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Fishing Rules Now Fairer for All- Next Stop, Butchers

David Seymour ACT Leader Campaigning by ACT has led to a change in the fishing and whitebaiting rules, making them fairer for all. Due to ACT advocating for fairness, the rules have now been changed. Had ACT not raised the issue, fishing would still be banned. On Saturday afternoon the

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A Porker of a Carbon Footprint

A Porker of a Carbon Footprint

“What”, asks The Young Ones‘ Rik, “is the major piggy contribution to society? It’s bacon, isn’t it? Bacon and rolling around in the mud!” According to new research, though, all that rolling around in the mud is making another major piggy contribution to the world: CO2. Yes, folks,

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The Methuselahs of the Deep

The Methuselahs of the Deep

Coelacanths really are a remarkable fish. For decades, the species was only known by its fossils. Fossils that showed the fish had been around for a very, very long time. Coelacanths belong to a lineage of lobe-finned fishes – which are more closely related to tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals)

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Government Makes a Grab for State Control of Fish and Game

Ben Hope Waikanae watchers waikanaewatch.org A recently released Government-instigated review of Fish and Game that manages trout, salmon, duck and game bird resources sets out changes that are a major step towards full state control say critics. Dr Peter Trolove, chairman of the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers, said

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Does Gun Registration Work?

Does Gun Registration Work?

The Police have charged on towards setting up a comprehensive gun register. They’ve been enabled by politicians who should know better but don’t. We’ve been told that a gun register will keep us safe. We’ve also been told that a register will reduce crime. The Police

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Firearms Licencing Still Taking Too Long

ACT Party ACT’s Fair Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Thousands of New Zealand shooters could still miss out on duck shooting season because of unacceptable delays in processing firearms licencing applications,” says ACT’s Fair Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Police put out a press release this

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Useless Police Causing Undue Delays in Firearms Licence Renewals

Useless Police Causing Undue Delays in Firearms Licence Renewals

I have recently completed my firearms licence renewal process. Despite forethought and planning on my part, it turned into a nightmare. I have had a fireams licence since I was 15 years old, some 37 years. It has been renewed twice, once when our “lifetime” licences were unilaterally disbanded and

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COLFO’s Draft Submission to Police Consultation on Arms Regulations

COLFO’s Draft Submission to Police Consultation on Arms Regulations

Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners Submissions on the proposed new regulations for firearms close in 6 days. If these proposals go ahead, there will be significantly more regulation for dealers, security arrangements for LFOs and increased cost. You can read our final draft submission here. We have

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Duck Shooting Season in Doubt for Many This Year

Many hunters and farmers will miss out on this year’s duck shooting season because the Police are failing to address a backlog of firearms licence applications, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “There are 10,000 applications waiting to be processed with 3000 of those just licence renewals.

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The COLFO How to Vote Guide

The COLFO How to Vote Guide

Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners On Friday night we held our National Firearms Debate in Masterton. As we had hoped, it was a mix of tough questions, debate and fun. If you didn’t watch it live, you can replay it via our Facebook, and YouTube sites.

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What’s a Few Dead Wallabies?

What’s a Few Dead Wallabies?

As psychologist Hal Herzog writes, in his Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, humans are practically incapable of thinking consistently rationally about animals. Animal activists are well aware of this basic irrationality and exploit it to the hilt. The campaigns of animal activists are invariably long on

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Firearm Law Campaign Update

Firearm Law Campaign Update

Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Here at COLFO, we’re still chipping away at the politicians and the Government in relation to the second round of law changes – that are still sitting on the Parliamentary ‘Order Paper’ waiting for what’s called the Committee of the Whole Stage

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