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Membership with the NZDA comes with a number of benefits:

Membership with the NZDA comes with a number of benefits:

  • Membership App with discounts at major retailers.

  • Regular newsletters, advice and information directly to your inbox, both at your local Branch level and on nationally significant level. We inform our members about events and changes in the laws affecting hunting and shooting. We will also be the first to tell our members about current lobbying issues.

  • Exclusive NZDA discounts:

  • Public Liability Insurance when hunting and undertaking NZDA activities

  • Quarterly Member Magazine: NZ Hunting & Wildlife - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter

  • Branch club nights and guest speakers

  • Conference and events

  • Competitions

  • Access to rifle ranges

  • Networks of facilities, accommodation and huts

  • HUNTS training program – training courses & certification for HUNTS Instructors

  • Head measuring – access to Douglas score measurers

  • Research grants

Hunter Insurance

A special insurance package has been developed by NZDA for members*.

As a NZDA member you and your family can feel safe knowing you are personally covered in a hunting related accident or while undertaking NZDA activities.

Insurance only covers financial members, and is often a requirement when hunting on forestry blocks, so with our insurance cover you can access more hunting opportunities.

NZDA and all our members are covered by AIG Insurance New Zealand Limited insurance when hunting and undertaking NZDA activities.

The insurance indemnity cover includes:

  • $10,000,000 for General Liability

  • $10,000,000 for Products Hazard Liability

  • $500,000 for Statutory Liability

*Excludes Associate Membership

Membership Types

New Zealand Deerstalkers offers a number of different membership types - see the table below for details:

SENIOR

  • Full benefits at national and branch level

  • NZ Hunting & Wildlife magazine digital copy

  • Branch newsletters

  • National newsletters and advocacy updates

  • Eligible to enter national and branch competitions

  • Eligible to join committees 

  • includes liability insurance

FAMILY MEMBERS: You can also add your family members to your membership for $10.00** per family member.

  • Family members are the partner, child or grandchild, child or grandchild of the partner, or sibling, of the 'full member'

  • Must be attached to 'full' member, i.e. senior member

  • Children, siblings and grandchildren must be under 18 years of age as at 1 March of the current financial year

  • Each family member receives a personal membership card

  • Includes hunting liability insurance

**Some Branches add a local fee per family member in addition to this amount, so check with your Branch's Membership Secretary to confirm. 

JUNIOR

  • As per above. Must be under 18 years of age as at 1 March. Full benefits apart from voting rights.

ASSOCIATE

  • Gain access to branch facilities and activities only, excludes NZ Hunting & Wildlife magazine, National level competitions, voting rights and insurance cover.

AFFILIATE ('Friend of Branch') 

  • As per senior. Must be a full member of another branch. Must produce membership card as proof.

STUDENT

  • As per senior. Must be attending a tertiary institute or undergoing an apprenticeship. Proof of study must be provided.

SUPERANNUATE

  • Over 65 years old as at 1 March. Full benefits, as per senior.

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