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Wellington Weekly Hunting Bulletin - 01 June 2023

Hunters have had a tough week. Ducks are starting to wise up from the pressure, and the weather has just been a little too settled to get them moving off...

Posted in Hunting, Weekly Report; Tagged Hunting Weekly Hunting Report Posted 4 days ago by Default Admin

Wellington Weekly Hunting Bulletin - 25 May 2023

A good bag of parries for Wairarapa hunters shooting over late-harvest maize stubble (Credit: Jacob Morison)

Posted in Hunting, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Hunting Report Hunting Posted 11 days ago by Default Admin

Wellington Weekly Hunting Bulletin - 18 May 2023

May 18, 2023

Posted in Weekly Report, Hunting; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Hunting Posted 18 days ago by Default Admin

Game Bird Hunting Opening Weekend

More than 65,000 New Zealanders are believed to have turned out for the opening morning of the game bird season with low cloud, a bit of wind, and in some...

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Hunting Posted 27 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Cracking season on the cards as Opening Weekend looms

Posted in Hunting; Tagged Hunting Posted 35 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Wellington Weekly Hunting Report - 26 April 2023

April 28, 2023

Posted in Weekly Report, Hunting; Tagged Weekly Hunting Report Hunting Posted 39 days ago by Default Admin

Regional council must act on deadly botulism outbreaks

An outbreak of avian botulism in Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland that has killed thousands of waterfowl including some rare indigenous species is yet another wake-up call for urgent action, says Fish...

Posted in Hunting, Environment; Tagged Fresh Water Conservation Posted 3 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

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.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Hunting Posted 3 months ago by Bruce Quirey

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.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged Paradise Shelduck Hunting game bird Posted 3 months ago by Bruce Quirey

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...

Posted in Hunting; Posted 4 months ago by Richie Cosgrove