Best Hunting Boots for NZ If you’ve ever been in the bush a lengthy walk from home with boots that didn’t fit quite right – you’ll know the importance of owning a pair of quality, well-fitting boots. You’d be hard pressed to find a worse scenario than a blistered pair of feet and a long hunt ahead!  At Hamills, we pride ourselves on offering a high quality, curated selection of hunting boots and hiking boots to suit the New Zealand landscape. Crispi, Grisport, Ridgeline, Hunters Element - high top, low cut, leather and nubuck styles - womens and mens - we have your feet covered for your ..read more

River and Lake Conditions It has been a few seasons since we have had these turbulent weather conditions! From a biased perspective, this means we are having some terrific fishing on the local rivers as some nice runs come through. The continual ‘fresh’ conditions as heavy rains colour up the rivers are stimulating for our trout (and bringing out the keener fishos as well). Despite the rough surface conditions, there have also been some positive reports of Lake success; the fierce winds have been turning over the surface most days and quickly dropping the water temperatures at the top. The be ..read more

NEW GARMIN COLLARS AND HANDHELD DEVICES for 2023 It’s been a while coming and it’s worth the wait. We’re excited to welcome into store the new release of dog hunting hardware from Garmin with their new collars and handheld devices. The range includes: Collars Garmin Alpha T20 GPS Tracking Collar Garmin Alpha TT25 GPS Track/Train Collar   Handhelds Garmin 300 Alpha® Garmin 300i Alpha®   COLLAR OVERVIEW The new collars have several new features, but the biggest impact on the user is there are now replacement parts that are easy to switch out by the user; and an extended battery li ..read more

You’ve packed your rifle and your freeze dried meals – but equally important to your kit is a decent pair of binoculars. At Hamills Taupo, we have a wide range available to suit all budgets and specification requirements. With your favourite brands covered from Leupold and Leica; Bushnell to Zeiss; as well as extra features like in-built rangefinders – we’ll tick the boxes for you! SO – where to start? Magnification We usually suggest that a 10x42 magnification is best suited to NZ hunting. What does 10x42 mean? 10x means the binoculars will range up to 10 x magnification compared to the nake ..read more

With an aligned passion for the outdoors and an ever growing database of clients that share many common interests it makes sense that Trev Terry’s and Hamills combine and do better business together. Effective from 1 Nov 2022, Trev Terry Marine will be partners with the Hamills team, with a bumper summer ahead we are looking forward to an exciting instore experience for people to enjoy tight lines and smoking barrels! The friendly faces and top notch customer service from Hamills will remain the same moving forward, including Saran and Amy. “We’ve been friends with the Trev Terry team for ma ..read more