Editing Hunting (section)

===New Zealand===
{{Main|Hunting in New Zealand}}
New Zealand has a strong hunting culture.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/46606862|title=Hunting : a New Zealand history|last=Hunter|first=Kathryn M|date=2009|publisher=Auckland : Random House New Zealand|isbn=9781869791544|language=en|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801195119/https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/46606862|url-status=live}}</ref> When humans arrived, the only mammals present on the islands making up New Zealand were bats, although seals and other marine mammals were present along the coasts. However, when humans arrived they brought other species with them. Polynesian voyagers introduced kuri (dogs), kiore (Polynesian rats), as well as a range of plant species.  European explorers further added to New Zealand's biota, particularly pigs which were introduced by either Captain Cook or the French explorer De Surville in the 1700s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/9303|title=5. – Introduced animal pests – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|last=Taonga|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Clarke|first1=C. M. H.|last2=Dzieciolowski|first2=R. M. |date=September 1991 |title=Feral pigs in the northern South Island, New Zealand: I. Origin, distribution, and density|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand|language=en|volume=21|issue=3|pages=237–247 |doi=10.1080/03036758.1991.10418181 |bibcode=1991JRSNZ..21..237C |doi-access=free |issn=0303-6758}}</ref> During the nineteenth century, as European colonisation took place, [[Acclimatisation society|acclimatisation societies]] were established.  The societies introduced a large number of species with no use other than as prey for hunting.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/38285949|title=Gamekeepers for the nation : the story of New Zealand's acclimatisation societies, 1861-1990|last=McDowall|first=R. M.|date=1994|publisher=Christchurch, N.Z. : Canterbury University Press|isbn=9780908812417|language=en|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801215957/https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/38285949|url-status=live}}</ref> Species that adapted well to the New Zealand terrain include [[deer]], [[pigs]], [[goats]], [[hare]], [[tahr]] and [[chamois]]. With wilderness areas, suitable forage, and no natural predators, their populations exploded. Government agencies view the animals as pests due to their effects on the [[natural environment]] and on agricultural production, but hunters view them as a resource.