(special report) Businessman and former trout fisherman Bob Jones has strongly criticised government’s recreational fishing and other outdoor sports bans under lockdown rules. Writing on his website “No Punches Pulled” he lambasted the government for “lunatic rules”. “Fishing is banned. … Continue reading
by Ben Hope Recently a Radio NZ investigation revealed the four largest private landowners in New Zealand are all foreign-owned forestry companies. In the 2017 election campaign, Labour, Green and NZ First parties all promised a clampdown on farmland going … Continue reading
An earlier posting raised the question of the toxicity of diazinon recalling that In May 2012 dead mallard ducks were found on a Landcorp farm at Cape Foulwind, West Coast, after 1500 hectares were sprayed with diazinon.Its use is widespread as … Continue reading
In May 2012 dead mallard ducks were found on a Landcorp farm at Cape Foulwind, West Coast, after 1500 hectares were sprayed with diazinon.Its use is widespread as an insecticide often in the form called Dew600. This is around 60% … Continue reading
An Opinion by Tony Orman On November 18, 2019, “The Australian” arguably Australia’s most astute and credible newspaper, one that has not succumbed to the tabloid trash style, ran an article titled “Plea to Rein in Water Barons to Help Suicidal Irrigators”. … Continue reading
A prominent hunter and wild deer photographer Clyde Graf of Hamilton, has dismissed concerns voiced that a ban on hunting due to the coronavirus “lockdown” will lead to exploding deer numbers. “The deer populations can’t explode in a single year, … Continue reading
by John McNab Fears of wild deer numbers getting out of control have no practical foundation says a hunting and conservation lobby. West Coast conservationist Laurie Collins spokesman for the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust, said talk of wild animal explosions … Continue reading
-Microsoft News Renowned conservationist and activist Dr Jane Goodall is hoping the coronavirus pandemic will be a wake-up call, warning the crisis is a result of human disregard for nature and animals. Dr Goodall said we should have known a … Continue reading
Opinion by Dr Peter Trolove, president NZ Federation Freshwater Anglers Recovery for New Zealand after the coronavirus pandemic should include the Coalition Government’s promise to reverse the decline in our freshwater resources both in terms of water quality and quantity … Continue reading
by Tony Orman Economic growth has raised living standards around the world. It is measured by gross domestic product (GDP), but is narrowly restricted to the “dollar size” of a nation’s economy and fails to measure a nation’s welfare be … Continue reading
President Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most powerful voices in the history of American conservation. He was an ardent and active hunter and quickly developed a strong spiritual empathy with the wilderness and conservation. Enthralled by nature from a … Continue reading
An off-duty police officer has been caught hunting just days after the coronavirus lockdown began. Later Stuff media revealed the man, who was also sighted putting a deer into the boot of his car, was off-duty police officer Neil Gillespie who the … Continue reading
Doubt has been placed on eating rabbits that might have contracted rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD). David McKay has hunted and studied rabbits since he was 9 years old. David McKay a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Study of … Continue reading
by Ben Hope A facebook page called ’the great NZ lock up mouse hunt” showing cruelty inflicted on rats and mice has been described as “deeply disturbing and sadistic” by Dr Lynley Tulloch, a social scientist University of South … Continue reading
by Tony Orman “The Sand County Almanac” is one of my most cherished books in my bookshelf. Aldo Leopold was an American author, philosopher, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and … Continue reading
Opinion by Andi Cockroft, CORANZ chairman According to reports in the New Zealand Herald here, Wellington City councillor Sean Rush suggests dumping One Million Litres of Sludge per day into Cook Strait to save costs. Blaming Covid-19 as a reason … Continue reading
Cries that coronavirus lockdown was interfering with “essential pest control” were scare-mongering not unlike supermarket panic buying says a hunting organisation the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust. The comment was in response to an Auckland University conservation biologist Dr James Russell … Continue reading
by Bill Wordsworth My friend had driven over a certain back country road on several occasions and every time he drove over a particular bridge which crossed a large river he had a good look. He had heard whispers of … Continue reading
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
