Hunting in New Zealand

Fish and Game New Zealand’s information on game-bird hunting.

Nelson Marlborough hunting

Information from Fish and Game New Zealand on the Canada goose hunts on Molesworth Station, held three times a year.

Review of level of protection for some New Zealand wildlife

This is a public discussion document, published by the Department of Conservation in 2006. It looks at reviewing the legal status of birds such as the Canada goose. PDF, 376 KB.

Byrne, Jack. Wing shooting in New Zealand: pheasant, quail, partridge, duck and goose. Auckland: Heinemann Reed, 1990.

Draper, Keith. A duckhunter’s tale: wildfowling in New Zealand. Christchurch: Shoal Bay, 1999.

Druett, Joan. Exotic intruders: the introduction of plants and animals into New Zealand. Auckland: Heinemann, 1983.

McDowall, Robert. Gamekeepers for the nation: the story of New Zealand’s acclimatisation societies, 1861–1990. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1994.

Parkes, Brad. Gamebird hunting in New Zealand. Auckland: Halcyon, 1992.