Governments had a strong tendency to show a bias towards foreign investors says Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA). Murray Horton, CAFCA’s secretary/organiser writing in the latest issue of the organisation’s “Foreign Control Watchdog” said the standard line from … Continue reading
by Ben Hope An analysis of the government’s performance in stemming the foreign buy-up of New Zealand has given it a mixed mark. Murray Horton, secretary organiser for Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) said while there were encouraging … Continue reading
by Tony Orman “The sport of trout fishing belongs to all New Zealanders.” That was the first sentence in a chapter entitled “Trout Farming” in a book I wrote back in 1979 entitled “The Sport in Fishing.” Trout farming was … Continue reading
Compiled by Ben Hope John Muir, a noted early 20th century American conservationist and author, was the founder of the US’s Sierra Club and wrote several books as well, including The Mountains of California (1894), Our National Parks (1901), Stickeen: … Continue reading
The New Zealand Outdoors Party is stunned that the government proceeded with strict lockdown rules and threats of prosecution despite preliminary Crown legal advice that government’s plans were unlawful. The lockdown rules prohibiting outdoors activities such as swimming, fishing, … Continue reading
The government’s intention to impose a firearm registry on the firearm owning public will be a waste of time and money says Nicole McKee of the Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO). The comment followed the release of the Auditor-General … Continue reading
Special report thanks to Newsroom. There are health issues lurking in New Zealanders’ water that need urgent attention says Dr Mike Joy, a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies in Wellington School of Business and Government … Continue reading
by Michelle Terry We have fallen into a habit of calling our public land ‘DoC-Land’ thanks to the media and even our politicians who use this jargon. But the hard, indisputable fact is that land doesn’t belong to the Department of … Continue reading
A very personal opinion by Andi Cockroft Environment Minister David Parker wants to fast track important project consents by excluding public input. If the Government goes ahead with this threat to remove public consultation from the RMA process surrounding major … Continue reading
A former president of the Professional Fishing Guides Association sees the proposal to review Fish and Game as an opportunity to effect positive change. “It would be wise to see what the Department of Conservation has in the way of plans … Continue reading
by Tony Orman I still regard October 1 as a special day, the opening of a new trout season heralding spring and early summer. It used to be in the 1950s when I was a barefoot kid fishing the Manawatu and its tributaries the Kahuterawa, Tokomaru and Tiritea there was … Continue reading
A major trout and salmon fishing advocacy has expressed strong support for Fish and Game NZ which the Minister of Conservation and Department of Conservation propose a review of.New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers president Peter Trolove of Canterbury made … Continue reading
The Council of Licenced Firearm Owners (COLFO) is today (4 May) heading to court to challenge the government and Minister of Police over its firearm law rushed through following the 2019 March 15 mosque massacre by an Australian. COLFO spokesperson … Continue reading
Opinion by Lynley Tulloch The creation of a Facebook page and group during the Covid-19 lockdown called The Great NZ Lock Up Mouse Hunt Comp is concerning on a number of levels. The aim of this group is for New … Continue reading
The beleaguered Fish and Game organisation under threat by the Department of Conservation and the Minister of Conservation of a review has received strong backing from the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ (CORANZ). CORANZ chairman Andi Cockroft said … Continue reading
Well known author of trout fishing books George Ferris, in the 1950s, once described Canterbury’s Selwyn River, in its hey-day, as being looked on as “the best brown trout river in the Dominion.” Sadly this is not the case today. An … Continue reading
A recent public opinion piece by World Animal Protection New Zealand condemning hunting has been roundly criticised by the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ (CORANZ). “The slagging of duck hunting by WAPNZ is hypocritical, poorly based and not … Continue reading
