Hunting
Bladerunner: making knives
Bryan Baker of Svord Knives is a master cutler who's been making knives for more than 30 years. His handmade knives are used by hunters, fishers and cooks closer to home. Audio, Gallery
Hunter ecstatic to be rescued after miserable few nights in Kaimanawas
A 60-year-old hunter went without food during a miserable two days in the Kaimanawa Ranges.
DOC sets sights on illegal hunters
Conservation officials are warning of a crackdown on illegal hunters, especially those hunting after dark on public land, as the spring season gets under way.
Polaris Big Four Hunting Competition_ Part two
Day three of the competition and it was time to try trout fishing on Lake Rotoiti. Four hours of bobbing around didn't net a thing. Over most of the week it poured with rain but luckily Friday morning… Audio
Polaris Big Four Hunting Competition - Part One
Every June the Polaris Te Puna Big Four hunting competition is held in Bay of Plenty. It's an event where four people hunt for four days to collect four species: a boar, stag, trout and pheasant. The… Audio, Gallery
Hunted to extinction - the Chatham Island sea lion
Within 200 years of settling the Chatham Islands, Moriori had hunted the local sea lion to extinction. What lessons can we learn from that? Audio
Stag Doo
Christchurch based 'Big Al' Lester's ninth book about hunting, 'Stag Doo' tells camp-fire tales of what went wrong on the hunt. He also shares 40 years of his own deer-hunting experiences in the South… Audio, Gallery
Overseas guides slipping under the radar - NZ hunters
Foreign guides illegally working in New Zealand are slipping under the radar and need to be brought under control, fishing and hunting guides say.
Bountiful season expected for duck hunters
More than 40,000 hunters are expected to be out this morning for the opening of the duck season.
Southern right whales back from brink of extinction
Whaling in the 1800s nearly caused the extinction of southern right whales around New Zealand, and the population is slowly recovering from a low of just 110-or-so animals in the 1920s.
Forage to Feast (Part 2)
Sixty food and wine lovers spend a morning picking, foraging, digging, fishing and even shooting a host of foods in the Waipara Valley. In the afternoon eight top chefs convert the fresh bounty into… Audio, Gallery
Forage to Feast
Sixty food and wine lovers spend a morning picking, foraging, digging, fishing and even shooting a host of foods in the Waipara Valley. In the afternoon eight top chefs convert the fresh bounty into… Audio, Gallery
Safari Club annual convention
The world's largest hunting group the Safari Club holds its annual convention and auction in Las Vegas, 20,000 hunters from around the world. Audio
Claims of public access privatised by stealth
Philippa Tolley explores if more needs to be done to safeguard public access to the great outdoors Video, Audio
Country Life Summer Edition January 2
A selection of some of the best Country Life stories from 2015. In this episode: Golden Reflections, Ponds of Gold and Woosters of Orira. Audio
Motutapu Island Takahe
Hunter and gun safety expert Brad Johnson talks about why the shooting of takahe on Motutapu Island shouldn't have happened. Audio
Gun licence applications on the rise
The number of people applying for gun licences has increased by more than 50 percent in the past year.
Hunter's tupapaku expected to arrive in Te Kaha today
The body of Carlos Tauhou Ngamoki is expected to arrive at Te Kaha marae today for his tangi. The 27-year-old father was shot while hunting with friends around midnight on Wednesday. His body had been… Audio
Whanau shocked by the latest shooting accident
The whanau of a young father shot while hunting with friends says it's a tragic accident. Audio