Minister for Courts and the Associate Minister of Justice (Firearms) Nicole McKee has hit back at Police Association president Chris Cahill’s criticism of her. “You may have seen the open letter from Police Association President Chris Cahill, expressing concerns about … Continue reading
Press releaseNZ Deerstalkers’ Association The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) fully supports the Conservation (Membership of New Zealand Conservation Authority) Amendment Bill announced today that acknowledges recreational hunters’ significant role in New Zealand’s conservation landscape. Under the proposed Member’s Bill from ACT … Continue reading
Press release NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party The NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party has commended the government for practical, positive moves towards firearm ownership and giving recreational hunters a voice around conservation authority tables. Party president Alan Simmons was responding … Continue reading
Laurie Collins of Westport has a long history of dealing with pest poisons. As a young teenage Forest Service trainee he worked on the first 1080 trials at the Caples Valley near Queenstown and in subsequent years as a pest … Continue reading
Fears are that Australia’s orange roughy stocks are under threat from a New Zealand super trawler of Talley Fisheries. The orange roughy fishery plunged under previous fishing, apparently by Talleys. Conservationists are concerned by the decision to allow the Amaltal … Continue reading
Book Review ”The Fight for Freshwater – a memoir” by Mike Joy, published by Bridget Williams Books, price $39.99. Reviewed by Tony Orman. A leading ecologist and a controversial one at that Mike Joy has written a book “The Fight for … Continue reading
by Ben Hope Possums and rats may be a biological weapon against the spread of wilding pines in the high country by gobbling up the seeds. Research led by Scion invasion ecologist Tom Carlin revealed that rodents and possums – … Continue reading
Special report LegaSea is “stunned” that Fisheries NZ is blaming the climate for snapper having “milky white flesh syndrome.” “Fisheries NZ said the climate blame by-passed last year’s laboratory results that showed snapper were in a “state of chronic malnutrition”. … Continue reading
Special report Hugh Devereux-Mack The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) has refuted anti-firearm based claims by the Police Association over government proposals aimed to ease irrelevant rules on firearm clubs and ranges. COLFO spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack gave as examples claims made … Continue reading
From a statement from Brad Gallop, Chairperson, Council of Licensed Firearm Owners and newspaper reports. 25 June 2024 Brad Gallop, Chairperson, Council of Licensed Firearm Owners, has praised the coalition government’s current reform proposals of firearm laws in response to … Continue reading
Opinion by David Mack Introduction: Lawyer and currently Labour MP for Christchurch Central Duncan Webb in his latest newsletter said this on the coalition government’s moves re firearm ownership. Under a heading Backtrack on Gun Safety, Duncan Webb wrote:- The … Continue reading
Opinion by Andi Cockroft, Chairman CORANZ Inheriting the British governmental style, GodZone relies on “Common Law” as a backstop to judicial thinking. Common Law acts as a precedent-setting set of decisions that are passed down over the years. We still … Continue reading
Opinion:- Lynley Tulloch University Lecturer, Early Childhood Education School possum hunts in Aotearoa New Zealand tend to be polarising. On the one hand is the school’s touted mission of environmental conservation couched in community values and identity. On the other … Continue reading
By Alan Simmons The Rotorua Council is considering a directive from the Health Department to add fluoride to Rotorua’s water supply. Some Councillors and many of the public are opposing this. As councils countrywide ramp up the addition … Continue reading
Special Report A nationwide sports fishing and environmental advocacy, the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers has told a parliamentary select committee that the Fast Track Approvals Bill threatens both New Zealand’s environment and democracy. “ We strongly oppose the … Continue reading
Speaking at the Environmental Defence Society conference in Ōtautahi/Christchurch on 11 June, Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka told of a dismal outlook for a stressed Department of Conservation due to cyclonic storms, e.g. Gabrielle the challenge of combatting “invasive species” … Continue reading
by Laurie Collins Editor’s note: Laurie Collins is now retired but still active recreationally in the “bush” particularly in the West Coast and Lewis Pass areas. His working career dealing with wildlife embraced early trials of 1080 poison, field work … Continue reading
Press release Through an Official Information Act request, the Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand says it has uncovered that the police have been “quietly engaged” in a multi-year harassment campaign targeting legal firearm owners following the March 2019 shooting … Continue reading
There is widespread public concern about the Fast Track Approvals Bill being pushed by the coalition government’s two cabinet ministers Shane Jones and Chris Bishop. According to an article by Greenpeace, that concern has spread to many who voted National … Continue reading
