The Government is showing an interest in supporting bids to establish the first herds of special interest in Aotearoa, as hunter and conservation groups try to strike a balance in managing introduced ...

When it comes to common names, there is no common ground. To make things worse, many Europeans call elk, wapiti. The name wapiti comes from the Shawnee and Cree Indian word meaning “white rump.” ...

to try to get central North Island sika deer and Fiordland’s wapiti elk labelled as herds. It has proved to be no easy feat as the approach, which aims to balance hunting and conservation ...