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Central and local government had failed to come to the rescue of the public’s rivers, the recent annual general meeting of the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers was told. In his annual report president Dr Peter Trolove said promises by … Continue reading
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Slides from a recent Power Point presentation by Alan Strong to the NZFFA AGM
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Tony Orman looks at tradable water rights which has created a nightmare for farmers and growers in Australia and finds an uncertain murky situation in New Zealand On November 18, 2019, “The Australian” arguably Australia’s most astute and credible newspaper … Continue reading
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OPINION:- by Anne Salmond The farmers are right. As the price of carbon rises, the settings in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will make it more profitable to plant pine trees than to grow food (or native forests) in many … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman Ted Trueblood was a marvellous writer in the USA’s “Field and Stream” magazines. As a teenager I read every article of his I came across. He made his living by doing three things:-hunting, fishing, and writing about … Continue reading
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Sanjay Thakrar, CEO at Euro Exim Banlc Ltd. got economists thinking when he said: “A cyclist is a disaster for a country’s economy. He does not buy a car and does not take a car loan. Does not buy car … Continue reading
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In 2017 Wairarapa conservationist and trout fisherman the late Bill Benfield wrote a book titled “Water Quality and Ownership” in which he said the much vaunted riparian strips failed to deal with the big real problem. “The fad of fencing … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman Late last year when visiting Tasmania I bought a newspaper “The Australian” and read an article about the impact of tradable water rights on Australian farmers. The headline was “Plea to Rein in Water Barons to … Continue reading
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Opinion by Ken Sims I swear to God, the longer I observe politics in this country, the less I understand it. There is something about politics that can make an apparently sane, cognizant, rational human being behave totally irrationally, and … Continue reading
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The Fishy Doctor A small town Doctor was famous in the area for always catching large fish. One day while he was on one of his frequent fishing trips he got a call that a woman at a neighboring farm … Continue reading
