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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
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by Dr Peter Trolove, President NZ Federation Freshwater Anglers While a public advocacy group such as the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers should politely welcome the MfE report; Our freshwater 2020, the NZFFA is unable to offer a positive … Continue reading
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by Rex N. Gibson The fact that the government has now recognised there are at least 723 contaminants in our groundwater should worry every New Zealander. It is not surprising to Ecologists working in this area, that pesticides, pharmaceuticals and … Continue reading
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A trout and salmon advocacy is alarmed at a newly released report from the Ministry for the Environment on the increasingly polluted and degraded condition of New Zealand’s public waterways, which also discloses how little is known about the amount … Continue reading
