New Zealand Deerstalkers Association - Auckland Branch upcoming events

Annual Dinner & Prize Giving 2026 (03/10/2026)

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:30:00 GMT

Annual Dinner and Prize Giving 2026

Winning a prize or not, come along and celebrate a year of hunting, shooting and photos of our adventures.

This is a family-friendly social event, and we would love to see you there.

Date: Saturday, 3rd October 2026

Venue: NZDA Auckland Club Rooms

Doors open: 3.30pm

Start: 4.50pm with Piper

Prize Giving: 5.00pm

Food Served: 6.00pm

Cost: No charge! This year we're giving back to our membership!

Members and their guests welcome to the BBQ!

The Bar will be open or B.Y.O.

Caterers: NZDA Auckland Branch Committee!

October Club Night (13/10/2026)

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT

OCTOBER CLUB NIGHT

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

GUEST SPEAKER: CALLUM SHERIDAN

AND ACT PARTY CANDIDATES

We are excited to have Callum Sheridan, ACT Party Candidate for Waitakere as our guest speaker for this evening. He will be running through ACT's hunting and conservation policy.

A few local ACT candidates will be attending and will briefly introduce themselves, too. The floor will then open up for Q&A.

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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.