Special Report According to reports from Australia Woolworths ceased the sale of a deadly line of pest control products from Saturday August 1. Brands of rodenticide like Talon Rat and Mouse Killer containing brodifacoum have been removed from shop shelves. … Continue reading
Press release by minister Nicole McKee After six years of work, the broken Arms Act 1983 will finally be repealed and replaced with a law that gives licenced firearm owners the respect they deserve by treating them as the law-abiding … Continue reading
Editor’s note: CORANZ is deliberately focussing on political matters leading up to the November 7 election. Politics in outdoor recreation is simply ‘cause and effect.’ by Tony Orman The first paragraph of a recent article on website “Newsroom” said “Labour … Continue reading
From Radio NZ West Coast regional councillor Andy Campbell says there should be more harvesting of wild animals for food rather than being left to rot on the forest floor. The West Coast Regional Council was reviewing its Regional Pest … Continue reading
Press release by ACT political party. Editor’s note: CORANZ – which is apolitical – will publish any topics relevant to outdoor recreation from political parties. Voters need to know policies. Nicole McKee “New Zealand hunters have spent generations in the backcountry. Every … Continue reading
Opinion by Ben Hope Government – or it should be recent governments – have forgotten they are elected by a democratic system of elections to serve the public interest. In between elections recent governments have increasingly sidelined democracy and the … Continue reading
Book Review: , reviewed by Tony Orman. by Tony Orman I’ve just read a newly published book “Ringside: A Political Memoir” by Mike Munro who in his working career as a journalist spent nearly 22 years working inside the parliamentary … Continue reading
Special report Kathy White, former Waikato Regional Councillor for nine years and Chair of the council’s environmental performance committee for six years, is calling for an urgent inquiry into the ethics of school fundraising hunting competitions, citing escalating animal‑welfare concerns, … Continue reading
Press release ACT Conservation spokesperson and keen hunter Cameron Luxton has welcomed today’s designation of Fiordland’s wapiti as New Zealand’s first Herd of Special Interest. “This is recognition of something hunters have known for years, the best conservation often comes from … Continue reading
The Coalition Government has launched a dangerous assault – via its Conservation Amendment Bill – on New Zealand’s conservation land says a press release by Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman. They are trying to make it easier for mining companies … Continue reading
Press release The New Zealand Outdoor Party has modified its name to the Freedom Party, in response to people requests for a simple name and the decline of democracy. In a newsletter announcing the change, the party said the battle lines … Continue reading
From NZ Deerstalkers Assn, newsletter The Health and Safety at Work Amendment Act has passed into law changes affecting businesses and workplaces but also has implications for recreation. The new law contains what may be its most important – yet … Continue reading
A modelling error by the Ministry of Fisheries resulted in the collapse of the tarakihi fishery had not been apparent to ministry officials because iof a ‘modelling error.”. The 2022 assessment of the eastern tarakihi fishery indicated the population at … Continue reading
Special report Greenpeace warns that the controversial Conservation Amendment Bill is still on the table. In an e mail the organisation is calling for donations to fund the fight to safeguard public lands such as conservation parks. “The Government has … Continue reading
Editor’s note: Below are extracts relative to outdoor recreation, from Nicole McKee’s speech on recently being made deputy leader of the ACT party. “I couldn’t be prouder to be standing up here, thanks to the trust and confidence of my … Continue reading
Opinion by Gerry McSweeney Conservation Minister Tama Potaka promised yesterday that he will withdraw the liberalised DOC land sale and exchange provisions of the Conservation Amendment Bill. The change in the functions of DOC that maximise commercialisation of DOC land … Continue reading
special report There’s a furore brewing over the Department of Conservation prosecution of the Whangarei Bird Rescue Centre for allowing a visitor to hold a kiwi when the visitor had not first attended a ‘kiwi handling course’. The Centre is … Continue reading
Press release Act Party ACT Conservation spokesperson and keen hunter Cameron Luxton has welcomed the passing of the Game Animal Council (Herds of Special Interest) Amendment Bill, saying it marks a long-overdue shift in how New Zealand approaches hunting and … Continue reading
Press Release Conservatives.NZ Backdowns by ministers Shane Jones and Tama Potaka over the Fisheries Amendment Bill and Conservation Amendment bills respectively should be watched closely particularly after the election, depending on election results warns the Conservative Party. Conservative Party leader … Continue reading
Special report Despite government’s Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka withdrawing the controversial Conservation Amendment Bill involving commercialising public lands, NZ First’s Shane Jones who is also Minister of Resources in the current coalition government has vowed to keep pushing for the public estate … Continue reading
