»Fishing: The 17-year itch 10/03/10 00:00 from New Zealand Herald - Recreational fishing At this time of year our eardrums are overwhelmed by the rasping, buzzing chorus of cicadas. It goes on and on and on and on. Unending. It comes from the bushes, the tree trunks, the branches. Seemingly everywhere. You can't escape...
»MPs to feast on seal 09/03/10 16:40 from New Zealand Herald - Hunting Canadian MPs will dine on seal meat to show solidarity with seal hunters wrestling with a European Union ban on seal products and the loss of a key market. The parliamentary restaurant lunch tomorrow would "revolve around seal...
»Japan's dolphin hunt town shrugs off Cove Oscar 08/03/10 22:18 from New Zealand Herald - Hunting TAIJI, Japan - The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as The Cove won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese village shown in the film abhorred...
»Counsel for birds and fish 06/03/10 16:00 from New Zealand Herald - Recreational fishing SWITZERLAND: Is fishing as cruel as bullfighting? Antoine Goetschel thinks so. The Swiss lawyer carries the distinction of being the first man in the world to stand up in court on behalf of a dead (and eaten) 10kg pike.The crucial...
»Ace NZ Olympic shooter dies 28/12/08 22:00 from New Zealand Herald - Shooting sports The New Zealand shooting fraternity is mourning the loss of Olympic medallist Ian Ballinger, who died on Christmas Eve aged 83. Ballinger is the only New Zealander to win an Olympic shooting medal, claiming bronze in the 50m rifle...