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Fair Firearm Laws: What Happens Next?
By David Seymour, ACT- 28th Jan, 2020
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A Police raid on the home of a young family having dinner is a deeply disturbing development. Nearly a dozen armed officers carried out a search warrant...
UPDATE: Attention Tahr Hunters
By NZ Game Animal Council- 13th Jan, 2020
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Install the Tahr Returns App on your mobile phone and next time you are out tahr hunting use it to record the tahr you kill...
Police raid home of young family
By ACT Press Statement- 11th Jan, 2020
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“A Police raid home of a young family represents a dangerous new phase of the Government’s gun law reforms and raises serious questions..."
Who Should Be on Trial March 15, 2020?
By Ben Hope- 6th Jan, 2020
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The Christchurch mosque shootings were two consecutive terrorist attacks at mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...
Christchurch was Simply a Pretext
By David Mack- 2nd Jan, 2020
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Hands up those who believe the gun control hysteria we have been suffering these last nine months was a reaction...
Free Speech Under Attack
By Tony Orman- 29th Dec, 2019
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Freedom of speech is something that is taken for granted, living in a democracy, but in recent years society has become rent with controversy, polarisation and division...
The Year New Zealand Destroyed Firearms History
By Nicole McKee, COLFO- 22nd Dec, 2019
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Two Otorohonga collectors, Kath Arnold and Andrew Baker, have told the story of the loss of New Zealand and world history in firearm collections destroyed...
Are you a “radical” and a “nutter”?
By Nicole McKee, COLFO- 19th Dec, 2019
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Did you hear Stuart Nash on Mike Hosking’s show yesterday? The one where he refuses to take any responsibility for the data breach...
Tahr Pie
By MacLean Fraser- 19th Dec, 2019
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Everybody loves a good pie so why not try putting a spin on the good old Kiwi classic...
Young Hunters at Korakanui School
By Zane Cole-Baker, Richard Turner & Dylan Peake- 11th Dec, 2019
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A selection of short stories from some keen young hunters from Korakanui School...
The Roar
By Lise Clayton- 10th Dec, 2019
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Tales of hunting, helicopters and UFOs...
Helen has been away too long...
By Phil Cregeen, SSANZ- 9th Dec, 2019
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While some may feel that to target Jacinda Ardern while attending a primary school function with a protest was a poor choice of venue...
Braised Rabbit Puttanesca
By MacLean Fraser- 6th Dec, 2019
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One of the values that I have and that I want to pass on to my kids is that if you’re taking an animals life you do it for a reason and you do your absolute best not to waste it...
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MINOX change of Headquarters
By NZGUNS- 26th Nov, 2019
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"Small group of radical gun nuts.”
By Nicole McKee, COLFO- 5th Dec, 2019
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Reuben Jane
Reuben and his daughter Ruby (11) carry out the meat after a successful goat hunt!
Alex Allwright
Alex with a solid fallow buck harvested on New Years Day 2020! Alex shoots a Remington Model 700 chambered in .243 Win.
Ralph McLeay
Ralph, and Zorro the dog, secured this monster red stag during a hunt in the Raetihi area! Ralph shoots a Tikka T3 chambered in .270 Win. topped with a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 scope.
Brett Stokman
Brett with a tidy red stag harvested during a hunt in the Kaimai Ranges. Brett shoots a Ruger American Ranch Rifle chambered in .450!
Mariana Puarere
Mariana (13) with her first deer! A fallow buck that she dropped with a clean 180m shot using her Dad's Mossberg chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor and fitted with a Bushnell Forge 2.5-15x50 scope!
Hannah Fowler
Hannah Fowler with her first red stag shot just on dark with her .25-06. Hannah adds that there is better way of keeping her away from the shops on Boxing Day than out hunting!
WINNER: NZGUNS One Year Subscription!
Tessa Boyd
Tessa Boyd (8) shot her very first animal using a Red Dot; an old scarred up trophy buck hare during a hunt at Charlies Hut, Glenfalloch Station.
WINNER: NZGUNS One Year Subscription!
Dylan Boyd
Dylan Boyd (7) shot 2 young rabbits that the Boyd family cooked up for breakfast!
Steven Porter
Steven Porter secured this monster 12pt red stag during a hunt last week. Steve shoots a Tikka chambered in .243 with Federal Fusions.
Jordan Jefferis
Jordan Jefferis with a couple of red stags for the chiller!
Marty Tapp
Marty carries out the hindquarters of a red deer after a successful meat hunt!
Leighton Mehlhopt
Leighton with a fallow spiker destined for the freezer!
Blake Crawford
Cousins Blake Crawford (17), Henry Harvey (7) and dog "Ted" on a recent hunting trip!
Piper Rickey
Piper Rickey (8) with her first deer! A young fallow doe that she harvested with her Dad’s Howa .223 Rem.
Angus McIntyre
Angus McIntyre took this awesome photo of a white fallow buck!
Evan Fleming
Evan Fleming (7) with his very first rabbit. Shot using his Grand-dad’s CZ 455.
Jesse Eagers-James
Jesse Eagers-James secured this tidy 9.5" chamois buck with his Sako Finnlight chambered in .243 Win.
WINNER: Bushnell Prime 10x25 Binos!