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Outdoor Council Agrees Nelson Marlborough Mining “Crazy"
Friday, 3 August 2018, 9:24 am | CORANZ
A government decision to call for prospecting mining permits for public lands in Nelson Marlborough is not only short-sighted and disrespectful to the environment but treachery says the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ (CORANZ). More >>
Time to measure Nation’s Well-being on Quality of Life
Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 11:17 am | CORANZ
A national outdoor recreation forum wants New Zealand to ditch the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measurement of New Zealand’s progress and replace it with Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). Andi Cockroft, chairman of the Council of Outdoor Recreation ... More >>
LAWA Report on “Improved Rivers” Flawed
Wednesday, 25 April 2018, 1:05 pm | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
A recent report from Land and Water Aotearoa (LAWA) that water quality was now improving has been criticised as flawed and therefore giving a false impression. More >>
DoC Prying Spying Gets Caned
Wednesday, 25 April 2018, 12:58 pm | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
The Department of Conservation has been spying on the anti-1080 poison public using controversial security firm Thompson and Clark, National Radio’s “Checkpoint” recently reported. More >>
CORANZ Wants Oil Exploration Banned on Public Lands
Thursday, 12 April 2018, 2:14 pm | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
Council of Outdoor Recreation Assns of NZ (CORANZ) Outdoor Recreation Body Wants Oil Exploration Banned on Public Lands A nation wide outdoor recreation advocacy the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of New Zealand (CORANZ) wants oil ... More >>
NZ Outdoor Recreation Could Be Big Business
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 1:22 pm | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
NZ Outdoor Recreation Could Be Big Business A New Zealand outdoor recreation advocacy says outdoor recreation is a very big contributor to the economy, but lacked appreciation by government. More >>
Outdoor Council Expects More Enlightened Environmentalism
Friday, 20 October 2017, 3:52 pm | CORANZ
The Council of Outdoor Recreational Associations of New Zealand (CORANZ) has welcomed the new coalition government of NZ First and Labour backed by the Green Party. More >>
Huge Outdoor Voting Bloc Slept Through Election
Friday, 6 October 2017, 4:11 pm | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
The outdoor recreation public missed a grand opportunity in the recent general election to gain greater respect by the incoming government for the environment and recreation. Andi Cockroft, co-chairman of the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ ... More >>
CORANZ Rates Political Parties On Outdoors and Environment
Sunday, 17 September 2017, 1:57 pm | CORANZ
NZ First ranks as the political party most attuned to New Zealanders love of outdoor recreation and the environment, while National ranks bottom equal with the Maori Party. That is the result of an election charter “question and answer” independent ... More >>
Recreational Fishing in Quota System Opposed
Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 1:50 pm | CORANZ
A national outdoor recreation body has opposed a government move aimed at absorbing recreational fishing into the Fisheries Quota Management System (QMS). More >>
State Control of 1080 an Arrogant Move
Monday, 27 February 2017, 9:37 am | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
A national outdoors forum, the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ (CORANZ) has hit out at the Minister for the environments announcement that local regional councils will no longer vet the use of 1080 and that the only power to do ... More >>
Water and River Crisis Real Despite Government Denial
Monday, 5 September 2016, 11:12 am | CORANZ
New Zealand has a crisis with its water resource says the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations (CORANZ). However government appeared complacent about the deteriorating state of rivers and contamination of aquifers. CORANZ co-chairman Bill Benfield said ... More >>
Outdoors Council - “No” To Tradable Water Rights
Saturday, 23 April 2016, 1:55 pm | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
A national outdoor recreation forum has spelled out a strong “no” to the concept of tradable water rights. In a submission to government on water and rivers future management, the Council of Outdoor Recreational Associations (CORANZ) said while ... More >>
Insect Losses Symptomatic of Ailing Environment
Monday, 4 April 2016, 3:10 pm | CORANZ
Insect and other wildlife population declines are evidence of an ailing environment and struggling ecosystem says the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations, (CORANZ). More >>
Outdoor Council Critical of Government Fishery Plans
Friday, 11 March 2016, 12:23 pm | CORANZ
Government proposals for Marine Protected Areas will adversely affect recreational fishing and do little or nothing to help the overall fishery says the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ (CORANZ). More >>
Opposition to Dutch Corporate Fish Farming in Pristine Bay
Wednesday, 2 March 2016, 9:32 am | CORANZ
A national outdoor recreation council has opposed an application by a foreign corporate fish farm company to set up a research complex in an idyllic Marlborough Sounds Bay. More >>
Outdoor Council Wary on Government’s Fishing Parks
Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 2:43 pm | CORANZ
A major outdoor recreation council has called for a “ careful measured response" to the National-led governments proposal for recreational fishing parks, announced today. The Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations (CORANZ)said while recreational ... More >>
Outdoors Lobby Wants Recreational Only Fisheries
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 5:13 pm | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
A national outdoor recreational advocacy group wants freshwater fish species such as whitebait, eels and some saltwater species ”recreational only.” More >>
High Value Outdoor Recreation Deserves Government Respect
Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 9:32 am | CORANZ
The Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of New Zealand (CORANZ) believes a recent survey of sports underlines the importance of outdoor sports plus the need for government to show greater respect to the outdoor environment. CORANZ’s co-chairman ... More >>
Call For Outdoor Kiwis To Protect RMA
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 2:00 pm | Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations
An outdoor recreation organisation is calling for New Zealanders to stand up and counter government plans to weaken environmental safeguards in the Resource Management ACT (RMA). Andi Cockcroft co-chairman of the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations ... More >>
