The Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of New Zealand (CORANZ) says foreign purchases of rural land were of major concern and undermined election promises by government’s three coalition parties at the 2017 election. Assurances before the 2017 election by … Continue reading
by Tony Orman Back in the 1950s and 1960s I used to get the American fishing and hunting magazine “Field and Stream”. On the last page was a column by Ed Zern. He was droll often zany in his … Continue reading
by Tony Orman A major new study on North American bird populations appeared in the journal Science late last year. It included detail on research, led by Ken Rosenberg, a conservation scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, that warned of alarming declines … Continue reading
The University of Auckland is conducting a survey on people’s attitudes to “pests”. They have created an online survey based on new research to test how New Zealanders feel about pest management and want as many people as possible to take … Continue reading
Reports from Scotland of massive problems with salmon farming have prompted a former commercial fisherman to speak out against government plans to encourage fish farming. Pete Watson president of the Marlborough Recreational Fishers Association said according to reliable reports the Scottish … Continue reading
Some conservationists have slammed a Fairfax article aimed at children that claimed kea were being poisoned through eating lead head nails. Kea are poisoning themselves by eating lead head nails on mountain hut roofs said the on-line article. The article … Continue reading
An Opinion by Ben Hope The common denominator in mostly all human problems is the size of the world’s population. The coronavirus type of plague was arguably inevitable. Whenever any species lives in crowded conditions, disease outbreak and transmission … Continue reading
An Opinion piece by Tony Orman Each October New Zealand celebrates Labour Day with a public holiday. The country rejoices in the 40 hour working week. But really politicians have both an audacity and arrogance plus a good dollop of hypocrisy to … Continue reading
by Tony Orman A query about the Possum – has its danger been exaggerated? That was the title of an article I wrote for the “NZ Weekly News” back in 1961. Strangely the article drew no comment and I have … Continue reading
Dr John Robinson author of newly published book “Unrestrained Slaughter – The Maori Musket Wars 1800-1840” dares to enter the fray of the Treaty of Waitangi issue for it is a subject that provokes too easily accusations of “racist” rather … Continue reading
The police are failing to uphold the integrity of firearm laws by letting poachers “off the hook” says a Wairarapa landowner Bud Jones . In January last year, four shooters armed with rifles entered his property which was surrounded by a … Continue reading
Most bats eat insects and are called insectivores. Bats like to eat beetles, moths, mosquitoes, and more. And they eat a lot of insects. One little brown bat can eat up to 500 mosquito-sized insects in an hour! But New Zealand’s bats are in serious … Continue reading
by Ben Hope In Scotland salmon farms have been banned from describing themselves as “sustainable” because of the environmental problems created by their industry. The Scottish Advertising Standards Agency, according to a UK magazine – British Edition of “Country Living” magazine … Continue reading
On 9 March, TV 3’s ‘AM Show’, host Duncan Garner and sports presenter Mark Richardson went viral against the anti-1080 public. According to the duo, anti-1080 people are a ‘loud, ignorant, uneducated group” of “extremists”. The ranting rhetoric by the … Continue reading
by Rex Gibson – ecologist and scientist The Federation of Freshwater Anglers Inc. (NZFFA) has long believed that one of the major factors in the dramatic demise of the trout populations across the Canterbury Plains has been increasing nitrate levels … Continue reading
The Council of Outdoor Recreation Assns of NZ (CORANZ) in submissions on the Department of Conservation’s whitebait management proposals, has called on the department to be a strong advocate for habitat for the migratory fish. “CORANZ is perplexed by the complete failure … Continue reading
An American university professor has warned New Zealand to wake up to the dangers of primary schools holding pest killing events that glorify killing animals. Dr Marc Bekoff professor of ecology and biology at the University of Colorado said there … Continue reading
The Hauraki Gulf is on the verge of collapse according to a new report “State of the Gulf 2020.” The report warns little progress has been made since the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park was established 20 years ago. Destructive commercial … Continue reading
The Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ (CORANZ) has responded to a call for opinion on whitebait management with a strong message to look after habitat and control black market sales. Any ideas of a recreational whitebait licence were … Continue reading
by Tony Orman Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ (CORANZ) Letters to the editor are read by relevant departmental bureaucrats. Did you know government departments contract a clipping service to scan publications? Therefore a letter to the editor … Continue reading
