Hunting

Deer Wars tells the story of the 50-year struggle to control New Zealand's red deer population. Lives were lost and fortunes made. Audio

Karamea dairy farmer Peter Langford says he and his wife Debbie are ready to hang up their gumboots. With none of their four children keen on taking over the farm, it's now up for sale - lock, stock… Audio

Two organisations have teamed up to encourage hunters to cull high-density goat populations across the country with prizes up for grabs. Audio

Kim Swan, joins Country Life this week for a chat about her latest book and what it takes to be a woman on tough terrain. Audio

A team of hunters heads out every five weeks to a hill country farm to harvest deer meat for Tai Rawhiti's food banks which have been under pressure after devastating weather hit the region this year… Video, Audio

Roger Lentle can tell a lot from a hoofprint. He's spent half a century hunting, tracking and studying deer. and has just published Tracking and Finding Deer in New Zealand. Deer are known to cause… Audio

Spencer Kahu has been farming in the Kaikōura District since he was 14. Now he's 24 and manages two large properties and for him, sustainability, conservation and gathering kai for the whānau go hand… Audio

A cute detection dog called Toby is helping an Otago pest control team track down wily wallabies crossing the Waitaki River.  The  Aussie imports are escaping South Canterbury's Wallaby Containment… Audio

Best of 2022 - Back in the 1950s, a group of wallabies turned up at Wainui Station... and never left.  Audio

The Game Bird hunting season is coming to a close. And if you're unsure how to turn black swan, duck, or Canadian goose into a yummy dish, Club Waimea Chef Phil Hazeldine is here to help. Audio