DiscoverAotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast161: Empowering Kiwi Women in Hunting & Fishing with Wild Chix Isabell Zitzelsberger
161: Empowering Kiwi Women in Hunting & Fishing with Wild Chix Isabell Zitzelsberger

161: Empowering Kiwi Women in Hunting & Fishing with Wild Chix Isabell Zitzelsberger

Update: 2025-10-30
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Isabell Zitzelsberger moved to Aotearoa in 2012 to be closer to nature. She now spends her weekends exploring the bush and the sea, whether that’s chasing fish, deer stalking in the Kaimai Range or teaching other women to back a trailer with confidence. After years of being the “partner who just goes along,” Isabell realised how many women shared that same story. She decided to change it, founding Wild Chix - a community helping women gain skills and confidence in boating, hunting and fishing. Isabell talks about her journey from learning to tow a boat to catching her first marlin, the lessons she’s learnt in the bush, and why self-reliance outdoors matters so much. She reflects on confidence, safety and finding freedom in New Zealand’s wild places.


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161: Empowering Kiwi Women in Hunting & Fishing with Wild Chix Isabell Zitzelsberger

161: Empowering Kiwi Women in Hunting & Fishing with Wild Chix Isabell Zitzelsberger

Abigail Hannah