Disclaimer: Whanganui River Hunting & Wild Food Festival Event Manager, Supporting Event Manager or any of the event organisers are not responsible for the safety and wellbeing of entrants/parents/ children during this event. Parents/ guardians of the participants are expected to take full responsibility for their childrens’ safety and will at all times adhere to the laws and regulations governing the hunting of game (and the use of firearms) within Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Competition Venue & Weigh Station: Hiruharama Marae, Whanganui River
Registration/Entry: FREE
Cancellation: There will be no cancellation of the competition.
Briefing: Parents/guardians of entrants are asked to attend the briefing at Hiruharama marae, Whanganui River to hear any last minute rule changes.
Hunting times: Hunting is permitted from the end of the briefing until the weigh-in starts. Entrants must be at the weigh-in at Hiruharama event in person to claim any prizes.
Prize categories: ALL AGES
Rabbits: Heaviest
Possums: Heaviest
Magpies: Heaviest
Rabbits: Average
Possums:Average
Magpies:Average
Final weigh in: Weigh in is at Hiruharama marae on Sunday, 7 May 2017 between 12pm & 2pm.
Capture & condition of game: Game to be ‘despatched’ in a humane & legal manner. When you bring in your game to the weigh-station, it must be in edible condition; no frozen or decomposing game will be accepted (it can be chilled or kept on ice but cannot be frozen). Please don’t bring wet possums, rabbits or magpies in to be weighed.
Variation to Rules: The competition’s Event Organisers reserve the right to vary these rules up to the time of the briefing. Where there are any variations to the rules, the changes will be announced at the briefing.
Disputes: The decision of the weigh-in judge/ scrutineer will be final. No correspondence will be entered into.
Entrants and/or guardians are required to remove their animals after weighing.
This is really geared towards a tribal journey from the mountain to the sea and all our rich history. We understand that we have the duty to ensure that our people are geared up for the next 25-50-100 years and beyond and have to establish a basic foundation hunting programme that sets our people on this hikoi.
We understand that if our rangatahi can touch, hear, feel and breath the outdoors in a Te Ao Maori kaupapa / context, that they will have more of an emotional, physical, mental and spiritual connection to the information we are trying to impart, therefore becoming more engaged about being part of the long term plan of preservation, management and care of our various taonga (mountain, rivers, whenua, sea, ngahere etc).
Inter-connected Resource Process - Te Uru Pakohe - Nov 2016
