Rewild Campaign Launch

Why?

We created the Rewild campaign to share our passion with New Zealanders, encourage them to get out in nature and enjoy the benefits nature and wild spaces provide and showcase the great work we do.

We want Kiwis to “rewild” themselves by connecting with the natural world and all the benefits it offers.

Help us share the benefits

We know New Zealanders love our natural environment and care about protecting it. We want that knowledge to be based on experience, on getting out into the wild and putting the routine of daily life aside for a time.

Please help in any way you can – that could be as simple as offering to take someone out for the day or sharing content through our social media channels.

Our message to Kiwis

We want New Zealanders to understand fishing and hunting are great for physical and mental wellbeing -- you can’t think of the bank account balance when you are focussed on a trout at the end of your line.

Fishing and hunting are also great ways to connect with whānau and friends, to teach children skills, instil a desire to protect the environment and help them learn independence.

Women are also increasingly getting out and having a go, and my experience is that it’s liberating. It’s time to yourself, but it also means you can bring back something delicious and healthy for dinner.

Fishing and hunting are ways of being part of nature and its cycle. So, part of our focus is ensuring our wild places stay wild. And more than that, we must ensure that the life that survives there thrives there.

Environment 

We also have a strong environmental message we think will resonate.

Fish & Game’s journey has always been about protecting, restoring and rewilding Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural freshwater habitats and species. And that means safeguarding indigenous species and the management of valued introduced ones for the benefit of people and whenua.

By building our affinity for the wild, we can all participate in the tikanga or practice of protecting the incredible things that make our country so special.

Dame Lynda Topp, an angler and hunter since childhood, is supporting the campaign and encouraging Kiwis to rewild themselves.

“All Kiwis should have a chance to get out and connect with nature and have the chance to come together with whanau and friends to shake off their worries, have some fun, catch some kai and connect with what it means to be part of Aotearoa.”

Go to rewild.fishandgame.org.nz to find out more.

Corina Jordan

Chief Executive
New Zealand Fish and Game Council