Fish and Game New Zealand - Latest News [Page 12]
Kiwis want tougher water quality rules to protect rivers
Monday, 28 January 2019, 9:46 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Over 80 percent of New Zealanders want tougher rules to protect rivers, lakes and streams from pollution. More >>
Working with nature reaps rewards for farmers
Friday, 25 January 2019, 2:43 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Two Canterbury high country farming couples have been jointly awarded the 2018 North Canterbury Fish & Game Working with Nature awards. More >>
Dairy farmer’s ‘pretty special’ trout rod from Fish & Game
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 11:16 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
A Waikato dairy farmer and keen angler has won a handcrafted fly rod from Fish and Game - and he knows exactly how to use it. More >>
Mystery surrounds potential world record trout catch
Friday, 18 January 2019, 2:12 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish and Game is trying to confirm reports of a giant trout - a potential world record - recently caught in the Mackenzie Country hydro canals. More >>
Ducks by the hundred ‘blinged up’ for scientific research
Thursday, 17 January 2019, 12:23 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Hundreds of Bay of Plenty ducks are helping scientific research into their populations and habits by getting "blinged up" with bright, shiny bands on their legs. More >>
Holiday Warning - Health Threat Posed By Canterbury Rivers
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:10 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Scientific testing of popular Canterbury fishing and swimming rivers has produced disturbing findings, including the presence of dangerous disease-causing bacteria and antibiotic resistant E. coli. More >>
Fish & Game provides ‘how-to’ boat fishing knowledge
Monday, 17 December 2018, 11:10 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game is providing a free talk and demonstration to improve anglers’ boat fishing skills and knowhow this summer. More >>
'Jumbo' size trout released into Lake Rotorua
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 9:38 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Anglers have been given the chance to chase some “jumbo-size” trout in Lake Rotorua. More >>
Fish & Game: compensation claims ‘completely false’
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 10:06 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
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 case. More >>
‘Avid anglers’ all set for Rotorua streams opening
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 9:32 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Anglers are making plans to catch some big wild trout in particular, as some of Rotorua and Waikaremoana’s best known streams re-open for summer. More >>
Kiwis get quacking wins at world duck calling champs
Tuesday, 13 November 2018, 9:22 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Kiwi duck callers have “done New Zealand proud” in the World Waterfowl Calling Championships in the United States – with a string of placings including a second. More >>
Kiwis off to compete in world duck calling champs
Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 2:47 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Some of New Zealand’s top duck callers are preparing to head to the U.S. to compete in the World Waterfowl Calling Championships in the state of Maryland. More >>
Sunny skies see trout licence sales soar
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 3:33 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Wellington Fish & Game says a surge in licence sales can be put down to steady weather and great trout fishing over the first few weeks of the season which opened on October 1. More >>
Boost for Lake McLaren trout stocks
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 9:41 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game has released hundreds of young trout into Lake McLaren and the Ruahihi Canal in the lower Kaimai ranges – to boost the fishing stocks for local anglers. More >>
Fish for Gold angler was ‘lucky several times over’ in catch
Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 9:35 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
The only angler to catch an orange tagged trout in the Rotorua lakes “fishy lucky dip” has described just how lucky he was to catch the special trout. More >>
Sending in duck band details ‘pays off big’
Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 1:41 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Helping Fish & Game’s research has “paid off big time” for five game bird hunters who’ve each been rewarded with a $600 prize package – for returning their duck band details. More >>
Interest hots up in ‘fishy lucky dip’ with first orange tag
Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 1:40 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
A lucky angler has caught the first trout with an orange tag in the Rotorua lakes “fishy lucky dip” – stoking up interest in the hunt for a fish worth $10,000. More >>
New Trout Season off to a flying start
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 8:38 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
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 the new freshwater fishing season. More >>
Manawatu teen quacks the duck calling big time
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 12:39 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
A Manawatu teen has swept the New Zealand Duck and Goose Calling Championships in Taupo, winning all four categories he entered. More >>
Perfect combo - school holidays & new trout season
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 3:23 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
The opening of the new trout fishing season and the beginning of the school holidays is providing the perfect combination for a great family activity over coming weeks. More >>