Opinion by Ben Hope Hunting and fishing are two sports deeply ingrained into the Kiwi psyche. In New Zealand’s egalitarian society, anyone can fish or hunt. It was a legacy the first European settlers instilled into the new colony in … Continue reading
by Tony Orman New Zealand first settlers sought to escape the UK’s feudal system where wealth is often the key to access to natural resources and the outdoors. New Zealand was set up as an egalitarian society of equal opportunity … Continue reading
An opinion piece by Ben Hope The Christchurch mosque shootings were two consecutive terrorist attacks at mosques in the cityChristchurch, New Zealand, during Friday Prayer on 15 March 2019.The attacks began at the Al Noor Mosque in the suburb of … Continue reading
The NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers has urged professional fishing guides to get involved in fighting for clean and flowing rivers. In a lead letter to the “Star Sunday Times”, Tony Orman as spokesman for the federation said guides should … Continue reading
The right to own a firearm, subject to safety checks, is part of the New Zealand heritage – no different from gaining the right to drive a motor vehicle – says a sporting hunters advocacy group. West Coaster Laurie Collins, … Continue reading
A column in Fairfax papers by a Christchurch high school student Mia Sutherland entitled “The Trouble with Pines” has challenged the value of large scale pine plantings aimed at carbon trading and sequestering. It also provoked reaction from conservation and … Continue reading
Dead rats found on beaches near the mouth of the Buller River near Westport were almost certainly 1080 killed rodents, despite Department of Conservation denials says a trout fishing advocacy the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA) NZFFA president Dr … Continue reading
A river and trout fishers’ advocacy concern at chemicals entering the public’s rivers and streams, has been heightened by government’s much vaunted fresh-water reforms ignoring a number of them. The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA) has given … Continue reading
The NZ Sport Fishing Council has a chief executive officer with the appointment of Steven Stanford. A press release from the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council said Steven Sanford has an extensive history in Business Management with particularly strong skills in Business … Continue reading
by Tony Orman In the local body election in Marlborough climate change was a hot topic at candidate meetings. Probably it was elsewhere. I strongly suspect the world has a major problem, but in the much bigger picture of the … Continue reading
Seventy percent of New Zealanders want the commercial catch for tarakihi cut dramatically in order to restore stocks. A survey conducted by Horizon Research for national fishing advocacy Legasea found 70percent want a cut of between 40percent and 60percent to help … Continue reading
Guest Post – an Opinion contribution by Tony Orman A major new study on North American bird populations appeared in the journal Science recently. It included detail on research, led by Ken Rosenberg, a conservation scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, that … Continue reading
Guest post by Tony Orman An article entitled “Farewell to Deer, Salmon and Grouse.” from a Scottish newspaper “The Oban Times.” 22 August 2019 paints a sorry picture for fishing and hunting. The article began “The old saying ‘a deer from … Continue reading
A conservation and hunting lobby has termed a recent Forest and Bird call for more funding to stop a perceived national plague of wallabies as an attack of “pest panic phobia”. Laurie Collins of Sporting Conservation Outdoor Trust (SCOT) said … Continue reading
Peter Trolove of Canterbury, 67 years of age, was elected president of the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers at the organisation’s recent AGM. “It was the best way to be an effective advocate for the sport that has given me so much pleasure,” … Continue reading
Steps should be taken by a high priority Water Act to put ownership of water firmly and clearly into public ownership with strong safeguards written in to ensure its future says a rivers and trout-fishing advocacy, the New Zealand Federation … Continue reading
By Ben Hope An unique New Zealand native butterfly, the forest ringlet or Dodonidia helmsi, is on the brink of extinction, according to experts back in 2016. Keen observers say a major cause could well be 1080 poison. Further explanation shows … Continue reading
Department of Conservation reports of a rat explosion in the Northern Ruahine Ranges defy credibility and show the department was “out of its depth” in wilderness management according to a sporting hunters’ organisation. Laurie Collins spokesman for the Sporting Hunters … Continue reading
Fish farming has its limitations for New Zealand and contradicts the country’s clean green branding image says an aquatic veterinarian and president of the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers Dr Peter Trolove of Canterbury. Peter Trolove said a graphic … Continue reading
A trout and waterways advocacy organisation has warned trout fishermen to avoid eating trout from rivers which have had surrounding countryside dowsed with the highly hazardous 1080 poison. President of the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers and veterinarian Dr. Peter Trolove … Continue reading
