Latest National News
This section contains news related to the New Zealand Fish & Game Council, as well as news on game bird and freshwater fish management, hunting and fishing and habitat conservation in NZ.
Fish & Game critical of "weak" government response to poor water quality
Fish & Game is critical of the government’s just-released consultation document on fresh water, saying overall it will weaken not strengthen existing environmental protection and is a smokescreen to hide…
- 21/02/2016
Hawke's Bay Regional Council under fire for river stand
The group asking for a Water Conservation Order for Hawke’s Bay’s Ngaruroro and Clive Rivers is disappointed the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has come out against the initiative, describing the…
- 16/02/2016
Game bird hunters raise money to support World Wetlands Day
New Zealanders who want to help protect some of the country’s most important environmental areas are urged to buy the latest Fish & Game habitat stamp being launched today (Tuesday…
- 2/02/2016
Fish & Game leads community effort to save threatened Marlborough wetland
Marlborough’s largest surviving wetland is being restored through the efforts of hunters, an international winemaker, Fish & Game, DoC and conservation minded community volunteers.
- 1/02/2016