In response to numerous requests, CORANZ has been asked about the ten questions sent to all political parties.
Here are the questions and the accompanying letter.
To recap the assessments were:-
Scores assessed in order were:-
Outdoors and Freedom 20
Conservative 19
ACT 14
National 12.5
Labour, Greens, NZ First, Opportunity 0 – i.e. did not respond despite three reminders
To political party Policy Division,
Below are 10 points in order to assess political party policies on outdoor recreation and related environmental issues, that the Council of Outdoor Recreation Assns of New Zealand (CORANZ) is seeking.
Could you please reply by the 15th October – preferably before?
CORANZ has e mailed all parties of significance and will examine responses and be publicising them prior to the election.
CORANZ represents the interests of the hundreds of thousands of the outdoor sporting and environmental public through its member bodies, affiliations and liaisons. The environment allied with outdoor recreation is of growing importance as population grows and the demand on resources increases. In addition increasing numbers of New Zealanders are seeking recreation in the outdoors be it sea fishing, tramping, trout fishing, hunting, shooting, 4 wheel drive activities and others.
As you are aware New Zealand’s clean green image is important to not only the economy but also to the environment and the public.
It is suggested you examine the 10 points and simply in your reply, note one of the following:- “agree” or “neutral” or “disagree” to each of the sixteen.
CORANZ welcomes any additional comments. Feel free to do so.
Please reply by e mail to <botonz@icloud.com> by15 October.
The responses will be assessed, rated and distributed to members as well as to the wider outdoor recreation public.
Thank You,
Tony Orman
Andi Cockroft – Co Chair CORANZ
Tony Orman, Administration Officer
Questions
1. New Zealand should replace the index for national prosperity, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) based on solely economic indicators, with Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) based on three values – social, environmental and economic to thus fully measure the quality of life.
Agree
Disagree
Willing to consider
2. Establish a population policy for New Zealand – relative to national, regional, cultural conflicts and immigration aspects.
Agree
Disagree
Willing to consider
3. Recognition of freshwater (e.g. trout, salmon, perch etc.,) and saltwater fish, game birds (e.g. pheasant, quail, chukar etc) and game animal (e.g. deer, wapiti, tahr, chamois etc.,) resources as valued species publicly owned with full, equal and proper public access to them.
Agree
Disagree
Willing to Consider
4. Impose stricter controls on foreign ownership of New Zealand land, including accurate statistics about the extent of foreign ownership of urban properties, farm and forestry lands and businesses.
Agree
Disagree
Willing to consider
5. Fair and adequate public input into decision-making is vital and must be restored. Over recent decades, restrictions have unfairly been placed on speaking times to committees both central and local government
Agree
Disagree
Willing to consider
6. In the light of collapses of orange roughy, east coast tarakihi and other fisheries that the integrity of the tradable Quota Management System (QMS) for the sea fishery resource be assessed by an independent, credible enquiry.
Agree
Disagree
Willing to consider
7. That a credible, full enquiry into the aerial poison regime with 1080 and brodifacoum be held.
Agree
Disagree
Willing to consider
8. Conduct a review by an independent and credible commission into the Department of Conservation’s performance and priorities
9. Governments should not use a free market trading ethos to solve environmental threats, e.g. tradable carbon credits serve no purpose to “global warming”, are uneconomic and detrimental ecologically with pine monoculture /loss of productive farm land/wilding pine spread resulting.
Agree
Disagree
Willing to consider
10. No purchase or selling of rights or access to recreational fishing or hunting be allowed. (Currently embodied in Section 23, Wildlife Act, for ducks and game birds) and trout and salmon Section 26ZN Conservation law Reform Act). A loophole that exploiters argue they’re only charging for access not the recreational rights, be closed by adding the phrase, “or access thereto”.
Agree
Disagree
Willing to consider