361351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-190284","9":"tag-bay","10":"tag-beach","11":"tag-call","12":"tag-caught","13":"tag-central","14":"tag-discovery","15":"tag-from","16":"tag-hawkes","17":"tag-hotline","18":"tag-in","19":"tag-member","20":"tag-new-zealand","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-newzealand","23":"tag-nz","24":"tag-poachers","25":"tag-poaching","26":"tag-pua","27":"tag-public","28":"tag-undersized","29":"tag-with"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}