Aerially assisted trophy hunting (AATH), also known as heli-hunting, involves flying recreational hunters and their guides into high country areas by helicopter in search of trophy animals.This includes actively searching for wild animals with trophy potential, dropping off hunters and guides to ground shoot the wild animal and the recovery of the animal and hunters/guides by helicopter.AATH concessions do not provide approval for the live capture of wild animals. There is also a requirement on the concessionaire to kill other wild animals (offsets), as directed by DOC, to improve wild animal control.AATH concessions are generally set for a given period of time to enable blocks and permit conditions to be reviewed. There may be local instances where block access is required to be temporarily changed (e.g. due to safety concerns or land management reasons). This will result in edits to this dataset.This data was last updated on 2/12/2024, based on a review process in 2022 and limited amendment in 2024.Further information on AATH blocks and how to apply for permits is available on our website here: Aerially-assisted trophy hunting (AATH): Permits and licences*DISCLAIMER1. DOC makes no express or implied warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of the data or information, nor its suitability for any purpose. Errors are inevitably part of any database, and can arise by a number of means, from errors during field data collection, to errors during data entry.2. DOC makes no warranties or representations as to possible infringement upon copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others in the data or information.3. DOC will not accept liability for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages, losses or expenses howsoever arising and relating to use, or lack of use, of the data or information supplied.GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF THE INFORMATION4. Care should be taken in deriving conclusions from any data or information supplied.5. Any use of the data or information supplied should state when the data or information was acquired and that it may now be out-of-date.COPYRIGHT OBLIGATIONS6. All proprietary rights to the intellectual property in the data or information remain with the Crown as its sole property.7. Modification of the data and information or the addition of the information does not confer copyright or any other form of property of the original material to a user.8. All maps or reports that are derived from the data or information must acknowledge the Crown copyright, in the following way: Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai [year].9. This information resource may be passed onto another party, in either hard copy or electronic form. If a user does this, then it is recommended that they also supply this metadata record with the information resource.LICENCE***This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.
