The school attended by a teenage boy who shot himself in a tragic hunting accident will close on Thursday as a mark of respect.

Jamie Johnston never got the chance to give his mother Ginny her Mother's Day present after a duck hunting trip went horribly wrong.

The number of young Kiwi duck hunters has increased by more than 70 per cent in the past 14 years. Duck shooting season kicks off tomorrow, with most regions reporting healthy numbers of ducks....

A missing Auckland hunter who sparked a search-and-rescue effort has turned up safe and well.

If there's one thing that will bring Murray Edge home safely, it's a simple threat: Come home or the tree gets chopped.

The wife of missing Dunedin hunter Murray Edge is losing hope, saying 'it's a bloody good way for him to go.'

A wounded hunter has described the moment he was accidentally shot by a friend - a feeling he likened to having a “hot, sharp metal rod” smashed across his back.

Some take part in a competition to kill as many rabbits as possible. Animal expert Sally Hibbard questions the 24th Annual Great Easter Bunny Hunt.

Hunters are being urged to give ducks a fighting chance of surviving the annual season which starts in four weeks.

The young Invercargill man shot dead on Stewart Island had helped build a hunters' hut on the island with his father and been on the local deerstalkers association's executive.

Police have released the name of a young hunter shot dead on Stewart Island yesterday.

Chances are you've probably never heard of Kid Rock. He's not the kind of character who appeals here.

A man was injured after his rifle accidentally went off while he was on a hunting trip near Murchison.

Kiwis for Kiwi is running training sessions nationwide to condition hunting dogs against attacking our threatened national bird.

The parents of a young man shot dead in a hunting accident hope law changes prevent a similar tragedy happening again.

A young man spent hours in near freezing conditions after leaving a hunting group in bush near Oamaru, early this morning, drunk and with no shoes.

A deer hunter has been hospitalised after his quad bike rolled and crushed him in remote forest overnight.

All Black lock Sam Whitelock has defended himself and Crusaders teammates after images of them posing with dead big-game animals were posted online.

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.