26 May 2009

Two charged over shooting injury

11:53 am on 26 May 2009

Two men have been charged over the shooting of another man during a duck hunting trip.

The injured man was partially blinded in the incident on 2 May, in central Hawke's Bay.

Two men, aged 21 and 22, were to appear in the Waipukurau District Court on Tuesday charged with careless use of a firearm causing injury.