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The Stalk – Summer 2020
The latest edition of The Stalk is out with news of what the GAC has been up to in recent weeks…READ MORE
Dunstan Downs Tenure Review
Submission on the tenure review process for the Dunstan Downs pastoral lease…READ MORE
Successful tahr study could provide additional hunting opportunities
A Game Animal Council funded study has established it is possible to contain male tahr on private land providing additional hunting opportunities and potentially reducing conflict between guided and recreational tahr hunters…READ MORE
Give hunting a go during Get Outdoors Week
The Game Animal Council is pleased to be supporting Get Outdoors Week 2020, a national campaign encouraging Kiwis to get out and explore the great outdoors, safely…READ MORE
Game Animal Council welcomes new Minister of Conservation
Game Animal Council Chair Grant Dodson has congratulated Kiri Allan on becoming the new Minister of Conservation…READ MORE
Kārearea has hunters backing for Bird of the Year
New Zealand’s hunters have overwhelmingly decided to back the kārearea/NZ falcon in this year’s Bird of the Year competition following a poll run by the Game Animal Council (GAC), the NZ Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) and Hunters for Conservation…READ MORE
GWRC Draft Toitū Te Whenua Parks Network Plan 2020-30
The Game Animal Council has submitted on Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Parks Network Plan advocating for greater inclusion and provision for hunting…READ MORE
Changes to tahr control operations positive
Discussions between the Game Animal Council and the Department of Conservation have resulted in some positive changes to where the Department will focus tahr control outside Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks…READ MORE
Long-term outcomes should be priority in tahr management
The Game Animal Council welcomes greater involvement in the implementation of the 2020-21 Tahr Control Operational Plan while remaining concerned at the decision to proceed with the full allocation of helicopter control hours in the national parks…READ MORE
Tahr Control Operational Plan 2020-2021 Submission
The Game Animal Council’s detailed submission on the 2020-21 Tahr Control Operational Plan…READ MORE
Hunters for conservation
The Game Animal Council is welcoming Conservation Week and highlighting the great conservation and community-led volunteer work done by hunters…READ MORE
Valued introduced species included in Biodiversity Strategy
The New Zealand Game Animal Council welcomes the inclusion of valued introduced species into Te Mana o Te Taiao – Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy 2020…READ MORE