Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen Ambler:
Police can now release the name of the 57-year-old man who died following a hunting incident in the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park on Monday.
He was Gordon Douglas Leech, of Katikati.
Mr Leech was hunting alone when he encountered another hunting party and was shot in the chest.
Police enquiries are continuing.
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Issued by Police Media Centre