New Zealand Deerstalkers Association - Auckland Branch upcoming events

Clubroom Booking: Pt Chev Historical Society (28/10/2026)

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT

November Club Night (10/11/2026)

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMT

NOVEMBER CLUB NIGHT

7:00pm - 9:00pm - 7 Target street

GUEST SPEAKER: NATHAN FOSTER

TERMINAL BALLISTICS RESEARCH

We are excited to have Nathan Foster as our guest speaker for our November 2026 Club Night! He will be talking to us about bullets, projectiles and ballistics.

Nathan lives and breathes what he teaches. He has a long established background in the gun industry, recognized for his extensive research and for educating and supporting hunters around the world.

Nathan has taken over 7500 head of game testing the performance of a wide range of cartridges and projectiles and is a worldwide expert in the field of terminal ballistics. His ongoing research has been carefully recorded, analyzed and documented in his online cartridge knowledge base (available on his website https://www.ballisticstudies.com/) for the benefit of all hunters and shooters worldwide.

Rifle accurizing and long range shooting are among Nathan's core specialties and passions with numerous books written on both subjects. For many years, Nathan has provided both rifle accurizing services and a long range shooting school. Nathan is also the designer of the MatchGrade bedding products and has assisted many 1000's of hunters worldwide to improve their rifle accuracy, shooting technique and hunting success.

This is definitely an event that would benefit any hunter right up to the professional. Early registration is recommended to ensure a space!

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Terminal Ballistics Research (TBR) is a business that was formed to educate hunters and shooters worldwide. This is delivered via their online cartridge knowledge base, their tutorial books, hunting tutorial services and rifle accurizing services (including self learning via their bedding products and tutorials).

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So, come along and have a bite to eat, a beer, and share your stories! We look forward to seeing you all there.

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Notes to guests, or guests of members: Our club nights are open to the public, this is a great opportunity to experience the club and see if you want to be part of the Auckland Deerstalkers community.

Please come along and introduce yourself to one of the club's committee members on the night as this is part of the application process.

If you know anyone who has a good yarn or would make for an interesting guest speaker please contact the committee at our email address auckland@deerstalkers.co.nz

Party Hunt: Waipakihi River 2026 (13/11/2026)

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMT

As we have a high level of interest in party hunts this will be run through a ballot process. 6 names will be drawn. The cutoff date for registering your interest is midnight on 14th October 2026.

This party hunt will be based in the Waipakihi River (Kaimanawa Forest Park) on the 13th to 15th of November. It's approximately 4.5 hours from Auckland plus Friday afternoon traffic.

There is a campsite near the road end with easy access down to the river. No services are provided as we are camping on conservation land. Bring your own tent, sleeping gear and all food required for 2-3 days in the bush.

Registrants will need to be confident hunting alone and crossing rivers potentially up to waist height, depending on the amount of rainfall. There is some nice gentle rolling beech forest country to be hunted with a few river flats that may have deer feeding for spring. The lower section of the river is very popular with 4WDs and other hunters so we will aim to get a bit of distance up the river.

There is a predator box trap line up the river that has been installed by our conservation team which I will be servicing on the Saturday. Any hunters who are interested in tagging along for this are welcome to come and see what it's all about.

The distance covered will be approximately 15km of river edge with undulating conditions so there is reasonable fitness level required to do so.

A DOC permit will be required for the Kaimanawa forest park and a minimum gear list will be sent out to successful applicants. Blaze vests are a minimum requirement for this hunt.

Clubroom Booking: FSA (19/11/2026)

Wed, 18 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Clubroom Booking: Pt Chev Historical Society (25/11/2026)

Tue, 24 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT

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