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
Prior to each General Election, we produce a Charter of aspirations and ask parties to respond to a few questions our Members are interested in. These responses are subsequently analysed and published on our website giving our Members an understanding … Continue reading
Results are starting to come in, with the Outdoor Party first to respond scoring 100%, followed by Aotea Legalise Cannabis Party also on 100%, and later by New Conservative slightly down at 89% The full charter can be read at … 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
by John McNab National Council of Fish and Game has decided to open up duck and game bird shooting and trout and salmon fishing to privatisation says NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA) secretary Rex Gibson in an editorial in … Continue reading
The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association says the Department of Conservation’s revised tahr control operational plan released yesterday shows that culling the Himalayan tahr herd as now planned is based on ideology, political interference, a lack of quality data and science … Continue reading
by John McNab The choice for most New Zealanders in the up-coming election were not very encouraging in the light of both past and the current government performances – and broken promises. But it’s vital to not be deterred and to vote … Continue reading
By Tony Orman Conspiracy theorists proliferate in a time of crisis as in covid 19, recently wrote a columnist Max Boot in the “Washington Post.” When people despair, they often seek solace either in mainstream religion or in less organised, … Continue reading
The Fish and Game organisation that administers and manages he public’s trout and salmon fishing and game bird shooting and currently subject to a government review, has been given a “thumbs up” from an outdoor recreation council. Council of Outdoor … Continue reading
Opinion by Ben Hope The government’s three political parties with an election looming, are guilty of a 2017 election broken promise over foreigners buying rural land. Last year in October 2019 it was revealed despite Labour, the Greens and New … Continue reading
