An Ashburton man's been charged with careless use of a firearm, causing the death of a 21-year-old hunter on Stewart Island in July
An Ashburton man's been charged with careless use of a firearm, causing the death of a 21-year-old hunter on Stewart Island in July
26 November 2025
Jock Davies was in a hunting party of nine, on the South Lords River hunting block, when he was shot.
He'd survived multiple battles with leukaemia years earlier.
A 39-year-old Ashburton man's been charged, and will appear in court in three weeks.
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