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A guest post from Andi Cockroft, Chair, CORANZ A quiet change in the places we once trusted For generations, New Zealanders have formed an almost instinctive relationship with fresh water. Rivers, lakes, springs, and swimming holes have been more than just geographic features - they have been … Continue reading
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Dr Peter Trolove This is my second attempt to stand for ECan in the Mid-Canterbury ward. I was not as committed on my first attempt as I had committed to work as a locum vet on the West Coast over spring causing me to miss many “meet the candidate” events. Now fully retired I have given this campaign my full … Continue reading
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies ingested nitrate and nitrite, under conditions that lead to endogenous nitrosation, as Group 2A: Probably Carcinogenic to Humans. This means there is limited evidence in humans and sufficient evidence in experimental animals for carcinogenicity. The concern arises because ingested nitrates and nitrites can convert … Continue reading
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Opinion Piece by Dr Peter Trolove NZFFA executive Fish and Game New Zealand Governance and Organisational Improvements Amendment Bill “Like mushrooms license holders are being kept in the dark and fed bullshit” Introduction Like most license holders I have been loosely following the affairs of our dysfunctional Fish and Game … Continue reading
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This was the opening question from the newly anointed Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meager to myself, (and our president), during a Zoom select committee hearing comprised of three South Canterbury primary-industry subcommittee ministers last year seeking submissions on the … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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
