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The Opotiki Big 3 is the annual hunting event not to be missed for those living in the area. The competition is about catching a snapper, a pheasant and a boar or stag. Howie tags along with a few hunters who are out searching for a prize game to bring back to the weigh in. This is a local event that brings many hunters out of the woodwork to be there for the prize giving.

Hunting wild game in New Zealand can be an exhilarating and adrenaline-pumping experience and the series aims to capture the pace and excitement of the pursuit. The series sees Howie Morrison Junior engage with a variety of hunters who specialise in pig, goat, possum, wallaby, rabbit, hare, tahr, chamois, duck and geese hunting and includes reo and tikanga Māori content to round out the indigenous perspective.

Primary Title
  • Hunting Aotearoa
Episode Title
  • Opotiki Big 3
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 19 November 2009
Start Time
  • 22 : 30
Finish Time
  • 23 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • Maori Television
Broadcaster
  • Maori Television Service
Programme Description
  • Hunting wild game in New Zealand can be an exhilarating and adrenaline-pumping experience and the series aims to capture the pace and excitement of the pursuit. The series sees Howie Morrison Junior engage with a variety of hunters who specialise in pig, goat, possum, wallaby, rabbit, hare, tahr, chamois, duck and geese hunting and includes reo and tikanga Māori content to round out the indigenous perspective.
Episode Description
  • The Opotiki Big 3 is the annual hunting event not to be missed for those living in the area. The competition is about catching a snapper, a pheasant and a boar or stag. Howie tags along with a few hunters who are out searching for a prize game to bring back to the weigh in. This is a local event that brings many hunters out of the woodwork to be there for the prize giving.
Classification
  • AO
Owning Collection
  • Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • Maori
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Hunting--New Zealand
Hosts
  • Howie Morrison Jnr (Presenter)
Contributors
  • Mike Jonathan (Director)
  • Piripi Curtis (Producer)
  • Richard Curtis (Producer)
  • Hikoi NZ Ltd (Production Unit)
Subjects
  • Hunting--New Zealand