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Wait over, game bird licences on sale
Thursday, 16 March 2017, 12:08 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
The opportunity to bag a duck, pheasant or quail for the family table is drawing nearer, with game bird hunting licences for the 2017 season going on sale today. (Thursday 16 March) More >>
OIO Hunter Valley Decision ‘Extraordinary'
Sunday, 12 March 2017, 8:58 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
The Otago Fish and Game Council is critical of the Overseas Investment Office decision on the sale of the Hunter Valley Station to a foreign buyer, describing it as “extraordinary” and gives the whole process a bad name. The station controls access along Lake Hawea ... More >>
Big turnout for wetland opening near Dargaville
Monday, 20 February 2017, 4:15 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Around 80 people turned out for the official opening of the Underwood Wetlands and Scenic Reserve, a major new wetland near Dargaville. More >>
Northland game bird hunters offered ‘special summer hunting’
Monday, 20 February 2017, 1:18 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Northland game bird hunters are being offered some summer hunting – in advance of the traditional May start of the hunting season. More >>
Dairy farmer’s award recognises superb environmental effort
Friday, 20 January 2017, 1:32 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Dairy farmer Phil Musson’s ‘can do’ attitude has won him the annual Working with Nature environment award from North Canterbury Fish & Game. More >>
Rotorua streams known for ‘trophy brown trout’ set to open
Monday, 28 November 2016, 12:22 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Anglers are gearing up to target some of New Zealand’s “biggest wild trout” as some renown Rotorua streams open for summer. More >>
Environment Court decision ‘saves iconic backcountry"
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 3:49 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Southland Fish & Game has hailed as a “great outcome” for all of Southland an Environment Court ruling in its favour over the Oreti River valley. More >>
Fish & Game officers seize spears & gaff from poachers
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 9:56 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game officers say it’s high time would-be poachers learn a lesson from court penalties – and give up trying to poach trout, especially from protected spawning streams. More >>
Anglers urged to ‘stay away’ from Clarence River
Monday, 14 November 2016, 2:44 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Anglers are asked to avoid the Clarence River downstream of the gorge following today’s North Canterbury earthquake. More >>
First High Country Rivers Open to Anglers
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 1:32 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fishing in the South Island’s remote and scenic back country regions begins opening today, (1 November 2016) with more waters opening this weekend (Nov 5). More >>
New record of an introduced parasite in Southern Waters
Monday, 31 October 2016, 10:39 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Discovery of a new fish parasite in the South Island thankfully poses no risk to humans and overseas research indicates there will be minimal impact on the fishery. More >>
Independent report highlights Government’s failure
Thursday, 27 October 2016, 4:41 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
The latest independent report on the state of our marine environment is a damning indictment of New Zealand’s marine management, says Forest & Bird. More >>
Lake Rotoiti produces big trout on opening weekend
Monday, 17 October 2016, 2:13 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Lake Rotoiti produced the biggest fish, including a trout of more than four kilos (nine pound), on the opening weekend of the new fishing season. More >>
Take A Kid Fishing day a huge success
Monday, 17 October 2016, 10:23 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Over six thousand Cantabrians packed out the four Childrens Fishing Lakes at the Groynes on Sunday for the annual Take A Kid fishing day on Sunday. More >>
Politicians Must Act on Youth’s Call for Clean Water
Thursday, 13 October 2016, 5:13 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Politicians from all parties are being urged to act decisively to improve the quality of New Zealand’s rivers, lakes and streams and protect public health following today’s plea to a select committee from the student-led Clean Water Campaign. More >>
Anglers win fishing gear but big prize eludes them
Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 10:33 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Caption: Anglers Mark Preece (left) and Marcel Schweizer, two of the three anglers who each won a $200 voucher for their green tag fish. More >>
Angler ‘in with a chance’ to win big
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 9:31 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
At least one angler is in with a chance to win $10,000 after catching one of the special green-tagged fish released into the Rotorua lakes in time for today’s (Oct 1 ) opening of the new fishing season. More >>
Fishing season opens for 2016/17
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 9:28 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Anglers in their thousands hit the waterways of New Zealand today as the 2016-2017 fishing season got underway. More >>
Fish & Game Critical of DOC’s Efforts to Reduce 1080 Risk
Friday, 30 September 2016, 5:25 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game is calling on the Department of Conservation to do more to reduce the threat 1080 poison poses to people gathering food from waterways, saying its present effort is inadequate and self-serving. More >>
New fishing season ‘perfect family adventure’
Thursday, 29 September 2016, 5:07 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Thousands of anglers will head out to the country’s lakes rivers and streams on Saturday (October 1) for the first day of the new freshwater fishing season – with Fish & Game predicting it will be a “real family affair.” More >>
