Fish & Game manages, maintains and enhances sports fish and game birds, and their habitats, in the best long-term interests of present and future generations of anglers and hunters. We are a not-for-profit organisation, funded through the sale of fishing and hunting licences.
Your licence is your ticket to adventure. By law, every single freshwater fisher must have a licence to fish in our rivers and lakes.
Standard licence optionsThere are different types of fresh water fishing. Spin fishing is the easiest and quickest way to get fishing.
Types of fishingRods, reels...spinners, sinkers...it's quite a list. Taking up a new sport can be a lot, but there is no need to be overwhelmed.
Getting your gear sortedYour licence is a permit to hunt game birds in line with the regulations governing the Fish & Game New Zealand region you're hunting in.
Your licence is your ticket to adventure. By law, every game bird hunter must have a licence to hunt.
Here we share general hunting advice plus tips to help you with your shooting aim. Practice makes perfect and 'getting your eye in' before opening will make it much more successful!
'How to' HuntKnow the game, know the gun - different game and different hunting styles require different arms and ammunition.
Getting your gear sorted