Monthly Archives: August 2024

Book on New Zealand’s Native Mammals

Book review:- New Zealand’s Native Mammals by Carolyn King, published by White Cloud books from Upstart press. price $34.99 (available early October) reviewed by Tony Orman. New Zealand is unique world-wide in terms of native mammals. There were  no four … Continue reading

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CAFCA’s “Watchdog” Cartoon

Editor’s note:- “Foreign Control Watchdog” is the bulletin of CAFCA, a watch dog lobby group on foreign intrusion into NZ’s economy and environment. CAFCA deserves support and subscribers. Google CAFCA to get details.

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Fast Track Approvals Bill “Backward Facing Policy says CAFCA

Special Report “Campaign Against Foreign control of Aotearoa” common known as CAFCA, has termed the government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill as Backward Facing Policy. Writing in the latest issue of CAFCA’s “Watchdog bulletin, Murray Horton  said the bill was disreputable. … Continue reading

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Economic Group Want More Commercial Pine Forests —But.

Special Report Some economists are wanting more commercial pine forests and more planting of pines for carbon credits. And they are claiming that rivers and lakes would be cleaner if pines replaced livestock farming says a new paper from the … Continue reading

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Media Are “Disgraceful” Making Slurs on Minister Nicole McKee

ACT MP Cameron Luxton has described as “disgraceful attacks on Nicole’s character and integrity” by cartoonists in main centre newspapers after Police Association president Chris Cahill claimed the minister had shut the Police Association out of consultation on firearm laws. … Continue reading

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Police Wrongly Gave Christchurch Mosque Killer a Firearm Licence

(special report) The New Zealand Police wrongly granted Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant a firearms licence despite a number of irregularities in his application. The disclosure came on the Platform website, 16 August, when host Michael Laws interviewed the president of … Continue reading

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Hunting Book Review -“One of the best hunting books I’ve read for ages”

Book Review “Sam the Trap Man” – subtitle -”cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush.” by Sam Gibson published by Allen and Unwin, price $45. Reviewed by Tony Orman This has to be one of the best hunting books … Continue reading

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Leaving Auckland’s Rat Race for the Central Otago Quiet

Book Review “The Road to Chatto Creek”- subtitle “leaving the rat race for life in the country” by Matt Chisholm published by Allen and Unwin. Price $45. Reviewed by Tony Orman. Matt Chisholm and his wife Ellen and family left … Continue reading

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Minister Nicole McKee Rejects Police Chief Cahill’s Outburst

Minister for Courts and the Associate Minister of Justice (Firearms) Nicole McKee has hit back at Police Association president Chris Cahill’s criticism of her. “You may have seen the open letter from Police Association President Chris Cahill, expressing concerns about … Continue reading

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Recreational Hunters to Have a Voice on the Conservation Authority Under Proposed Bill?

Press releaseNZ Deerstalkers’ Association The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) fully supports the Conservation (Membership of New Zealand Conservation Authority) Amendment Bill announced today that acknowledges recreational hunters’ significant role in New Zealand’s conservation landscape.  Under the proposed Member’s Bill from ACT … Continue reading

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Outdoors Party Commends Government’s Positive Moves For Outdoors – Rejects Police Association Criticism

Press release NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party The NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party has commended the government for practical, positive moves towards firearm ownership and giving recreational hunters a voice around conservation authority tables. Party president Alan Simmons was responding … Continue reading

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Brodifacoum Worse Poison than 1080

Laurie Collins of Westport has a long history of dealing with pest poisons. As a young teenage Forest Service trainee he worked on the first 1080 trials at the Caples Valley near Queenstown and in subsequent years as a pest … Continue reading

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