Hunting News & Events

Juniors clay target comp
Junior Simulated Field Clay Target Shoot Competition

Exciting Junior Clay Target Shooting Experience – Win Your Spot! We’re thrilled to announce an exclusive competition for our Hawke's Bay Junior Game Bird Licence holders!

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 15/05/2025
  • Hawkes Bay
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Take a Mate Hunting for $5!
Take a Mate Hunting for $5 this Kings Birthday!

This King's Birthday Weekend, it's time to gather your mates, gear up, and head for the maimai.

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 13/05/2025
  • Hawkes Bay
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Eight young Fish & Game competition winners to enjoy unforgettable hunting weekend

Eight keen young game bird hunters from around the country will enjoy two days hunting in outstanding wetlands, as winners of a competition run by Fish & Game New Zealand.

  • 12/05/2025
  • Maggie Tait
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Strong turnout for game bird season opening across New Zealand

Thousands of hunters gathered at wetlands and waterways around the country this weekend to mark the start of the 2025 game bird season.

  • 3/05/2025
  • Maggie Tait
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Hunters across the country get set for Opening Weekend for game bird season

Tens of thousands of Kiwis from the Far North to the Deep South are preparing for the start of the 2025 game bird season this Saturday (May 3).

  • 1/05/2025
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Otago farmers creating vital wetland habitats as duck season approaches

As Otago hunters prepare their decoys and check their gear for the opening of the 2025 game bird season this Saturday, May 3, local farmers like David and Susan Hill…

  • Otago
  • 28/04/2025
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Exclusive hunting opportunities for young and new hunters

Young and first-time duck hunters across Otago will have special access to prime hunting locations for the 2025 season opening through a dedicated ballot system.

  • Otago
  • 19/03/2025
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Game bird licences on sale now

Fish & Game has announced that game bird hunting licences for the 2025 season are now on sale.

  • 13/03/2025
  • Maggie Tait
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Fish & Game offers young hunters the chance to win hunting weekend in outstanding wetlands

Young aspiring game bird hunters can win a weekend at spectacular wetland locations in Central Hawke’s Bay in a Fish & Game New Zealand competition.

  • 26/02/2025
  • Maggie Tait
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‘Summer season’ for paradise shelduck to go ahead in Otago

Game bird hunters are being asked to be sensitive to an avian botulism outbreak in Waikouaiti as a nine-day game bird hunting season for paradise shelduck/putangitangi approaches in Otago Fish…

  • Otago
  • 19/02/2025
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