Environment News & Events

Better wildlife habitat goal for new officer

Improving wildlife habitat and working closely with Far North iwi, community and hunters are the positive goals Northland Fish & Game’s newly-appointed Field Officer is ready to tackle.

Northland Auckland/Waikato
7/03/2018

Dunedin artist's painting features on new habitat stamp

The work of a Dunedin artist, Karen Baddock, features on the 2018 New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Stamp which is being released today.

2/02/2018

Creasy's Column for Reel Life January 2018

By Hugh Creasy The heat is on. So is the air conditioning. There are fierce reflections from boulders that hammer the suspension.

31/01/2018

Otago Fish and Game chief executive calls time

Otago Fish and Game Council’s chief executive, Niall Watson has given notice of his intention to retire in the first half of the New Year.

19/12/2017
Richie Cosgrove

Fonterra confirms industrial dairying now unsustainable

Fish & Game is welcoming Fonterra’s first ever sustainability report in 16 years on its environmental performance, saying it shows the corporate dairy giant is scrambling to respond to public…

13/12/2017
Richie Cosgrove

Shut the gate on polluters, Fonterra urged

Corporate dairy giant Fonterra is being urged to “shut the gate” on its environmentally damaging suppliers instead of trying to charm the public with expensive public relations spin.

11/12/2017

Government crackdown on foreign farm buyers welcomed

The government’s decision to tighten rules on farm purchases by foreign buyers is being welcomed by Fish & Game as long overdue.

29/11/2017

Otago Fish and Game Council AGM

The Annual General Meeting for the Otago Fish & Game Council is on Thursday 30 November 2017 at 3pm at the Otago Fish and Game Council office, corner of Harrow and Hanover…

Otago
27/11/2017
Richie Cosgrove

‘Too little, too late’ - Fish & Game says Dairy NZ must do more to protect the environment

Fish & Game is critical of Dairy NZ’s strategic vision for the dairy sector, saying it is a decade late and the industry must act sooner to protect the environment…

22/11/2017

Fonterra ‘desperate’ to restore public support for dairy

Fish & Game says Fonterra has now realised it must act quickly to meet public demand for better water quality instead of relying on spending millions on slick PR campaigns…

17/11/2017