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Opinion by Tony Orman “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good,” my dear mother used to say.  It was an adage that I initially  found somewhat confusing but now I know through experience. The recent experience of lockdown … Continue reading →

Book Review: “The Great Unknown’ by Geoff Spearpoint. Published by Potton and Burton. Price $60. Reviewed by Tony Orman This book “The Great Unknown” is strikingly illustrated, informative and makes for absorbing reading about the author’s wilderness explorations of the Southern … Continue reading →

Opinion by Tony Orman   NZ First is making a last-ditch attempt to scramble into parliament and are using the 1080 poison issue to fuel its efforts. Political pundits are predicting NZ First will be history after election day. NZ … Continue reading →

Yesterday the Independent Police Conduct Authority released its decision on three raids of the homes of licenced firearms owners following the Mosque shootings and judged  the Police’s actions were unlawful. The Authority ruled that Police misused Section 18, which says Police may … Continue reading →

(NZ Outdoors Party press release) It’s challenging and frustrating being an emerging party battling against the status quo. Many are bored and frustrated about old boys (and girls) politics, but are unaware of the innovative policies offered by emerging parties such as … Continue reading →

If the Department of Conservation was hoping to diffuse the tahr culling debate by releasing a new control plan, it has failed wrote Neal Wallace in the “Farmers Weekly”. Hunters says the plan is driven by ideology. NZ Deerstalkers Association … Continue reading →

“Sweat and Toil – The Building of New Zealand” by John McLean, published by Tross Publishing. Price $40. Reviewed by Tony Orman In this 252 page book, are the story of some amazing construction feats of the 19h century in … Continue reading →

Reports of DOC and Minister Eugenie Sage turning their killing programme from tahr to deer suggests the extermination edict is paramount in government polices says a hunting and environmental advocacy. Laurie Collins spokesman for the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust, has backed … Continue reading →

DOC Turns from Tahr to Deer Having successfully initiated a cull of tahr, Conservation Minister Eugene Sage has now set her sights on deer says an article in the “Farmers Weekly”, September 14. Sage has instructed her department (DOC) to … Continue reading →

In the annual Fish & Game Magazine, issued free to all licence holders, political parties were polled on their policies in respect of fishing and duck hunting.  Fish & Game asked two questions: 1.       Whether political parties support the need … Continue reading →

A Discreditable Discussion Paper on Trout Farming Dear Councillors The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, (NZFFA), has much in common with the objectives of the Acclimatization Societies of old and their replacement Fish and Game NZ. Many of our … Continue reading →

by John Veysey of Coromandel At present there are eighteen bovine TB-infected herds in Hawkes Bay. Ospri has found a TB-infected pig on private land. The infected pig was taken from the 12,000 ha of Tataraakina C trust land.  Ospri … Continue reading →

by Tony Orman Should a government dictate to the public or should the people tell the government what to do? If you believe the government should be fearful of the wrath of the public and a subsequent backlash at election … Continue reading →

Opinion by Lewis Hore How often do we see hear and read these days in all media of the number of people relying on food banks with numbers growing steadily and food banks requiring more and more, yet struggling to … Continue reading →

NZ First has promised to make up to $100 million available to expand marine farming and aquaculture, but an outdoor recreation council has slammed it saying the party is only serving its fishing company corporate bedfellows. Andi  Cockroft, chairman of … Continue reading →

Opinion  by Pete Watson  The Marlborough Sounds is in deep trouble or to be exact – deep silt and filth. As many know and yet fail to stand up and express concern loud and clear, is that the people’s Marlborough … Continue reading →

My kids they went a-hunting  And they shot a deer Part of a way of life We hold very near For when our modern forefathers Founded our country free This is exactly how they intended Things would always be New … Continue reading →

New Zealand’s recreational trout fishery conservatively earns at least one billion dollars annually for the national economy and is now again threatened by a trout farming proposal, says the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA). Rex Gibson, ecologist and … Continue reading →

Press release from NZ Outdoors Party The over exploitation of fish species and the lethargy by government to enforce stricter controls has angered the New Zealand Outdoors Party.Outdoors Party co-leader Alan Simmons made his comment after watching an interview by … Continue reading →

Opinion by Neil Hayes – QSM CEnv (Chartered Environmentalist) Below is a piece I wrote some time ago but sadly the Department of Conservation (DOC) has got worse since then. Contrary to what the department’s scientist Dr Elliott would have the public believe, the Department’s aerial … Continue reading →