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Man arrested following reserve duck hunt
A man found duck hunting in a wildlife reserve has been arrested.
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'
'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
'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
About 40,000 hunters will be heading to huts, ponds and rivers from tomorrow as duck shooting season begins.
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
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
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
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
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
Search teams have this morning located a hunter who had been reported missing in Te Urewera National Park.
Hunting season marred by early accidents
The year's busiest hunting season has been marred by a "disappointing'' run of four serious incidents in the first week.
Shot hunter bled on ground for hours
A 22-year-old Hamilton man with a gunshot wound in his chest lay on the ground of a Bay of Plenty forest for four hours while his father gave him first aid and his brother ran for help.
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'
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
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
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
A kiwi which was savaged by a dog near Coromandel has been euthanised at Auckland Zoo.
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
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
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.
Hunters huddled with hounds for heat
A hunter has described how he and a mate spent an icy night in the bush huddled with their dogs for warmth after losing their way back to their ute.