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Minutes from October’s AGM

Posted on 13/11/2024 by andic

please note until ratified, these are purely DRAFT Minutes To Trout Fishing Clubs and MembersMinutes from the Annual General MeetingOctober 2024  Hi, Casey Cravens here, president of the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers. We held the annual general meeting … Continue reading →

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Leading scientists demand salmon ban in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour

Posted on 25/10/2024 by andic
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Reproduced courtesy of Dallas Beaufort: Mathew Denholm The Australian October 23, 2024 Some of the nation’s most eminent scientists have told Tanya Plibersek salmon farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour will cause an extinction and failure to halt it would be … Continue reading →

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ECan’s consent application to spray Canterbury’s surface waters with agrichemicals puts cost before the environment.

Posted on 01/08/2024 by andic
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Least cost river works take priority over biodiversity Introduction In response to a submission against Ecan’s application by the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, Environment Canterbury notified the NZFFA in 22 July 2024 that it was granting itself consents … Continue reading →

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Does New Zealand Need a Constitution.

Posted on 17/06/2024 by andic
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Opinion by Andi Cockroft, Chairman CORANZ Inheriting the British governmental style, GodZone relies on “common law” as a backstop to judicial thinking. Common law acts as a precedent-setting set of decisions that are passed down over the years. We still … Continue reading →

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North Canterbury F&G Managing the Story on behalf of Manawa Energy?

Posted on 06/06/2024 by andic
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https://www.thepress.co.nz/environment/350292861/race-against-time-save-fish-high-country Intrigued by this article, on Tuesday 5th June, I drove up to the head of Lake Coleridge to have a look for myself. Sure enough by then the Harper Diversion race was totally dewatered due to the Harper River … Continue reading →

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Last Chance

Posted on 19/04/2024 by andic
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Today is your last opportunity to make a submission on the proposed Fast-Track Approvals Bill. It doesn’t matter what your views are, just make your submission and make your feelings known. You have until midnight 19th April to make a … Continue reading →

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How Environment Canterbury Regional Council resource consents have destroyed the outstanding habitat(s) of Great Rakaia Island

Posted on 20/12/2023 by andic
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  No unmodified habitat remains at the margin of this section of the Rakaia Island  A resource consent is permission from the local council for an activity that might affect the environment, and that isn’t allowed ‘as of right’ in … Continue reading →

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Ecan attempts to explain its on / off again application to the Environment Court

Posted on 06/12/2023 by andic
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  https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/correcting-the-record-on-the-rakaia-river/ Ecan’s aborted application to the Environment Court Readers of the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers website will be aware that the NZFFA sought donations from members in order to participate as an “interested party”, (S.274 of the … Continue reading →

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Has Ecan Overplayed its Hand?

Posted on 16/11/2023 by andic
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Environment Canterbury clarifies its role in the Rakaia Water Conservation Order   ECan Media Release, Nov 14 2023 Opinion piece by Dr Peter Trolove Executive Member New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers “Oh what a tangled web we weave / … Continue reading →

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The Glyphosate Story – a story of corporate fraud, political abuse and lost trust

Posted on 02/11/2023 by andic
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by Dr Peter Trolove North Rakaia River bed one month after an Ecan aerial/helicopter glyphosate application – ecocide! Introduction At the same time as the New Zealand Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to be reluctantly inching its way to deciding … Continue reading →

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