Environment News & Events

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Safety ‘crucial’ this game bird season

Game bird hunters will be in the public eye “as never before” when the new hunting season opens – and safety measures have never been more important.

  • 18/04/2019
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Fish & Game supports firearm law reforms

Fish and Game says the just announced changes to firearms legislation is a well considered and ensures public safety.

  • 21/03/2019
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Fish and Game supports measures to keep New Zealanders safe

Fish and Game says the Christchurch mosque mass killing is a tragedy and it supports an overhaul of firearm laws to ensure the safety of New Zealanders.

  • 19/03/2019
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Fish and Game welcomes Environment and Water Pollution Tax Proposals

Fish and Game is welcoming recommendations for environment, pollution and water extraction taxes, saying New Zealanders want change now.

  • 21/02/2019
  • Richie Cosgrove
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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
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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
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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
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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…

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  • 11/12/2018
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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
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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
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