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Shotgun safety

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Watch footage from a 1986 Mountain Safety Council video explaining how shotguns are loaded. The Mountain Safety Council produced a new video in 2008.

Film clip courtesy of the Mountain Safety Council

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New Zealand Police − Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa

Reference: Arms and the licence. Mountain Safety Council and New Zealand Police

by National Film Unit

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Harvey C. Perkins and Bob Gidlow, Duck shooting – Hunting culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/17132/shotgun-safety (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Harvey C. Perkins and Bob Gidlow, published 1 March 2009.