Press Releases

  • The Federation gives notice of its 2020 AGM
    The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers Inc. This meeting will be held at the Cotswold Pre-School hall at 37 Colesbury Street, Bishopdale, Christchurch, on …
  • Call for nominations for the Executive of NZFFA 2020-2021
    Call for nominations for the Executive of NZFFA 2020-2021 The NZFFA represents freshwater angling clubs across New Zealand and also has around 500 individual members. …
  • West Coast Beach Dead Rats Almost Certainly Toxic 1080 Carcasses
      Dead rats found on beaches near the mouth of the Buller River near Westport were almost certainly 1080 killed rodents, despite Department of Conservation …
  • ECAN 30th May 2019
        NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers (Inc) president@nzffa.co.nz 30th May 2019 PRESS RELEASE – for immediate release ECAN Ignores Nitrate Threat to Freshwater Ecosystems …
  • The Canterbury Dairy Industry’s Impure Advantage
    Forward This article for the NZFFA has grown from my attempted contribution to the PureAdvantage organisation. https://pureadvantage.org/ Taking the lead from the “criteria for PureAdavantage …
  • Down a Country Road
    More Stories from New Zealand’s Back CountryBy Tony Orman Down a Country Road II returns to New Zealand’s challenging and beautiful back country and the …
  • Polluted Water from a Polluted Democracy
    why the coalition government must deliver fit for purpose freshwater standards before the election. Just another broken promise? New Zealand has an indirect democracy where …
  • RIVER CRISIS URGENTLY NEEDS ACTION
    A trout and river advocacy, the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers, is calling for urgent action on the plight of New Zealand’s deteriorating rivers both …
  • FARMERS NEED TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT
    The article on Newshub, January 16  ‘Opinion: No more cheap shots at dairy farmers over water quality’ by Tim Mackle CEO of Dairy NZ shows …
  • THE END OF FRESHWATER SPORTS FISHING
    20TH SEPTEMBER 2018 PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers is aghast over plans by Greens MP Eugenie Sage …