Book review “Takahe – Bird of Dreams” by Alison Balance, published by Potion and Burton. Price $59.99. Reviewed by Tony Orman Zoologist Alison Ballance and Nelson-based publishers Potton and Burton have produced a wonderful book in this tribute to one … Continue reading
DOC’s is due to topdress Ulva Island near Stewart Island with the deadly brodifacoum poison aiming to kill rats. Scientist Dr. Jo Pollard says DOC’s actions are negligent since previous DOC poisoning drops on the island, had devastating effects with … Continue reading
The Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations has deep concerns over a government bill which if passed, will replace the controversial Resource Management Act. “This bill attacks the very essence of the public ownership of fish and game resources in New … Continue reading
Fish and Game NZ is extremely concerned at government’s Natural and Built Environment bill (NBEA) designed to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA). The proposed Bill creates a new framework for how New Zealand manages its natural environment including freshwater, bio-diversity … Continue reading
The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) has supplied an OIA to the President of the NZ Police Association, Chris Cahill, which reveals a claim he made on live television was severely incorrect. On TVNZ Breakfast’s show of May 15, … Continue reading
Press release Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust The Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust has questioned the use of aerially spread 1080 poison by OSPRI for possum control on Molesworth Station and part of Muller Station in the Marlborough backcountry. “The justification for … Continue reading
Special report Invariably interference by Man into natural ecosystems is disastrous says the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust. Trust spokesman Laurie Collins of the West Coast was commenting on a current controversy over wild cats. “Recent statements displaying a hatred of … Continue reading
“Night Owls and Early Birds” by Philippa Gander, published by Auckland University Press. Price $39.99. Reviewed by Tony Orman. Circadian Rhythms are an adaption to Earth’s daily rotation and they occur in all cell-based life forms on our planet … Continue reading
by Tony Orman The rapid extinction of the several moa species from New Zealand has long been debated. Some, in defence of the early Polynesian migrants who had arrived about 1250, have said the flightless bird numbers were already in … Continue reading
“The Story of New Zealand’s Unique Birds – from Adze Bill to Yellow eyed Penguin” by Alan Froggatt. Published by White Cloud Books, Upstart Press. Reviewed by Tony Orman New Zealand has and has had an extraordinary range of plants … Continue reading
Opinion by Paul Revere The activists in Greenpeace want our support and money to make the socialist who call themselves “the state” punish New Zealand farmers for changing the climate. As I recall, it was socialists, who call themselves “the … Continue reading
Book Review “Great Stories of New Zealand Conservation” by Alan Froggatt, published by White Cloud Books Upstart Press. Price $39.99. Reviewed by Tony Orman. Author Alan Froggatt has a long history in conservation endeavours. He has been a keen tramper, … Continue reading
Media release Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) is concerned at the unsubstantiated and incomplete evidence that emerged in an interview on live television this week with President of the NZ Police … Continue reading
Media release by Nicole McKee, ACT Party “Firearms Prohibition Orders were one of the few laws Labour has enacted that is meant to reduce crime, but it hasn’t made New Zealand any safer because they don’t bother using it,” says … Continue reading
Opinion by Tony Orman If ever it falls your lot to travel up the Wairau Valley along Marlborough’s state highway to the West Coast, the road is flat and invariably straight, although it does imperceptibly climb. The monotony is suddenly … Continue reading
From Newsroom.co.nz. By Peter Wilson (Peter Wilson is a former President of Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, and former Department of Conservation statutory planner) ENVIRONMENT The Department of Conservation needs to talk with the outdoor community who want to … Continue reading
Media release by Nicole McKee, ACT party MP “The full registration of firearms will be a wasteful and dangerous exercise and ACT will repeal it”, says ACT’s Firearms spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Yesterday, Police confirmed that a firearms register would be … Continue reading
12 May 2023 – Media release The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners (COLFO) warns that firearm owners are likely to hold off entering information with the newly announced firearm registry, betting that within the next five years the system will … Continue reading
by Tony Orman Government use of 1080 poison in New Zealand is controversial and of all poisons it commands the headlines. But there is a much worse poison – it is called brodifacoum. Somehow it’s slipped under the radar as … Continue reading
Media release Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) COLFO spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack. The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) has asked the Police Minister to audit the proposed fee increases for firearm license holders after revelations Police may have exaggeratedits … Continue reading
