NZFFA The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers

The 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 →

In 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 →

Opinion 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 →

(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 →

The 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 →

(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 →

Book 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 →

From 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 →

Mike Joy’s incisive description of how money trumps freshwater regulation https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/article/view/6823/5971

To 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 →

The 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 →

Could everyone do me and the Delaware Bay Access Group a big favour and sign this petition to Parliament about recreational boating access to Delaware … Continue reading →

No photographs this time. Accompanied by David Williams, a reporter withNewsroom Some public wells tested for David’s interest The August NPS FM August 2020 “bottom … Continue reading →

Published by courtesy of the “Blenheim Sun” The Marlborough Recreational Fishers Association has written to the government expressing deep concern about the heavy depletion of … Continue reading →

Dr Peter Trolove is the President NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA) he spoke at a public meeting organised by environmentalist Angus Robson called to … Continue reading →

Peter Richardson’s presentation of AWA’s submission to the ECan Long Term Plan hearings including asking ECan to put aside funding the give effect to Te … Continue reading →

by Tony Orman Way, way back in 1974 I wrote to the Labour government and in particular the Minister of Internal  Affairs Henry May about … Continue reading →

The NZ Outdoors Party is very concerned by the newly released recommendations of the Fish and Game review two person panel set up by Eugenie … Continue reading →

Hit after hit after hit…Just how bad does it have to get….?? Hinds River, Mid Canterbury, Surveyors Road Bridge, upstream view 25th April 2021 You … Continue reading →

Government Power Grab For Public’s Fish and Game The government through the Department of Conservation seems to make a major play for state ownership of … Continue reading →

Hunters and fishers would largely be deprived from participation and management of their sports body, NZ Fish and Game, if recommendations contained in a recently … Continue reading →

The NZFFA December 2020 and January and March 2021 newsletters published certain allegations and comments that stated or implied inappropriate actions on the part of … Continue reading →

A Pictorial Essay When the Key government sat down with its MAF advisors in 2009 to double New Zealand’s GDP through ramping up irrigated dairy … Continue reading →

An estimated 600 to 1000 fish died as a result of a lethal spray being tipped into a Canterbury waterway, including common bullies, native kōkopu, … Continue reading →

From Timaru Herald: Supplied Otop members Elizabeth McKenzie, Dr Phil Driver and Tom O’Connor say the Pareora River (above) has been “over-allocated.” An attempt to … Continue reading →

Courtesy of Fuseworks: Horizons Regional Council has adopted recommendations that will allow some intensive farming operations to apply for resource consent – after a gap … Continue reading →

Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone                                    Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi   Recently dead vegetation … Continue reading →

Guest opinion by Dr Mike Joy  The school strikes for the climate are not a fad and they’re not going away. They should be a … Continue reading →

The current government needs to instigate far stricter controls on foreigners buying up New Zealand’s countryside says the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations as well … Continue reading →

The more things change, the more they stay the same New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, (Inc.) February 2001 The Case Against the Importation of … Continue reading →