New Zealand Deerstalkers' Association

Sika Hunters, The Sika are roaring in the bush behind Lochinver Station last week 18/3/13. I heard several stags on the Hee Haw call, which seems a bit early in the year. Let hope it’s an omen for an exciting Roar this year. I am trying to use the Jaw Collection Work done thru the […]

The New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association is very passionate about New Zealand’s native wildlife. It was one of our founding members, Dr. Geoffrey Orbell, who in 1948 rediscovered the Takahē. This beautiful bird, which was long thought to be extinct was found in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland. To celebrate the 64th Anniversary of this discovery, […]

FOR RELEASE: 14 November 2012 Read the press release: MSC Media release – Mountain Safety Council urges hunters to take extra care when spotlighting

“These culls are being run outside of the Tahr Interest Group and we want to be very clear that we want no part in this type of operation. I ask hunters not to bow to DoC’s standover tactics” Read full Murchison Valley Tahr Cull Press Release

18 September 2012 Oamaru Hut in the Kaimanawa Forest Park is going to be spruced up and cleaned by the Taupō branch of the New Zealand Deer Stalkers Association, in return for some days in the hills stalking sika. The Deer Stalkers have developed a working relationship with the Department of Conservation where the club […]

September 2012 Crown Offer Accepted by Ngai Tuhoe Settlement Negotiators Te Urewera Stakeholder Report NZDA Tuhoe Press release 12 September 2012

FOR RELEASE: May 24 2012 Oral Submission to the Game Animal Council Bill – May 24 2012

FOR RELEASE: 12 March 2012 Hon Peter Dunne – Associate Minister of Conservation The Local Government and Environment Select Committee has announced a due date for public submissions on the Game Animal Council Bill. The closing date for submissions is Friday, 20 April 2012 The bill is available for download here The committee requires 2 […]

FOR RELEASE: 1 March 2012 Hon Peter Dunne – Associate Minister of Conservation Mr Speaker, I move that the Game Animal Council Bill be read for a first time. I propose to refer the Bill to the Local Government and Environment Committee. This Bill delivers on the Government’s 2008 confidence and supply agreement with UnitedFuture […]

FOR RELEASE 1 March 2012 Hon Peter Dunne – Associate Minister of Conservation Media Release – Dunne: Game Animal Council Bill great step for outdoors Associate Conservation Minister and UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today led legislation for a Game Animal Council to its First Reading in Parliament, delivering on a key provision of the party’s […]

FOR RELEASE: 29 February 2012 It is with a huge sense of pride that I can inform you that the Game Animal Council Bill – the legislation that will give life to the Game Animal Council – is about to have its first reading in Parliament. Further good news is that I am confident we […]

6 December 2011 The New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association Inc is delighted to see the Honourable Peter Dunne’s appointment as Associate Minister of Conservation, in a new National-led Government. Mr Dunne has been a true friend to the hunters and fishers of this country for many years. Many of his party’s views and ideas, have been […]

FOR RELEASE: 7 November 2011 The heli-hunting sub committee is asking members and branches to write to members of parliament (MPs) on the issue of heli-hunting. This is part of our strategy to influence a change of legislation that would outlaw heli-hunting for good. All the advice we have received, including the legal opinion, has […]

FOR RELEASE: 18 October 2011 New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association National President Alec McIver sees the introduction today of the Game Animal Bill “as a small step but in the right direction”. The introduction in Parliament today of a bill to establish a council representing sectors with interests in the management of New Zealand’s big game […]

FOR RELEASE: October 12 2011 The one thing it is not is hunting; hunting is all about the journey we go hunting to hunt not to kill an animal even though this is regarded as a successful outcome. The journey starts with pulling on boots and pack,slinging your rifle then fording rivers and climbing mountains […]

FOR RELEASE: 15 August 2011 Read original press release here The National Executive of The New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association is concerned to see yet another approval of yet another very toxic agent for use against possums. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of importation for manufacture or release, of micro-encapsulated zinc phosphide, (MZP), sees us […]

FOR RELEASE: 6 April 2011 Read original press release here The New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association President, Mr Alec McIver, commended the politicians who had contributed to the decision announced by the Minister of Conservation to create a Game Animal Council. The decision appears to accept many of the recommendations in the report submitted last year […]

FOR RELEASE: 15 March 2010 The New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association is disturbed by vexatious and misleading comments quoted recently in the Christchurch Press, by vocal proponents of heli-hunting on public conservation lands. The Association’s National President, Alec McIver, together with prominent members of three South Island branches, has been actively opposing the Department of Conservation […]

FOR RELEASE: 21st December 2007 New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association (NZDA) has joined the Rare Breeds Society of New Zealand in opposing DOC’s proposed destruction of the unique Arapawa Island goat breed, early in the New Year. The Arapawa Island goats are a recognised unique breed, probably introduced by Captain Cook. Only a few are left […]

FOR RELEASE: 27th November 2007 The New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association (NZDA) has welcomed the Southland Department of Conservation’s decision to grant a 30 year concession for the fifteen hunters huts on public land on Stewart Island. “This is a great decision for the many deerstalkers who come from all over New Zealand to hunt Whitetailed […]

FOR RELEASE: 6th November 2007 Forest and Bird is scaremongering with rumour and half-truths when it claims there will be “massive” damage to the environment if deer and wild pigs are managed as a valued resource instead of solely as pests to be eradicated, as at present, the New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association (NZDA) says. Submissions […]