Hunting
Don’t become prey this hunting season
Police caution hunters and landowners that unlawful activity is on the rise, particularly in the Oxford and Mackenzie basin areas.
Game bird season gets off to a good start
Opening Weekend bags a good haul for the table or freezer.
Eye on the sky as game bird season opens
Happy hunting with a full regional wrap of birds and conditions.
Christmas on the first weekend in May
Phil Weir is shaking the presents and watching the pond as duck hunting season nears.
Retirement hobby that’s reducing a pesky problem
Seventy-something shooters bag at least 2000 rabbits a year between them.
Mass rabbit hunt cancelled for third time running
With heightened fire risk this season, organisers decided to cancel the rabbit hunt again, leaving a cloud of uncertainty over future events.
Hunting survey recalibrates sights
A decade since previous poll, questions tweaked to include values and more.
‘Firearm sales plummeting on register fears’
Lobby group says stores are closing and secondhand sales slumping.
Controversial hunt donates truckload of meat
North Canterbury Hunting Competition that made global headlines with feral cat shoot gives venison to those in need.
Get duck hunting to fund your farm wetland
Fish & Game NZ CEO Conrina Jordan reminds farmers they have until June 30 to apply for 2023 funding for wetlands.
Fine start to duck shooting season
Excellent conditions as 65,000 hunters take aim.
NZ Game Bird Habitat Trust reveals 2023 pinup
Quail struts stuff on habitat stamp.