Who's Pete Henderson

I was born in Dunedin, Otago and grew up there and spent my childhood as an outdoorsy kid. I played all sports. I was a reasonable athlete and represented my province of Otago in Athletics and Cross country. I was also a competitive Judo exponent and was ranked in the top few for my age/weight for South Island and New Zealand. 

The start of my hunting career. About 5yrs old.  

I developed a passion for hunting from an early age also tramping or hiking and with my nephew, Tony  he and I went off hunting whenever we could. We spent a huge percent of our days out 'hunting' 

Myself (L) and best mate and hunting buddy Tony my nephew in the early days.

After travelling around I settled in Queenstown. The adventure capital of the world.

I joined New Zealand Deerstalkers, Southern Lakes branch in 1989 and have held most positions within the club. I completed the NZDA HUNTS programme in November 2009 becoming a HUNTS instructor, the 7th in NZ gaining a diploma in outdoor leadership. After running HUNTS courses for about 18 years I become a NZDA HUNTS course assessor. I am also a Range officer and range assessor.

Myself getting my Diploma from Bill O'Leary. 

Last year a position became available through the New Zealand Deerstalkers for a South Island HUNTS assessor which I applied for and got the position. This is the first time a job like this has been made available in NZ as it's a paid part time position. So I've made a small bit of history.

I was an active member of Wakatipu Search and Rescue SAR, for close to twenty years as a search team leader.  I joined Mountain Safety council at a similar time and became a bushcraft instructor, a firearms instructor and firearms assessor. I also become involved in scuba diving and have my rescue divers ticket and have been diving for around 25yrs.

In order to legally take clients out hunting I became a member of New Zealand professional hunting guides association passing the guides course and gaining their concession as a hunting guide.

Out guiding a client for Chamois. 

Early this year I completed the New Zealand Police Range Inspector course. I am now a certified Police range inspector.

I have done numerous jobs and my last employer was with and international company as a sales manager for 21yrs. I resigned from them and started my own company up 'Out There Southern Adventures' as an adventure guide having concessions for guiding, 4WD, fishing and  hunting.

'Out There Southern Adventures' camping out hunting.

I am married to Jane who is from the UK and we have two children, Lily and Tom. We live in Cromwell, Central Otago. The gateway to our adventure playground.

The entire 'Out There Southern Adventures' team.