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A meeting held in ECan’s council chambers, Wednesday 23 September 2026 when ECan voted to distance itself from the Nitrate Emergency it had declared only a year previously marked the nadir in the history of the Environment Canterbury Regional Council. … Continue reading
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Press release- NZFFA The Government has replaced the Resource Management Act (RMA) with two new laws Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill which the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers say weakens environmental protection. Federation spokesman Jason Foord said the … Continue reading
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From Fish and Game NZ Here you will find useful information on the Government’s resource management reforms, what they mean for hunting and angling, their habitat, and where things stand now. The Government has replaced the Resource Management Act with … Continue reading
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A year ago, Environment Canterbury (ECan) took a historic step by declaring a Nitrate Emergency. But declarations don’t clean our aquifers. When ECan voted to declare a Nitrate Emergency, you publicly acknowledged that status quo management of our groundwater has … Continue reading
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How salmon management policy based on scientific papers can be factually correct and misleading at the same time in recent years? Executive Summary The key point for anglers, the Minister, and Fish & Game is simple: the salmon genetics debate … Continue reading
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Press release: NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers The NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA) is seeking the views of political parties on the decline in freshwater quality and flows. Responses to the questions will be collated and assessed and voters … Continue reading
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Book review: “Pocket Observology; A Field Guide by Giselle Clarkson, published by Gecko Press, price $27.99 reviewed by Tony Orman. There’s no doubt about the benefits of getting kids outdoors, hopefully of a prelude to taking up fishing. In any case, … Continue reading
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by Jack Tuhawaiki Many decades ago in his presidential speech to the NZ Deerstalkers Association, the late John B Henderson, said “I was brought up to believe Parliament was the Court of last resort – where the public and … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman If you asked any trout fisher what makes a good fishing day or night, you’d probably encounter varying answers. Some particularly younger anglers, measure success by numbers of trout. Others by a few or even one fish … Continue reading
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by Ben Hope A video on the website MidCurrent features Tim Cammis extolling the Woolly Bugger as a fly that “out fishes everything.” Tim says each season anglers get excited about new flies. “But if you took away all my … Continue reading
