Hunting News & Events

Junior hunter Caroline Quirey
Mai-mai ballot aimed at next generation of hunters

Junior and novice hunters in Otago are being offered a chance at exclusive access to mai-mais and duck ponds for the opening of the 2023 game bird season.

  • Otago
  • 7/03/2023
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More adult hunters to harvest paradise shelducks

A nine-day hunting season to harvest some of Otago’s healthy population of paradise shelduck/pūtangitangi opens on Saturday, March 4.

  • Otago
  • 28/02/2023
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Summer hunting for paradise shelduck on offer

For Taranaki game bird hunters who can't wait for the traditional May start of the hunting season to come around, Fish & Game is all set to lay on some…

  • Taranaki
  • 13/02/2023
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CSI Managed Wetlands hunting ballots now open

The opportunity to access some of the best public land areas for game bird hunting in New Zealand starts today.

  • Central South Island
  • 7/02/2023
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Game bird habitat stamp winner for 2023 Announced

A photo of a Californian quail strutting along a fence line is the image that will adorn the 2023 Game Bird Habitat Stamp.

  • 2/02/2023
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2023 Taranaki Special Game Bird Season For Paradise Shelduck

The 2023 Taranaki special season for paradise shelduck applies in Area C only. There is no special season in Area A (Waimarino) and Area B (Whanganui).

  • 9/01/2023
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Review of North Canterbury game bird hunting regulations

The North Canterbury Fish and Game Council is holding its regular review of the game bird hunting regulations.

  • North Canterbury
  • 15/09/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Southern chill on national shoveler count

A polar blast in Otago struck the annual New Zealand shoveler duck/kuruwhengi survey this month.

  • Otago
  • 12/08/2022
  • Bruce Quirey
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2022 Otago upland game bird season opens on May 29

Upland game bird hunters will be anxiously awaiting the start of the 2022 Otago season after mixed reports about the California quail population.

  • Otago
  • 25/05/2022
  • Bruce Quirey
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Plenty of birds left for the rest of duck season

Hunters shot slightly fewer birds and spent less time in the maimai on opening weekend of the game bird season in Otago this year.

  • Otago
  • 20/05/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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