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Hunters hope for bad weather
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 12:26 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
This weekend is the start of the duck shooting season, and while many outdoor enthusiasts will be hoping for good weather duck hunters are hoping for the opposite. Bad weather forces birds into the air in search of more sheltered spots, placing them in the ... More >>
Plenty Birds - if Hunters have Skills, says Fish & Game
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 2:52 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Eastern Region Fish & Game says there are plenty of game birds around for the start of the hunting season this weekend – if the weather plays its part. The season opens on Saturday (May 7) and Eastern Region takes in areas including the East Coast, ... More >>
Cuisine's "Supreme Winner" restaurant in Game Bird Festival
Monday, 2 May 2011, 12:52 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Hunters all over the country will be crouched expectant in Maimais hoping to bag a few birds next weekend, with May 7 heralding the start of the game bird season. More >>
Cosy Up to a Trout this Easter
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 1:55 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
(Note to Editors / Reporters - for ‘What’s On’ etc Use) Come and cuddle a trout! Well, almost...the place to learn all about trout and see them up close is Rotorua is Fish & Game Eastern Region’s Ngongotaha Trout Hatchery – open ... More >>
Holidaymakers invited to 'come and catch some wild food'
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 12:07 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rotorua, Tuesday March 19th, 2011: Fish and Game Invites Rotorua Visitors to try their Hand at Trout Fishing – and Eating More >>
Fin clipped 30 pound salmon caught by Fish & Game Hatchery
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 11:29 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game Hatchery Manager Dirk Barr caught a 30 pound salmon at the Rakaia Gorge last week. He was pleased to see that it was one of the Fish & Game hatchery fish that had been fin clipped by volunteers four years prior. This fish released into ... More >>
The Goose isn't cooked yet
Thursday, 7 April 2011, 1:03 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Taranaki Fish & Game NZ is cautioning hunters against jumping the gun on shooting Canada geese. More >>
Game Animal Council good news for hunters
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 12:31 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
The formation of the Game Animal Council is good news for big game hunters, giving them a greater say in the management of their own affairs, says Fish & Game NZ. The Game Animal Council has been established as part of a confidence and supply deal ... More >>
150 salmon salvaged from Highbank Power Station
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 12:02 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Yesterday Fish & Game North Canterbury staff and volunteers salvaged 150 salmon from Trustpower’s Highbank Power Station. More >>
Don’t jump the gun on Canada Goose culls
Friday, 1 April 2011, 4:02 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game NZ is cautioning hunters against jumping the gun on Canada Goose culls. Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson earlier this month announced that Canada geese are to be moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 5 of the Wildlife Act, which will take ... More >>
Canada goose competition will run in 2011
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 4:21 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
North Canterbury Fish & Game will go ahead with the 2011 Canada Goose competition, even though they are soon to lose their ‘game bird’ status. Fish & Game Officer Steve Terry said we owe it to hunters who have brought their licence and have been ... More >>
Winter brings trout running
Monday, 28 March 2011, 11:57 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
The approach of winter has got Fish & Game and anglers geared up for the trout spawning season which typically kicks off in April. When trout spawn they come into shoreline sites around the lakes and move up streams to lay their eggs and it is a busy time ... More >>
Clean Streams Accord past its use-by date
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 4:41 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game NZ says it’s time to look beyond the Clean Streams Accord which the latest MAF report shows is failing to deliver on environmental expectations. More >>
Minister's own goal on geese
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 4:25 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Changing the status of Canada geese from ‘game’ to unprotected wildlife simply shifts control costs onto affected farmers and removes DOC’s responsibility for approving culls where geese are causing damage says Niall Watson, Chief Executive, ... More >>
Time for Clean Streams Accord ‘mark II’
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 2:55 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game NZ says the dairy industry’s continued lack of progress towards meeting the environmental targets set out in the Clean Streams Accord means it’s time to start afresh. More >>
Canada Goose decision ‘a costly own goal’
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 11:45 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game NZ says removing the protection status of Canada geese will be a costly one for farmers and ratepayers. More >>
High country goose hunt a 'honking' success
Friday, 11 March 2011, 1:40 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Hunters from throughout the country and as far afield as Australia recently braved some brutal weather conditions at Molesworth Station in the Marlborough high country to complete a successful Canada Goose hunt. Over four days the 140 hunters – working ... More >>
Fish & Game Backs Push for Water Footprinting
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 3:02 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game NZ is supporting international calls for Global Water Footprint Standards which would hold industries accountable for their impact on our finite water resources. More >>
Fair review for Pencarrow duck hunting supported
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 5:30 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game supports United Future leader Peter Dunne’s call for a thorough review of any potential environmental impacts of duck hunting on Pencarrow Lakes. More >>
Successful Goose Hunt A Win-Win Outcome
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 10:14 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Successful Goose Hunt A Win-Win Outcome A Fish & Game organised goose hunt over Labour Weekend was a win-win for hunters and farmers. “We are delighted with the effort put in by the gamebird hunters, who achieved a combined bag of 1952 Canada ... More >>
