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Wellington Weekly Report - 16 January 2020

Happy New Year and welcome back to what's proving to be a great fishing season for the lower North Island.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 4 days ago by Wellington

Perfectly timed photo wins award for South Island photographer

Marlborough photographer Matt Winter’s expertly timed photo of two paradise shelducks in perfect symmetry has won the inaugural Game Bird Habitat Trust’s photo competition.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Paradise Shelduck stamp Posted 7 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Wellington Weekly Report - 19 December 2019

Welcome to our abridged fishing reports for the Christmas period.

Posted in Weekly Report, Fishing; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 32 days ago by Wellington

Wellington Weekly Report - 12 December 2019

There's a north and south situation this weekend, with heavy showers forecast for the former and fine conditions expected for the lower half of the region.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 40 days ago by Wellington

Wellington Weekly Report 05 December 2019

The fishing Gods appear to be smiling on us - recent rain has recharged rapidly falling rivers nicely and set up some great angling for Saturday.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 47 days ago by Wellington

Wellington Weekly Report 28 November 2019

Another stunning weekend is on the cards again, so now is the time to get into the angling action before the pre-Christmas chaos kicks in!

Posted in Weekly Report, Fishing; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 54 days ago by Wellington

Wellington Weekly Report 21 November 2019

All systems are go for the weekend - excellent weather, stunning looking rivers and streams, along with plenty of hungry trout!

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 2 months ago by Wellington

Kiwi calls in the crowd and wins world duck calling champs

Kiwi teenager Ritson Galloway, who is the current New Zealand Live Duck Calling Champion, has blitzed the best duck callers from all over the world to become the first Non-American...

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Posted 2 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Wellington Weekly Report 14 November 2019

There's nothing too untoward to prevent anglers getting out and about this weekend and making the most of some excellent fishing in the local rivers as well as the backcountry.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 2 months ago by Wellington

DairyNZ claim of economic ruin if we stop polluting "misleading"

New research from independent economic consultancy NZIER shows that DairyNZ's economic analysis and conclusion are misleading New Zealanders.DairyNZ's economic analysis resulted in them claiming that GDP will lower by 1.1...

Posted in National, Environment; Posted 2 months ago by Brian Anderton

Wellington Weekly Report 7 November 2019

Staff are currently unavailable so there is no commentary on conditions today, however the links provided will take you to the live updated flows and weather for the river and...

Posted in Weekly Report, Fishing; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 3 months ago by Default Admin

Wellington Weekly Report 31 October 2019

A stunning weekend across the entire lower North Island is on the cards.

Posted in Weekly Report, Fishing; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 3 months ago by Wellington

Wellington Weekly Report 24 October 2019

A long weekend is looming which means an extra fishing day - and the weather is looking like it will play it's part too.

Posted in Weekly Report, Fishing; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 3 months ago by Wellington

Wellington Weekly Report 17 October 2019

While the weekend weather doesn't look too bad, the rain coming through on Friday evening is going to make things interesting as far as picking a fishing spot goes.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 3 months ago by Wellington

Duck hunting still going ahead next year

Information spread by the Coalition of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) and picked up by ACT’s David Seymour is incorrect.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged Paradise Shelduck game bird Posted 3 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Wellington Weekly Report 10 October 2019

There's plenty of superb fishing and some great conditions coming our way this weekend, just keep a watchful eye on the weather.

Posted in Fishing, Weekly Report; Tagged Weekly Fishing Report Posted 3 months ago by Wellington

New fishing season off to a flying start

Despite cool weather, thousands of keen anglers around the country have been enjoying success as they try to catch a trout for the family dinner table following the opening of...

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 4 months ago by Richie Cosgrove