New ZealandMan who shot friend in the elbow namedA man who shot his friend in the elbow on the first day of duck shooting season can now be named.12 Jun 12:05 AM
New ZealandMan arrested following reserve duck huntA man found duck hunting in a wildlife reserve has been arrested.24 May 09:06 PM
New ZealandCalls for review of firearms lawsA string of hunting accidents is proof New Zealand's firearms laws need to be reviewed, a leading gun control advocate says.10 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandStray 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.05 May 10:29 PM
New ZealandSeason claims first injuryThe duck shooting season has claimed its first hunting injury.03 May 12:34 AM
New ZealandNothing 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.03 May 12:00 AM
New ZealandIt's nice weather - for ducksAbout 40,000 hunters will be heading to huts, ponds and rivers from tomorrow as duck shooting season begins.01 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandUte crushes manA man who died after the ute he was driving in rural North Canterbury rolled and crushed him yesterday morning has been named.25 Apr 11:18 PM
New ZealandMan charged over hunting deathA 56-year-old Tuatapere man has been charged in connection with a fatal hunting shooting in Southland earlier this month.24 Apr 04:32 AM
New ZealandHunter's death spurs pleaA25-year-old dairy farmer shot dead at the weekend was the latest victim of a spate of hunting accidents around the country.14 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandMan, 25, shot dead by hunterA 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.14 Apr 01:59 AM
New ZealandTough new penalties over unlawful huntingTwo 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.12 Apr 02:58 AM
New ZealandUrewera hunter safe but injuredSearch teams have this morning located a hunter who had been reported missing in Te Urewera National Park.11 Apr 10:29 PM
New ZealandHunting season marred by early accidentsThe year's busiest hunting season has been marred by a "disappointing'' run of four serious incidents in the first week.05 Apr 03:11 AM
New ZealandShot hunter bled on ground for hoursA 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.31 Mar 10:20 PM
New ZealandJapan's whalers enter NZ watersA 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'.09 Feb 07:43 PM
New ZealandWhalers 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.09 Feb 03:03 AM
WorldWhaling fleet factory ship boxed inAnti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says it has boxed in the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship, effectively suspending whaling in the Southern Ocean.25 Jan 09:35 PM
WorldUS, Japan in spat over dolphin cullWashington and Tokyo have been drawn into an unexpected diplomatic spat over the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji.20 Jan 09:41 PM
New ZealandKiwi savaged by small dog diesA kiwi which was savaged by a dog near Coromandel has been euthanised at Auckland Zoo.23 Dec 01:36 AM
New ZealandPoacher found 'cuddling' deerTwo 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.13 Dec 10:02 PM
New ZealandRich-lister's big game killsGun in hand, Kiwi millionaire Mark Gunton stands proudly over the corpse of a fallen African elephant.30 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandGame Animal Council to keep eye on herds and huntingA 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.20 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandHunters huddled with hounds for heatA 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.09 Sep 07:11 AM
