Book Review:- Reviewed by Tony Orman. This book is timely on two accounts in view of the declining democracy that has taken place under the last two governments – not forgetting of course, there is an election looming later this year. … Continue reading
Gary Mauser featured in a recent CORANZ posting on reports of the failure of a Canadian firearm programme Gary Mauser, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, is Professor Emeritus at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. He received … Continue reading
Reports from Canada indicate the Canadian firearms program has failed. The Canadian lobby organisation “Justice for Gun Owners” says no convincing empirical evidence can be found that the programme has improved public safety. Violent crime and suicide rates remain virtually … Continue reading
Opinion Piece by Rex N. Gibson The Current Status. New Zealand Fish and Game has operated to serve the interests of freshwater sports-fish anglers and game bird shooters, in its present form, since 1990. It replaced a national network of … Continue reading
Fish & Game New Zealand has welcomed the review announced by the Conservation Minister Eugnie Sage, says New Zealand Fish and Game Council Chair Paul Shortis. “The Minister of Conservation has announced an independent review of Fish and Game, and … Continue reading
Opinion by Dr Lynley Tulloch If there has been one message that was repeatedly driven home during the various stages of lockdown it was this – be kind. However, it would seem that ‘kindness’ did not cross the species barrier … Continue reading
by Michelle Terry TVOne news tonight featured coverage that inhumane treatment of so-called pest animals, including rats and cats, is concerning the authorities including the Society for the Protection of Animals (SPCA). Torture and inhumane drownings where animals suffer is … Continue reading
Animal welfare advocates have major concerns about a disturbing trend in New Zealand in which people are maltreating and torturing pests in the name of conservation writes Alison Pugh of television One News. One NEWS obtained a video posted to … Continue reading
The Government’s long anticipated action plan for healthy waterways, released on 28 May 2020, failed to deal with the deteriorated state the public’s rivers and streams and general water resource says the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers. Federation president … Continue reading
By Tony Orman Minute quantities of ‘free chlorine residuals’ are poisonous to trout and aquatic life and it is unsafe to discharge chlorinated water into a river at any concentration says a study done 40 years ago. The study was done in 1971 and entitled … Continue reading
An opinion by Neil Hayes QSM CEnv PhD FRSA In 2012, six years after lead shot was banned for duck shooting in 12 gauge shotguns, I wrote an article for “NZ Guns and Hunting” about the demise of mallard … Continue reading
An Opinion by Dave Witherow There is nothing wrong with the existing Fish & Game structure, and no valid reason for radical change Recent reports of trouble within Fish & Game conform to a standard script which surfaces about once … Continue reading
Opinion by Rex Gibson Both the Labour, NZ First and Green Parties campaigned in the last election, on promises to clean up New Zealand’s waterways. However disappointingly, the latest announcements are as close to a National party approach as you … Continue reading
Opinion by Laurie Collins, West Coast I read, with absolute disbelief, that the Department of Conservation is going to spend $15 million to attempt to make Mt. Te Kinga, near the West Coast’s Lake Brunner, pest free. The area quoted … Continue reading
by Carol Sawyer Never have I seen so many winter aerial 1080 operations as now! They barely gave themselves a breathing space. The Department of Conservation aerially 1080-poisoned 61,000 hectares of the Waitutu Forest and the Princess Mountains, Fiordland, 11-12 … Continue reading
by Tony Orman The arrival of the migrant native bird the cuckoo used to be eagerly listened for around October 1. The bird is small and is more often heard than seen, identified by its distinctive whistling call repeated several … Continue reading
Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage needs to take a basic biology lesson on the difference between a vegetarian herbivore and a carnivore predator, says a hunting and conservation advocacy. Laurie Collins spokesman for the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust (SHOT) said Minister … Continue reading
The Government’s recently announced freshwater reforms are a masterclass in rhetoric over substance, says a trout and salmon fishing advocacy, the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers. The widely held view is that while Government listened to the science, acted … Continue reading
Opinion by Michelle Terry Reducing pesticides, using—not wasting—our resources, and creating truly ‘green’ jobs in Nature. Can we do it? In contrast to other countries which are reducing the impact of toxic chemicals on their natural environments, the New Zealand … Continue reading
by John McNab The Quota Management System which government uses to manage the saltwater fishery should be dumped says national fishing advocate Legasea. Legasea has been working for over three years on an campaign titled Rescue Fish to salvage the … Continue reading
