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![Ire over 'joke' sentence for hunter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ire over 'joke' sentence for hunter
Angry friends and relatives of a young Southland hunter walked out of court when it became apparent the man who mistook him for a deer wouldn't be sent to prison.
![Man who shot friend in the elbow named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man who shot friend in the elbow named
A man who shot his friend in the elbow on the first day of duck shooting season can now be named.
![Man arrested following reserve duck hunt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man arrested following reserve duck hunt
A man found duck hunting in a wildlife reserve has been arrested.
![Calls for review of firearms laws](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Calls for review of firearms laws
A string of hunting accidents is proof New Zealand's firearms laws need to be reviewed, a leading gun control advocate says.
![Stray bullet 'scares the hell out of me'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Stray bullet 'scares the hell out of me'
'Some muppet has failed to determine his background,' says the Dunedin man who believes a hunter put a stray bullet in his deck.
![Nothing stops Sally from joining hunt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nothing stops Sally from joining hunt
'I've always been a shooter,' the 44-year-old said as she prepared to return to the family's shooting spot on a dammed pond at Maraekakaho today.
![It's nice weather - for ducks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
It's nice weather - for ducks
About 40,000 hunters will be heading to huts, ponds and rivers from tomorrow as duck shooting season begins.
![Ute crushes man](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ute crushes man
A man who died after the ute he was driving in rural North Canterbury rolled and crushed him yesterday morning has been named.
![Man charged over hunting death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man charged over hunting death
A 56-year-old Tuatapere man has been charged in connection with a fatal hunting shooting in Southland earlier this month.
![Hunter's death spurs plea](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hunter's death spurs plea
A25-year-old dairy farmer shot dead at the weekend was the latest victim of a spate of hunting accidents around the country.
![Man, 25, shot dead by hunter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man, 25, shot dead by hunter
A hunter who was shot dead by a member of another hunting party in Southland yesterday has been named as local dairy farmer Adam David Hill.
![Tough new penalties over unlawful hunting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tough new penalties over unlawful hunting
Two Hawke's Bay men are facing charges of unlawful hunting and are likely to be among the first to face tough new penalties which were introduced last November.
![Urewera hunter safe but injured](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Urewera hunter safe but injured
Search teams have this morning located a hunter who had been reported missing in Te Urewera National Park.
![Japan's whalers enter NZ waters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Japan's whalers enter NZ waters
A Japanese whaling ship is reported to have tailed an anti-whaling ship into waters off Otago against the wishes of the NZ Govt, which labelled the move 'disrespectful'.
![Whalers in NZ waters is 'offensive'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whalers in NZ waters is 'offensive'
The Government should strongly censure Japan after one of its whaling vessels entered New Zealand's waters, the Green Party says.
![Whaling fleet factory ship boxed in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whaling fleet factory ship boxed in
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says it has boxed in the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship, effectively suspending whaling in the Southern Ocean.
![US, Japan in spat over dolphin cull](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
US, Japan in spat over dolphin cull
Washington and Tokyo have been drawn into an unexpected diplomatic spat over the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji.
![Kiwi savaged by small dog dies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi savaged by small dog dies
A kiwi which was savaged by a dog near Coromandel has been euthanised at Auckland Zoo.
![Poacher found 'cuddling' deer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Poacher found 'cuddling' deer
Two hunters and a farmer investigating the sound of a rifle shot found a poacher hiding, cuddled up to a dead deer near Bruce Bay early yesterday.
![Rich-lister's big game kills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rich-lister's big game kills
Gun in hand, Kiwi millionaire Mark Gunton stands proudly over the corpse of a fallen African elephant.
![Game Animal Council to keep eye on herds and hunting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Game Animal Council to keep eye on herds and hunting
A new Game Animal Council is to be set up to take a leading role in the management of game animals - deer, tahr, chamois and wild pigs.