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Book Review. “The Edible Backyard” by Kath Irvine. Published by Godwit (soft cover) Price $50. Reviewed by Tony Orman I’ve never quite worked out why more outdoor … Continue reading - Time to measure Nation’s Well-being on Quality of LifeOpinion by Andi Cockroft, chairman CORANZ It’s well past time when New Zealand’s economic policy was examined and any shortcomings jettisoned. For example, New Zealand … Continue reading
- My Deer Woods and Trout Streams Are Getting CrowdedOpinion by Tony Orman All anglers who fish the Clinton and Worsley rivers must obtain a backcountry endorsement. Only Adult Whole Season, Family, Loyal Senior, Non-resident Whole … Continue reading
- Deceitful ESR report (with explanation)A Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and Fonterra commissioned an investigation by New Zealand Food Safety and ESR finds it is safe to … Continue reading
- Trout and Rivers Advocacy Urges Rural NZ to Test Water SuppliesAll rural households that rely on their own water supplies should get them tested for nitrate levels if that water flows through agricultural land says NZ … Continue reading
- Expert Witnesses in the Environment Court (and consent Hearings) must be held to accountOpinion by Dr Peter Trolove Rakaia river mouth 2011 Introduction The Ministry for the Environment is presently drafting legislation to replace the RMA (1991) which … Continue reading
- Draconian Fish and Game Restructure Proposals Shelved(special report) Proposals to radically restructure Fish and Game, which administer and manage trout and salmon fishing and duck and game bird shooting, have been … Continue reading
- Nitrate Testing Three Years On:Ecologist agree that ecosystem health begins to become affected by direct nitrate toxicity from 0.6 to 1.0 mg/L NO3-N There are no precise limits due to a lack of studies and the influence other water quality parameters such as pH, Hardness, dissolved O2, etc.. Continue reading
- Spectators Never Win in Political Decision-makingOpinion by Charles Baycroft There are two ways to regard government:- 1. “The Government”, which is what most people talk about when often saying “The Government … Continue reading
- Time to Repair Damage Done to NatureAbridged from “Newsroom” The time for exploiting nature is over and we need to focus on putting things right, writes Rod Oram in a recent … Continue reading
- Kahawai and Estuary Trout Love Whitebaitby Tony Orman Whitebait in couple of months, will be coming into river mouths and running up river to spawn. Predatory fish such as kahawai … Continue reading
- A Tip for Late Winter/Spring Troutby “ Matuka” I always look sideways at fly fishers who say “I don’t care if I catch any fish or not, it’s just nice … Continue reading
- E-Mail to ECan CouncillorsDear Councillors Please find the link below to our latest press release highlighting that Canterbury nitrate pollution has extended beyond environmental pollution to potentially threatening human health Continue reading
- Canterbury’s Ticking Time-bomb Over Water Nitrate LevelsNew Zealand Federation Of Freshwater Anglers (Inc.) Press release Canterbury’s Ticking Time-bomb Over Water Nitrate Levels A trout and salmon angling advocacy group has issued … Continue reading
- The Canterbury Regional Council’s (Ecan’s) Annual Goundwater Quality Survey 2020.Groundwater quality survey released | Environment Canterbury (ecan.govt.nz) The 2011 – 2020 ten year trends in Canterbury’s groundwater quality, released by Ecan in July 2021, … Continue reading
- Why Ecan’s approach to freshwater management is doomed to failAt the recent Braid Conference at Lincoln University, a retired hydrologist of 60 years’ experience recently summed up the reason why Ecan is unable to … Continue reading
- New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA) Nitrate Testing Two Years On:August 2019 to July 2021 Background to the testing Battle lines drawn over Canterbury’s nitrates (msn.com) Having previously been asked to help Dr Mike Joy … Continue reading
- Rifle, Rod and Gun Public Have Lost To “Omnipotent Moral Busybodies”Opinion by Dr. Charlie Baycroft and Tony Orman Born in Belfast, Ireland, Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and … Continue reading
- Politics and the Environment – Cause and EffectOpinion by John B Henderson The late John B Henderson was national president of the NZ Deerstalkers Association, a very competent trout fly fisherman. and saltwater angler He … Continue reading
- NZFFA Survey – Interim ResultsThe NZFFA survey is still ongoing, and results to date are presented graphically below. These results carry a 95% Confidence Level with ±4% Margin for … Continue reading
- NZFFA Interim Survey Results – Unabridged CommentsIn addition to completing the simple Q&A survey, participants were also asked if they had any other comments. Some did, some chose not to. Below … Continue reading
- Action Needed to Secure Public Ownership of WaterOpinion by Tony Orman Late 2019 when visiting Tasmania I bought a newspaper “The Australian” and read an article about the impact of tradable water … Continue reading
- SAVE FISH AND GAME FROM A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER(special report) The NZ Outdoors Party has alerted the freshwater fishing and duck shooting public to an attempted government takeover of Fish and Game. Alan Simmons, President and Co-Leader of the … Continue reading
- Fishing and Shooting Public Overwhelmingly Opposed to Government InterferenceThe trout fishing and duck shooting public are overwhelmingly opposed to a proposal to inject Government appointees into Fish and Game. That is the interim result from an … Continue reading
- Swiss Voters Referendum on Becoming Pesticide-free(special report) Switzerland is holding a referendum over whether or not to ban synthetic pesticides. Environmentalists, are battling the powerful lobby of farmers and agrochemical … Continue reading
- Historic Hawkes Bay Farm Homesteads bookBook review “Historic Homesteads of Hawkes Bay” by Angus Gordon, published by Mary Egan Publishing, Price $50. Reviewed by Tony Orman Hawkes Bay has a … Continue reading
- Calls for ‘precautionary approach’ after study links nitrate levels to preterm birthsFrom RNZ: An analysis released exclusively to RNZ by Otago University, it was revealed much lower levels of the chemical than were previously thought to … Continue reading
- Vested Interests in Big AgricultureMike Joy’s incisive description of how money trumps freshwater regulation https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/article/view/6823/5971
- NZFFA Notice of 2021 AGMTo Be Held: 9am, Saturday 19 June 2021Nelson / Marlborough Fish & Game Council,66 Champion Road,Stoke,Nelson All Members are encouraged and most welcome to attend. … Continue reading
- NZFFA Survey is LaunchedThe NZFFA is asking for your answers to the following: The Acting Minister of Conservation has accepted, in full, the thirty six recommendations from the … Continue reading
