Monthly Archives: January 2026

What Does a 3°C World Really Mean? Post by Guest Author Dave Rhodes Disclosure, whether you subscribe to the CO2-driven concept of Global Warming or not, the climate appears to be generally warming. Should that ever hit the predicted 3°C … Continue reading →

What PFAS Means for Land, Water, and Recreation Recent international coverage has drawn attention to the issue of persistent contaminants entering land and food systems, often framed in stark and unsettling terms. Attention grabbing headlines such as “cancer-causing toxins discovered … Continue reading →

Tempting the Next Generation Outdoors (A discussion piece for Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of New Zealand) It has become almost a cliché to say that younger generations are “glued to their phones”. Yet clichés usually exist because they contain … Continue reading →

The recent decision by Shane Jones not to proceed with changes allowing the commercial retention and sale of marlin caught as bycatch has been widely welcomed across the recreational fishing community. After strong public opposition and a high level of … Continue reading →

What’s Changing And What It Means For Your Fishing And Hunting From Auckland-Waikato Fish and Game The Bottom Line The Government is modernising Fish and Game. These changes may affect your access to hunting and fishing opportunities, how your licence … Continue reading →

Why the Fish & Game Reform Bill Matters Opinion by Andi Cockroft, CORANZ Chair The Government’s proposed reform of Fish & Game New Zealand has been framed as administrative tidy-up - a way to improve consistency, reduce conflict, and ensure … Continue reading →

Kerikeri’s Swimming Spots and the Wider Issue of Recreational Access Guest Post by Dave Rhodes Public waterways, river swimming holes, and local natural features have long been a core part of New Zealand’s outdoor culture. For generations, people have cooled … Continue reading →

Prompted by this article from RNZ, John Davey writes Ngawi and the Fragility of Getting There The road to Ngawi has always been vulnerable. Anyone familiar with the coast beyond Lake Ferry knows this. The sea presses close, storms cut … Continue reading →

What Murky Water Means for Recreation Guest Post by Dave Rhodes New research reported by RNZ has given a name to something many coastal users have noticed for years: “darkwaves” - periods when sediment and suspended material reduce light reaching … Continue reading →

How Hydro Operations Shape River Temperature, Pollution, and Public Use Post by CORANZ Member Hydroelectricity is often described as clean, renewable, and benign. In carbon terms, that is largely true. But carbon is not the only measure that matters - … Continue reading →

Rethinking a Deeply Embedded Assumption Opinion by Andi Cockroft. Chair, CORANZ In New Zealand environmental debates, one comparison is often made so casually that it has hardened into something like fact: that introduced deer simply replaced the browsing role once … Continue reading →

Water quality matters to recreation and communities alike Water connects everything: the places we explore, the rivers we swim in, the taps we drink from, and the landscapes that shape community life. Yet globally, access to safe drinking water remains … Continue reading →

Electronic waste - often shortened to e-waste - is quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world. It rarely features in public debate about land use or outdoor environments, yet its impacts are physical, place-based, and increasingly … Continue reading →

Maybe Not Anymore For years we have been told that Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination is effectively permanent - that rivers, lakes, estuaries, and groundwater affected by so-called “forever chemicals” are simply lost. The public response has usually been the same: … Continue reading →