Environment News & Events
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
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
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
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
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