Police Minister Anne Tolley says the gun law is doing its job, but the critics don't agree

As Cyndy McDonald said goodbye to her "beautiful boy" he wasn't the only one on her mind.

A man has admitted fatally shooting his brother on the opening day of duck hunting season, after he'd been drinking.

A 10-year-old boy says he managed a 22km walk through Southland bush to safety because he watched the survival television series Man Vs. Wild "too much".