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The Government’s long anticipated action plan for healthy waterways, released on 28 May 2020, failed to deal with the deteriorated state the public’s rivers and streams and general water resource says the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers. Federation president … Continue reading
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Opinion:- There is nothing wrong with the existing Fish & Game structure, and no valid reason for radical change, writes Dave Witherow. Recent reports of trouble within Fish & Game conform to a standard script which surfaces about once every … Continue reading
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The road to hell is pathed with good intentions Message from the Ministers Healthy freshwater is important for all New Zealanders. It is our birthright. 1 TVNZ Q&A programme environment election debate, 10 September 2017. At the election the … Continue reading
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A very personal opinion by Andi Cockroft Environment Minister David Parker wants to fast track important project consents by excluding public input. If the Government goes ahead with this threat to remove public consultation from the RMA process surrounding major … Continue reading
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After 25 March 2020 it appears that all you are likely to catch if you venture out is Covid-19. It was an interesting season. Fish and Game still struggle to solve the salmon crisis. The National Salmon Committee and both … Continue reading
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“There’s a fly rod hanging on the wall” There’s a fly rod hanging on the wall and my fishing vest is lying in the hall. No longer can I answer Salmo trutta’s call. You ask me why the teardrops … Continue reading
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Well known author of trout fishing books George Ferris, in the 1950s, once described Canterbury’s Selwyn River, in its hey-day, as being looked on as “the best brown trout river in the Dominion.” Sadly this is not the case today. An … Continue reading
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An Opinion From Yesteryear The following opinion was published in a 1974 “On the River” publication of the Federation of Hawkes Bay Angling Clubs, from which grew the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers. John B Henderson, a NZ Deerstalkers’ Association … Continue reading
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An opinion piece by Tony Orman The Prime Minister Jacinda Adern has announced the election this year will be held on September 19. I was talking to a friend, a keen trout fishing and hunting guy the other day and … Continue reading
