Thread: Where would you live?

Random thought for the weekend:

If you could live in any town or city in New Zealand with the main intention of getting into the outdoors and hunting as much as you can for a year or two, where would you live (don't say the bush....)? Feel free to justify your answer :-)

Top of the South Island seems to have it all. Trout fishing, decent enough saltwater fishing and good hunting.

Wanganui we miss all the crap weather dosent take long to drive anywhere to do it hahaa

Good question, the people that know may not comment though ... a question I often ask myself

Bro ill through boring old pnorth in here

access to ruhainies and tararua rangers, central location for sea fishing on both coasts aswel as as fresh water fishing all around.

1.5hr to Wellys
3hr to Taupo
2hr to Napier
3hr to np

Originally Posted by 199p

Bro ill through boring old pnorth in here

access to ruhainies and tararua rangers, central location for sea fishing on both coasts aswel as as fresh water fishing all around.

1.5hr to Wellys
3hr to Taupo
2hr to Napier
3hr to np

forgot only an hours drive to buzzmans firesale's

Hokitika....which is gonna happen sooner than later, wifey is from Hari Hari and we're over there regularly. We've been house hunting for a year now and just waiting for the right property to come up. Hokitika has everything and is only 45mins to HH. Deer, surf casting etc etc.

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

Hokitika....which is gonna happen sooner than later, wifey is from Hari Hari and we're over there regularly. We've been house hunting for a year now and just waiting for the right property to come up. Hokitika has everything and is only 45mins to HH. Deer, surf casting etc etc.

Wash your mouth out. It never stops raining on the Wet Coast. Rates are too high rivers are alway flooded there are no Deer here. Stay away. Your better off moving north. Have you considered Auckland

Originally Posted by turtleSO

Wash your mouth out. It never stops raining on the Wet Coast. Rates are too high rivers are alway flooded there are no Deer here. Stay away. Your better off moving north. Have you considered Auckland

Lol...nice try, I've spent too much time on the Coast to know from personal experience that high rates is the only truth you speak.

Haast

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Haast

Did both lockdowns there. Loved the place before that. Great hunting etc, but too remote and the place is TOO clicky, awesome place to visit for hunting and whitebait etc, Still look forward to trips there tho

Anywhere on the South Island if its not in Christchurch or South of Geraldine

The West Coast for sure. Look up WAMS and focus on the West Coast: the entire area is bathed from top to bottom (with a few tiny exceptions) in the light green colour denoting public land. Step 10 metres off SH6 and 99% of the time you are in public land. The New DoC hunting permit system means 30 seconds of box ticking and you are good to go for a year's unimpeded hunting. And then there's all those river mouths.......

Opotiki but make sure up on the hill above the town why Opotiki flood prone why cheap housing ( bad gang reputation but likely not deserved)- gate way to great hunting and top fishing- leave South Island fishing for dead especially game fishing and snapper --

Wanganui great fishing with a boat of the coast and hunting inland cheap housing again buy a house well above the town ( flooding )

Gisborne.
Fertile soils.big pigs.big deer.great fishing
Multiple species of deer.wild cattle.goats.pheasants,turkeys,ducks,big dark possums,
Trout fishing.
Small population surrounded by critters in every direction.