Environment News & Events

Dr Phil Lavretsky waits for incoming birds during a sunset hunt in Canterbury4.

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

A Southland stream is dirtied by sediment washed from a poorly prepared crop paddock December 2018 DSC 3547 1

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

Manuka Points Don Patterson has a drink from a stream on his property

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…

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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