Story: Game birds
Page 4. External links and sources
More links and websites
Hunting in New Zealand
Fish and Game New Zealand’s information on game-bird hunting.
New Zealand Birds Online
This website contains detailed information on all New Zealand bird species, including extinct and fossil species, searchable by name. It also contains a photographic key to guide bird identification.
More suggestions and sources
- Byrne, Jack. Wing shooting in New Zealand: pheasant, quail, partridge, duck and goose. Auckland: Heinemann Reed, 1990.
- Draper, Keith. A duckhunter’s tale: wildfowling in New Zealand. Christchurch: Shoal Bay, 1999.
- Druett, Joan. Exotic intruders: the introduction of plants and animals into New Zealand. Auckland: Heinemann, 1983.
- McDowall, Robert. Gamekeepers for the nation: the story of New Zealand’s acclimatisation societies, 1861–1990. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1994.
- Miskelly, C. M. 'Legal protection of New Zealand's indigenous terrestrial fauna – an historical review.' Tuhinga 25 (2014): 25–101.
- Parkes, Brad. Gamebird hunting in New Zealand. Auckland: Halcyon, 1992.
How to cite this page
Neil Deans, Game birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/52312/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Neil Deans, published 30 October 2009, updated 20 April 2025.