Environment News & Events
Kiwis want tougher water quality rules to protect rivers from polluters
Over 80 percent of New Zealanders want tougher rules to protect rivers, lakes and streams from pollution.
- 28/01/2019
- Richie Cosgrove
Working with nature reaps rewards for farmers
Two Canterbury high country farming couples have been jointly awarded the 2018 North Canterbury Fish & Game Working with Nature awards.
- 25/01/2019
- Richie Cosgrove
Fish & Game: compensation claims ‘completely false’
Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game has strongly refuted as “completely false” a Waikato Times article’s claim that the organisation has been ordered to pay compensation as the result of a court…
- 11/12/2018
Fish & Game: compensation claims ‘completely false’
Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game has strongly refuted as “completely false” a Waikato Times article’s claim that the organisation has been ordered to pay compensation as the result of a court…
- Eastern
- 11/12/2018
Second Fonterra sustainability report confirms industrial dairying unsustainable
Fish & Game is welcoming Fonterra’s second ever sustainability report in 17 years on its environmental performance, saying it shows the corporate dairy giant is still scrambling to respond to…
- 29/11/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Canterbury water testing raises health concerns
Fish & Game has carried out sampling in Canterbury - knowing that nitrates contamination in rivers kills trout - to see whether contamination from intensive dairy farming is getting into…
- 27/11/2018
Northland Fish & Game Officer vacancy
Northland Fish & Game Council seeks a self-motivated individual to be part of their team.
- Northland
- 13/11/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
Time’s running out - have your say on protecting trout!
Fish & Game is calling on anglers, as a deadline approaches, to step up their efforts to ensure trout and angling are protected from the controversial Conservation (Indigenous Freshwater Fish)…
- 17/10/2018
Otago Fish & Game Officer vacancy
Otago Fish & Game Council is the not-for-profit agency responsible for the management of sports fish (trout & salmon) and game birds (primarily waterfowl) and their habitats, in the recreational…
- 16/10/2018
- Richie Cosgrove
“The wait is over” Fish & Game welcomes Government’s plan to improve water quality
Fish and Game is welcoming the government’s just announced plan to tackle water quality, saying such action is well overdue.
- 8/10/2018
- Richie Cosgrove