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National Water Conservation (Rakaia River) Order 1988 – Lake Coleridge Project

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At a recent meeting of the Canterbury executive of the New Zealand Freshwater Anglers, NZFFA, (some of whom are also North Canterbury and Central South Island Fish & Game Councillors or executive members of the New Zealand Salmon Anglers Association, … Continue reading

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The Canterbury Dairy Industry’s Impure Advantage

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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 contributions”, I have included many hyperlinks to support my comments. Introduction On Saturday 15 February … Continue reading

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Down a Country Road

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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 colourful personalities who have made these isolated regions their home. Tony Orman says “I wrote … Continue reading

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An essay of degraded rivers that need to be fixed up

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These are a couple of photos taken on Tauhei Road, near Seiferts Road of the Mangawara Steam, the colour of the which runs around the Pukemokemoke Scenic Reserve and past the Fulton Hogan Quarry beside Tauhei Road, and then runs … Continue reading

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The Canaries in the Mine

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The Federation of Freshwater Anglers Inc. (NZFFA) has long believed that one of the major factors in the dramatic demise of the trout populations across the Canterbury Plains has been increasing nitrate levels in those streams and rivers that remained … Continue reading

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Anglers to Challenge Commercial River Rafting on Southern Rivers

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Dated: 24 March 2020 This is NZ Southern Rivers continued request for funding through the Give a Little Platform to take to Judicial Review the Gore District Council’s(GDC) decision to grant a resource consent in November 2019 for a commercial … Continue reading

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Polluted Water from a Polluted Democracy

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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 every three years we elect politicians to carry out promised election policy. In 2017 the … Continue reading

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RIVER CRISIS URGENTLY NEEDS ACTION

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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 in terms of water quality and flow. The call came in the wake of a … Continue reading

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FARMERS NEED TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT

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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 that he really doesn’t understand all of the issues. There is no lack of understanding … Continue reading

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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 to introduce a bill (Conservation [Indigenous freshwater Fish] Act Amendment). NZFFA President Graham Carter says … Continue reading

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