Store Profile
Hutt Valley Hunting & Fishing New Zealand
| Address: | 444 Cuba St P O Box 33206 Alicetown Lower Hutt |
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| Phone: | 04 589 9500 | |
| Fax: | 04 589 9520 |
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| Email: | Contact | |
The recent change of ownership of Hutt Valley Hunting & Fishing New Zealand see's two new characters welcomed to the ranks of the Hunting & Fishing store owners group.
The new partners are Peter Fowler and Charlie MacFarlane along with their wives Gillian and Shelley. Whilst they are new owners, they are old friends and fishing and hunting buddies. The were both long term residents of Palmerston North and are familiar with many of the popular hunting and fishing areas in the lower North Island.
Peter has been fishing since he was knee high, introduced by his father Mick who himself is an angling identity in the Manawatu. Whilst Peter enjoys all sorts of fishing, he particularly enjoys the challenge of fresh water fishing and scenic locations this takes him.
Peter started working life as a builder, but he developed a particular interest in New Zealand native timbers which led to him becoming a designer and manufacturer of high quality native timber furniture. This in turn saw him become a retail shop designer and fitout specialist. He also enjoyed the immediate challenge of upgrading the newly acquired Hutt Valley premises.
Whilst Peter is also reasonably proficient with both rifle and smooth bore already, he is looking forward to doing some hunting and gaining a greater local knowledge in this respect. Charlie claims he can always get the better of Peter in the shooting department, but this stands to reason as Charlie has been involved with things that go BANG for a long time.
Born and educated in Invercargill, he left his home to spend 22 years in the Army with the Royal New Zealand Engineers. His Army career took him from the extreme cold of the Antarctic to the extreme heat of Central Australia with additional postings in Singapore, Cambodia, East Timor, Mozambique and Bosnia in between.
During his army career, he acquired a taste for explosives and blowing things up, which led to five years spent as a mine clearing contractor in several of the worlds well known trouble spots. He dug around looking for mines and unexploded bombs in the deserts of Sudan, through the jungles of Kenya an across the mountains of Srilanka, Cyprus and Nepal, with varying degrees of cooperation from the local residents. Having eventually tired of the thrill of mine clearing, he is now looking forward to the challenge of broadening his fishing experience in saltwater techniques and in particular becoming the shop expert on Softbait fishing.
Hours: Monday-Friday 8.30am-5.30pm
Saturday 9.00am-4.00pm
Sunday 10.00am-4.00pm
The new partners are Peter Fowler and Charlie MacFarlane along with their wives Gillian and Shelley. Whilst they are new owners, they are old friends and fishing and hunting buddies. The were both long term residents of Palmerston North and are familiar with many of the popular hunting and fishing areas in the lower North Island.
Peter has been fishing since he was knee high, introduced by his father Mick who himself is an angling identity in the Manawatu. Whilst Peter enjoys all sorts of fishing, he particularly enjoys the challenge of fresh water fishing and scenic locations this takes him.
Peter started working life as a builder, but he developed a particular interest in New Zealand native timbers which led to him becoming a designer and manufacturer of high quality native timber furniture. This in turn saw him become a retail shop designer and fitout specialist. He also enjoyed the immediate challenge of upgrading the newly acquired Hutt Valley premises.
Whilst Peter is also reasonably proficient with both rifle and smooth bore already, he is looking forward to doing some hunting and gaining a greater local knowledge in this respect. Charlie claims he can always get the better of Peter in the shooting department, but this stands to reason as Charlie has been involved with things that go BANG for a long time.
Born and educated in Invercargill, he left his home to spend 22 years in the Army with the Royal New Zealand Engineers. His Army career took him from the extreme cold of the Antarctic to the extreme heat of Central Australia with additional postings in Singapore, Cambodia, East Timor, Mozambique and Bosnia in between.
During his army career, he acquired a taste for explosives and blowing things up, which led to five years spent as a mine clearing contractor in several of the worlds well known trouble spots. He dug around looking for mines and unexploded bombs in the deserts of Sudan, through the jungles of Kenya an across the mountains of Srilanka, Cyprus and Nepal, with varying degrees of cooperation from the local residents. Having eventually tired of the thrill of mine clearing, he is now looking forward to the challenge of broadening his fishing experience in saltwater techniques and in particular becoming the shop expert on Softbait fishing.
Hours: Monday-Friday 8.30am-5.30pm
Saturday 9.00am-4.00pm
Sunday 10.00am-4.00pm
Hutt Valley
Staff in photo are left to right - Jeffery, John, Shelley, Caleb, Charlie, Yani, Pete, Gill, John & Brad
