The body of a 29-year-old Auckland hunter shot dead on a Wairarapa hunting trip has been returned to his family.
Alexander Cameron McDonald, known as Cam, was shot dead by a member of a different hunting party in an area of thick forest in the Aorangi Ranges near Pirinoa on Saturday afternoon.
He had been on deer hunting trip with a 59-year-old family friend who was understood to be an experienced hunter.
Police today said Mr McDonald's body had been returned to his family after a post-mortem examination was carried out in Palmerston North yesterday.
The results were not yet available and the investigation was likely to take several weeks.
