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Community-led Conservation the Way Forward

By Tim Gale – General Manager, NZ Game Animal Council The NZ Game Animal Council (GAC) has been established for over a decade now and in that time there’s been significant…

  • 25/09/2024
  • Roslyn Simmonds
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Fostering future hunters with fun experience

The third weekend of May sees scores of children flock to a central Hawke's Bay farm to try their hand at duck hunting.

  • 30/05/2024
  • Maggie Tait
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Fish & Game Wades Into Hunter Accessibility

Fish & Game is actively trying to provide opportunities for all to go fishing and game bird hunting.

  • 30/04/2024
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Hunting for Adventure

Written by - Tim Allen This season will be the fifteenth year of venturing outside my region in search of bird hunting adventures, and I can tell you I’ve had good…

  • 19/04/2024
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Fine-tuning for the First Flight

Written by - Scott Waterman The game bird dog is a massive part of the whole experience of going game bird hunting.

  • 19/04/2024
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Counting down the days

Written by - Paul Stenning For some hunters the countdown to the 2024 game bird season started the day the 2023 season finished, busily spending the off season on various projects.…

  • 19/04/2024
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Todd McClay - The new minister for hunting and fishing

Written by - Maggie Tait New Hunting and Fishing Minister Todd McClay lives his life in a suit and tie, jetting around the world negotiating trade deals when not up to…

  • 17/04/2024
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It's about much more than hunting

Written by - Jacob Lucas Game bird hunters and wetlands are a natural pairing: as areas to recreate, harvest food, and immerse in wild environments, it is no surprise we have…

  • 17/04/2024
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A kiwi duck hunting classic 50 years on

Written by - Dale Williams There are numerous books about deer hunting in New Zealand, yet duck hunting books are rare.

  • 17/04/2024
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Semi auto rage and how to avoid it

Written - Greg Duley Cleaning is something a lot of shotgunners don’t even think about until their semi-auto starts malfunctioning, and of course Murphy ensures this always happens when the ducks…

  • 17/04/2024
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