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Sensor to save hunters wins award

Grieving parents call for hunting law change

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

Drunk hunter rescued near Oamaru

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.

Hunter injured in quad bike accident

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

Star defends wildlife shoot

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

Duck shooter who shot friend in the elbow avoids jail

Tiger, tiger, dying out

Lock, stock and barrel in the South

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.

Hunting party rescued from Tararua Ranges

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.