Bearing in mind that the South Island of NZ has generally more open mountain top and open valley terrain requiring longer shots to the general mixture of bush and open hunting of the North Island.

In the SI the .270 and 7mm RM are very popular and in the NI the .223, .243, 6.5x55, 7mm/08, .308, .270 and 7mm RM. The 7mm/08 and .308 would be the most popular of those in the NI. The 30/06 seems to have lost some popularity in recent years.

Here are a couple of popular NZ hunting websites:

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/forum.php

http://www.fishnhunt.co.nz/forum/YaBB.cgi



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