Thread: New DoC hunting permit system is live

https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-an-open-hunting-permit

Wasn't yesterday when I went to renew mine

Thanks. That's a lot easier

Thanks for the reminder, my permit expired last week

Oh that is so much better, especially as they're a year now!

Much simpler to use.
Only issue i found was when setting up account, the date of birth has a pop up that sets it to today's date and you can't change it. (Using mobile device)

Was able to change DoB on desktop easy enough though

Did mine just now and it worked well.

My wife and I use the same email address. Not a problem under old system. One of us may have to forgo a permit.

Originally Posted by Gamehunter

My wife and I use the same email address. Not a problem under old system. One of us may have to forgo a permit.

I realise this isn't what you were getting at, but in case you did actually want a solution...

If you use Outlook or Gmail, you can create an 'Alias' for your account. An alias is another email for the same account, which you can use for getting your wife a permit and it still gets emailed to the same place.

Originally Posted by cambo

Much simpler to use.
Only issue i found was when setting up account, the date of birth has a pop up that sets it to today's date and you can't change it. (Using mobile device)

Had the same issue doing mine today, had to scroll back 30 years month by month

30 yrs thats nothing I went back 73 !

I`m wondering why they don`t just drop the permit system all together.

Originally Posted by Tasbay

I`m wondering why they don`t just drop the permit system all together.

It’s a pretty simple method of both formalising permission, and ensuring the hunter is recorded as agreeing to follow their rules and conditions.

It could easily be a whole lot worse, so let’s just be grateful for what we’ve got with this.

And it finally says to carry either a paper copy or electronic copy.