Skip to main content

Story: Hunting

A man and his dogs

Image
A man and his dogs

Otago pig hunter Kim Hiko walks his dogs through a paddock where pigs have been rooting. Farmers get angry at the damage that pigs do to their pasture. Larger boars are also known to prey upon young lambs. Many farmers are happy to allow hunters access across their land as long as they ask first.

Using this item

Otago Daily Times

Reference: 26 June 2008

by Stephen Jaquiery

Permission of the Otago Daily Times must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Carl Walrond, Hunting – Pig hunting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15647/a-man-and-his-dogs (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.