Former All Black Andrew Hore has gone to the Dunedin District Court to review the police's decision to strip him of his firearms licence. On May 2, 2015, Hore and five friends spent the day duck shooting but their fun ended abruptly when one of the group – Daniel Parker, whose firearms licence had been previously revoked – was shot in the arm. The former Highlanders hooker and the other men told paramedics three of them had fallen from the back of an all-terrain vehicle as they drove over uneven ground. Police prosecutor Tim Hambleton said the decision to revoke Hore's firearms licence was the correct one when all factors were considered, including when he shot and killed a protected fur seal in 2005. The court heard there were also firearms left inside a maimai unattended, which increased the seriousness of the situation.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 14, 2016 03:25 UTC