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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04300640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Outdoor Recreation New Zealand</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Outdoor Recreation New Zealand"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History"><U>History</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Outdoors Policy"><U>Outdoors Policy</U></A>   |   <B>Media Releases</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Form"><U>Membership Form</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications Library"><U>Publications Library</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gallery"><U>Gallery</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>POLICIES of </B></div> <div> <B>OUTDOOR RECREATION NZ</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure unrestricted Public Access to Public Land.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure government agencies and local bodies fulfill their statutory obligations with aspect to Queen's chain, legal roads, marginal strips, easements and other legal mechanisms.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Restrict foreign and other ownership of New Zealand land where access to public land is not fully protected.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure Government departments involved in the implementation of the Crown Tenure Review negotiations fully realise their obligations to New Zealanders in regards access to the resulting public lands.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Appoint an Access Ombudsman.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Promote legislation that ensures a priority legal right for all New Zealanders to gather seafood and have access to quality marine food resources. Following discussions with major salt water fishing groups our policies have been amended and authorised by the Council</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure that all New Zealanders have a priority right over commercial fishers, to a reasonable daily bag limit, and have the ability to exclude commercial methods that may deplete recreationally important areas.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure no licensing of salt-water recreational fishing and no licensing for the gathering of seafood for non-commercial purposes.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure that recreational fishing and seafood gathering opportunities are not disadvantaged by the establishment of Marine Reserves. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Consult with all agencies and groups to plan for future generations to enjoy their legal right to take fish, while preventing fish conserved for recreational use being allocated to the commercial sector. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Promote the improvement of water quality in rivers, lakes, streams and the marine environment</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Support environmental agencies in implementing water quality standards.</B></div> <div> <B>Require government agencies and local bodies to consider the rights of outdoor sportspeople in their decisions pursuant to the RMA.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure the rights of all affected parties are considered in any water resource usage approval that may be detrimental to one or more user of that resource.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Restrict the use of toxins that have the potential to harm the health, economic well being and recreational requirements of New Zealanders.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure full accountability to the NZ public by those who use and apply poisons, toxins, or any modified biological agents or organisms in the NZ environment.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Protect local community interests and the New Zealand clean green image.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Consider alternative methods of control for pests such as possums, stoats, ferrets and weasels e.g. bounty.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Support recreational hunting and harvesting of  game animals</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Game animals to be recognised and managed as a valuable, sustainable resource.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure that the ownership of all game animals remains vested in the Crown until lawfully taken.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure the retention of the prohibition on the sale of shooting rights on public land.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure that recreational hunters have equal rights with commercial operators (including safari operators) to the access and harvest of game animals on public lands.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Promote responsible firearm  ownership</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ensure the maintenance of a system of lawful private ownership of firearms by fit and proper persons without undue cost and formality.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Regularly seek counsel from New Zealand's outdoor recreational organisations, lobby groups and users</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gain information and advice on policy and issues of concern.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Strive to reach consensus between outdoor recreation groups.</B></div> <div> <B>Advocate in Parliament and elsewhere on behalf of NZ outdoor recreational users.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Review and reform legislation to reflect the policies of OUTDOOR RECREATION NZ,  including but not necessarily limited to:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Overseas Investment Act 1973, </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Biosecurity Act 1993,</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">National Parks  Act  1980,</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Land Act 1948,</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998,</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fisheries Act 1983 and 1996,</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wild Animal Control Act 1977,</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Marine Reserves Act 1971,</B></div> <div> <B>Arms Act 1983</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Media Releases</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#customary_discrimination" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>19 February 2004</U></A> - Customary Discrimination</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#ufornz_applaud_major_environmental_move" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>5 July 2004</U></A> - UFORNZ applaud major environmental move</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#great_barrier_island_marine_reserve_" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>4 August 2004</U></A> - Great Barrier Island Marine Reserve</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#baldock_moment_of_truth_over_fisheries" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>30 August 2004</U></A> - Baldock Moment of truth over fisheries</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#22_march_2005" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>22 March 2005</U></A> - Dunne - setting environmental policy</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#carter_discards_recreational_fishers_views" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>18 June 2005</U></A> - Carter discards Recreational Fishers views</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#ornz_and_united_future_divorce_on_religious_grounds" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>27 March 2006</U></A> - ORNZ and United Future divorce on religious grounds</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#23_april_2006" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>23 April 2006</U></A> - Hector's Dolphin</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#26_april_2006" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>26 April 2006</U></A> - 1080 Propaganda</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#acland_report___comments_from_nzda" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>3 May 2006</U></A> - NZDA Comments on Acland Report</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#moreporks_becoming__more_porkies__" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>19 June 2006</U></A> - Moreporks becoming 'more-porkies' </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#_new_thinking__needed_" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>6 July 2006</U></A> - 'New thinking' needed </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#animal_welfare_groups_keep_mum" TITLE="Media Releases"><U>7 July 2006</U></A> - Animal welfare groups keep mum</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="customary_discrimination"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><B>MEDIA RELEASE</B> <I>Outdoor Recreation NZ</I></div> <div> <I>Customary discrimination</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Outdoor Recreation NZ,</B>  Chairman , Paul Check said today,</div> <bR> <div> Fisheries Minister, Mr Pete Hodgsons statement, some would say “revelation”, to the House that Treaty settlements mean that Maori customary Fishers are not required to adhere to minimum Fish or Shellfish sizes demonstrates at best fatally flawed legislation or at worst a flagrant disregard for the welfare of our Fisheries</div> <bR> <div> Article 27 of the Fisheries act governing size and quota is apparently applicable only to non -maori  New Zealanders, I suspect that this will probably come as no surprise however to a Treaty weary Nation, now well adjusted to a two tiered regulatory system with an overtly racial bias.</div> <bR> <div> Mr Check says, Under the customary Fishing regulations the kaitiaki/Tiaki charged with regulating the Fishery area is required to submit quarterly reports to the MOF detailing information that demonstrates the management of a sustainable Fishery.</div> <div>  This valuable information should surely be used in conjunction with Ministry studies to set quota and size limits applicable to all New Zealanders irrespective of race.</div> <bR> <div> How can two sets of conflicting legislation apply to the same stretch of water?,</div> <div> How can the taking of undersized Seafood contribute to a sustainable Fishery?</div> <bR> <div> Mr Check reiterates the sentiments expressed by MP Larry Baldock yesterday,</div> <bR> <div> Lets work together as New Zealanders for the common good, There are no winners under this discriminatory regime</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="ufornz_applaud_major_environmental_move"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Media statement - For immediate release</B></div> <div> <B>5 July 2004</B></div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div> <B>UF/ORNZ applaud major environmental move</B></div> <div>  </div> <div> United Future New Zealand and its affiliated party Outdoor Recreation NZ have applauded the announcement of the mega-coalition between three of the country's largest outdoor lobby groups.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Speaking from the New Zealand Recreational Fishing Council's national conference in Whangarei,  ORNZ Chairman Paul Check thoroughly endorsed the move as a pivotal next step in securing a united approach towards the issues impacting on outdoor recreation.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Mr Check said “We are currently riding a wave of heightened outdoor awareness amongst middle New Zealand and it is heartening to see such a development.</div> <div>   </div> <div> “The coalition of Fish and Game, the NZ Recreational Fishing Council and the Game and Forest Foundation will result in a powerful lobby group with a strong collective voice underpinned by solid hands on experience.”</div> <div>  </div> <div> United Future MP Larry Baldock, also present at the meeting, welcomed the announcement. </div> <div>  </div> <div> He said  “The time is coming for a major shift in Government thinking on how it manages the conservation estate and the inshore marine environment.</div> <div>  </div> <div> “This change in thinking must accord priority to the interests of New Zealand recreational users.</div> <div>  </div> <div> “It is time Government looked at realigning its Ministries to better represent middle New Zealanders who are commonsense conservationists, rather than allowing the Green agenda to take precedence,” he said.</div> <div>    </div> <div> <I> </I></div> <div> Ends</div> <div>  </div> <div> Contact:               Larry Baldock, MP</div> <div>                     Tel: 04 470 6993</div> <div>                     Cell: 027 662 2896</div> <div>  </div> <div> Paul Check</div> <div> Chairman, ORNZ</div> <div>                     Cell: 0274 731 686</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="great_barrier_island_marine_reserve_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MEDIA RELEASE</B> <I>Outdoor Recreation NZ</I></div> <div> 4 August 2004</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Great Barrier Island Marine Reserve</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>DOC choose to redefine the word - NO!.</B></div> <bR> <div> In an amazing interpretation of the Public submissions received on the proposed <B>Great Barrier Island Marine Reserve</B> DOC has interpreted a resounding 73% of submissions against the proposal as a Public mandate to proceed.</div> <bR> <div> Speaking out against the Marine Reserve today, Outdoor Recreation NZ Chairman Paul Check says “it is a poor reflection on a Government Department when it chooses to ignore the very People it purports to represent”.</div> <bR> <div> Says Mr Check, The DOC statutory mandate states that quote “Conservation is based on Societal support” it is high time DOC walked the talk and heeded the advice of their Employers, the  Public of New Zealand. </div> <bR> <div> To the Minister of Conservation Mr Carter we say, no really does mean no!, and the New Zealand public have said a resounding NO to the Great Barrier Island Marine Reserve.</div> <bR> <div> Totalitarianism has no place in a Government Department, which time and time again elects to demonstrate despotic behaviour worthy of a third world Dictatorship  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07628470.gif" border=0 width="552" height="327" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Ends</div> <div> Contacts:          Paul Check</div> <div>                Tel: 07 378 7171</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="baldock_moment_of_truth_over_fisheries"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Media Statement - For immediate release</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>30 August 2004</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Baldock: Moment of truth over fisheries</B></div> <bR> <div> The Greens and ACT will face moments of truth for very different reasons when an amendment to remove kahawai from the Quota Management System is voted on in Parliament tomorrow, United Future fisheries spokesman Larry Baldock says.</div> <div> “ACT have to decide how deeply held their commitment to individual freedoms and liberty really runs. What better exemplifies that than the right of the average Kiwi to go fishing as they have for generations?</div> <div> “And if the Greens fail to back it, they will likely be the first Green party anywhere in the world to actively support the marine destruction wrought by purse seine fishing,” Mr Baldock, sponsor of the amendment to the Fisheries No3 Amendment Bill, said today.</div> <div> Parliament would have to answer to a very sizeable recreational fishing electorate if they don't back the amendment, he said.</div> <div> “This is strongly about a fair go for the average Kiwi and their right to get out with a line and catch fish that they have been catching for generations. It's a birthright that should not be sold out.”</div> <div> Ends. </div> <div> <B>Contact:       Larry Baldock                04 470 6993 or 027 662 2896</B> </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="22_march_2005"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B>Media Statement - <B>For immediate release</B></div> <div> 22 March 2005</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Dunne: How about we base environment policy on scientific evidence??</B></div> <bR> <div> Environmental decisions need to be made on hard scientific evidence, not airy-fairy ideological agendas, United Future leader Peter Dunne said in unveiling United Future's outdoors policy in Taupo today.</div> <bR> <div> “I know it's a radical concept in some environmental circles, but there you have it!” Mr Dunne said.</div> <bR> <div> “Unfortunately it needs stating, simply because it would be a complete about-face on the way things are done today, particularly with DOC,” he said.</div> <bR> <div> “Environmental decisions need to be made on the basis of robust scientific data, both in terms of identifying problems and projecting policy outcomes.</div> <bR> <div> “It's time common sense was applied to environment policy and United Future will do just that,” Mr Dunne said.</div> <bR> <div> Ends.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Contact:     Mark Stewart, Press Secretary               027 293 4314</B></div> <div>           <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz"><U><U>www.unitedfuture.org.nz</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="carter_discards_recreational_fishers_views"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MEDIA RELEASE</B> <I>Outdoor Recreation NZ</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT></div> <div> <B>June 18 2005</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Carter discards Recreational Fishers views.</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Outdoor Recreation NZ Party </B>is appalled that the Minister of Conservation, the Hon Chris Carter has excelled with his new unacceptable level of arrogance and deceit, with his latest Marine Reserve proposal. </div> <div> The Minister has approved a large Marine Reserve application off the North East Coast of Great Barrier Island. With a token area around Whangapoua Bay which has been zoned outside the reserve boundaries, supposedly for local residents to fish.</div> <bR> <div> Of the original 3513 submissions that DoC received, the Minister says that 2200 of these were in support. Would the Minister care to explain to the public just how, where and why this large support base suddenly emerged?  </div> <div> He has obviously totally disregarded the other 1313 submissions from recreational fishers, local iwi and Great Barrier Island residents. Submissions that clearly indicated that they did not support the DoC proposed Marine Reserve application.</div> <div> We are appalled that on this occasion he quotes the number of submissions supporting his decision, as opposed to those who clearly did not support the application. We have been advised in on many occasions in the past, that when the majority of submissions were against an application, then it would be the quality of the content as opposed to the quantity that would be the determining factor.</div> <bR> <div> In his press statement 16<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> June 05, regarding this new Marine Reserve, the Minister quotes from a 2003/04 survey which suggests that the proposed reserve area 49,500 hectares is “isolated and remote” with a low to moderate use by recreational fishers during mid summer. So where is the compelling evidence for a Marine Reserve in an area that has at best minimal fishing impact?</div> <div> This is an isolated area and one that is only accessible by reasonable sized craft over a short window of opportunity in settled weather, and one of the reasons why the fish stocks in the area are sustainable, </div> <div>     </div> <div> What he has failed miserably to recognize and understand, is that he has now effectively managed to prevent recreational fisherman accessing the principle sheltered accessible Hapuka ground and Sport fishery area for migratory species available to Auckland fishers. </div> <bR> <div> Has he taken on board financial considerations, i.e. the potential loss of income to the Great Barrier Island economy from land based fishers / charter boats etc who will now have to seek other less accessible fishing areas. Not to mention the flow on effect created by a loss of earnings for local charter boats and fishing tackle industry who derive their income from local fishers and the emerging market of overseas fishers etc. </div> <bR> <div> ORNZ regards this is an absolute travesty of justice. Another arrogant display of total disregard, from a Minister who apparently has an absolute lack of understanding regarding the value of this area to fishers. He has totally disregarded the wishes and requirements of the fishing public. This blatant arrogance is typical of the absolute disregard that the current government displays when dealing with such issues. A Government that has recently burdened the NZ tax payer with issues such as “Carbon Tax” etc, another example of the “big brother syndrome” which is manifested within Labour.</div> <div> What Mr. Carter has failed to take on board is the huge backlash from recreational fishers who will no doubt show their disapproval at the ballot box.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Phil Hoare</div> <div> Vice Chairman- ORNZ</div> <div> Ph. 09 419 2298</div> <div> Mob. 0274 309 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="ornz_and_united_future_divorce_on_religious_grounds"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MEDIA RELEASE</B> <I>Outdoor Recreation NZ</I></div> <div> 27 March 2006</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ORNZ and United Future divorce on religious grounds</div> <div> "The Board of Outdoor Recreation New Zealand has terminated its agreement of affiliation with United Future", said Acting Chairman Phil Hoare. </div> <div> "Although we have had a very warm and cordial personal working relationship with United Future Leader Peter Dunne, we have had great difficulty with the religious extremism from the Future side. They have consistently derailed our commitment to work for the mutual benefit of ORNZ and United members interests.</div> <div> "We strongly believe in the traditional bedrock values of our Nation's heritage but we also affirm the separation of church and state. While many of us readily hold to christian values we do not believe there is any room for evangelical fundamentalism in politics. Despite repeated attempts to portray themselves in a secular vein Future has time and again sought to advantage themselves in a religious manner at our cost.</div> <div> "We have listened to our membership and now we are acting. ORNZ will now focus on rebuilding our core membership, strengthening our original guiding principle, and broadening our focus to be a strong political voice for sound, consistent and coherant envoirnmental policies. Without the distractions and difficulties of trying to work with religious extremism we will be better placed to accomplish our goals."</div> <div> The ending of the political affiliation coincides with a reinvogorated team on the ORNZ board comprising of :</div> <div> <B>Phil Hoare</B> - Acting Chairman: Pest Control/Game Management/Conservation spokesman </div> <div> <B>Nick Rump - </B>Secretary</div> <div> <B>Stuart Mirfin </B>-Treasurer: Spokesman on Large Game Animal Hunting issues.</div> <div> <B>Tony Smart </B>- Commercial Fishing, and shortly assuming the role of spokesman for Pest Control. </div> <div> <B>Richard Tyson </B>- Freshwater angling / Small Game / Game Bird issues (Fish & Game)</div> <div> <B>Peter Vahry </B>- Access issues </div> <div> <B>John Friend - </B>Marine Committee Coordinator, Recreational Fishing / Marine enviroment issues</div> <div> <B>Marc Alexander </B>- Media / Urban enviromental issues etc.</div> <div> "The decision to move away from a formal affiliation with United Future was not taken lightly but is in the positive longer term interests of ORNZ. The board expresses its appreciation to Peter Dunne for all his efforts and we wish him well," said Phil Hoare on behalf of the board.</div> <div> <B>ENDS </B></div> <div> <B>Contact:</B> Phil Hoare mob 027 4309143 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>philhoare@xtra.co.nz</U></FONT> </div> <div> <B>Media liaison:</B><I><B> </B></I>MarcAlexander Tel: 021 390 058 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>marc.alex@xtra.co.nz</U></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="23_april_2006"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MEDIA RELEASE</B> <I>Outdoor Recreation NZ</I></div> <div> 23 April 2006</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Conservation groups are conservative with the truth on Hectors Dolphin issue</div> <bR> <div> "Why are conservationists misleading impressionable school children and the Public?" asks ORNZ Acting Chair Phil Hoare. </div> <bR> <div> "Whether in school education programs or TV adverts, the groups who are supposed to give us the facts about conservation seem to have a different agenda from the truth. They should be held responsible for their spread of incorrect and misleading information. </div> <bR> <div> "The nonsense that is being passed as truth with regards to set-nets and the Maui Dolphins (Hectors Dolphins) is so preposterous it deserves to be found in the fiction section of someone's overactive imaginations!</div> <bR> <div> "Wouldn't it be great for once if the Minister of Conservation Chris Carter could manage to get off his rear and ensure that when Conservation Groups are speaking out, they do so in a manner resembling reality? </div> <bR> <div> "While it is widely recognized that the Maui Dolphin is on the endangered list, what isn't correct is that set netting is responsible for killing them. Since March 2001 till July 2003, there have been nine reported Hector Dolphin deaths. Only one of which was net related with the cause of a second death not directly attributable to set-nets. </div> <bR> <div> "According to the nine Pathology reports received from the Department of Conservation, the remaining was through natural causes or beach-cast. And since July 2003 it is believed that there has <I>only</I> been a further two reported deaths - neither of which was set-net related! </div> <bR> <div> "What's really behind all of this miss-information? </div> <bR> <div> "Look deeper and we should take into account the recreational and commercial fishing effort. The fact is that there have been incorrect and misleading statements regarding both fishing sectors pouring out from conservationists with regard to set-netting, trawling Recreational fishing and Marine Reserves. </div> <bR> <div> "Both the Department of Conservation and M/Fish are due to review the set-netting ban but the only big haul so far is lies!" said Phil. </div> <bR> <div> <B>ENDS</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Contact:</B> Phil Hoare Acting Chair <B>ORNZ</B> </div> <bR> <div> Ph 027 4309143 </div> <bR> <div> E-mail <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>chairman@outdoorrecreation.co.nz</U></FONT></div> <div>  </div> <div> Press Liaison: Marc Alexander <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>marc.alex@xtra.co.nz</U></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="26_april_2006"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MEDIA RELEASE</B> <I>Outdoor Recreation NZ</I></div> <div> 26 April 2006</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Public forced to swallow 1080 propaganda</div> <bR> <div> "The pro-1080 propaganda brigade are telling porkies to the public and the media are buying the rubbish", said </div> <div> Tony Smart the1080 and Pest Control Spokesperson for ORNZ.</div> <bR> <div> "The irresponsible spokespersons from Government Dept’s like the Department of Conservation, Animal Health Board, Regional Councils and even Forest and bird are in the act telling kiwis that 1080 is harmless and safe. </div> <bR> <div> What utter crap!"</div> <bR> <div> "They keep on telling us they have all the right answers, well, they don't. They shouldn't be allowed to continue poisoning the life out of our streams or the wildlife out of our land. Their lame excuses and propaganda have been promoting destructive poisonous campaigns. They claim that any other way will cost too much, or that the country is too rough, or it will take to long. Rubbish! They may say it's as safe as table salt, but I don't see them proving it!"</div> <bR> <div> Tony Smart says his reaction follows what he sees as deceitful comments on the harmlessness of 1080 which appears on NIWA's website. Namely:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The few instances where 1080 has been detected in stream water most likely reflects the presents of 1080 baits in streams, laboratory test show that 1080 breaks down relatively quickly in water, mostly by bacteria naturally present in stream water or associated with aquatic plants, and the rate of breakdown is faster in warmer water. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Given the fact that aerial application of 1080 is generally done in winter months, it is likely that 1080 could persist in cold-water streams for some time, its been suggested that dilution of 1080 in streams would be more important in reducing it to toxicologically insignificant concentrations than its breakdown by bacteria. However despite this assertion, </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">No studies have specifically looked at the effect of 1080 on Aquatic invertebrate and fish communities found in streams.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">This lack of information is pertinent, as water quality monitoring studies have occasionally shown traces of 1080 in stream water, and as such may effect in stream communities on a local patch-scale.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">By contrast, the cold hard facts, from the official American Government websites from which they were researched show that: </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The World Health Organization (WHO): The number one most toxic registered pesticide is Sodium Fluoroacetate (1080). </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">United States Environmental Protection agency, (EPA) states that: 1080 is a white powder, Soluble in water, very stable, and thus is very persistent in ground water. There are no generally available tests to confirm poisoning by convulsant rodenticides. (1080 is classed as a convulsant rodentiside)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Royal commission for Genetic Modification claims that; The main poison used in New Zealand for possum control is 1080 (sodium monofluoroacetate) and each year New Zealand released about two and a half tons of this poison into its environment, composing 90% of the worlds use. Concerns are being expressed over the dangers of poisons used in possum control, such as environmental contamination and risks to non-target species, particularly native birds, and that the massive expenditure on possum control is unsustainable. The reliance on 1080 poison could also have trade implications if New Zealand’s major trading partners were to find the continued use of this poison unacceptable.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The United States Department of Community Heath asks; what is sodium Fluoroacetate? Sodium Fluoroacetate is a fine, white, odourless powder that is sometimes dyed black. It is known as Compound 1080, Fratol, Furatol, Ratbane1080, Yasoknock, Ten-Eighty, SMFA, and sodium Monofluoroacetate. It dissolves easily in water and can seep into soil and groundwater where it can persist for one-two weeks in warm weather/high humidity and up to two months in extreme cold or drought. It is a highly toxic substance and may be fatal if inhaled swallowed or absorbed through the skin. There is no known antidote for sodium Fluoroacetate.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Toxicology Data Net (Toxnet) claims that; To assess the risk of secondary poisoning to dogs which may scavenge carcasses of poisoned animals, possum carcasses were collected after a possum control operation using 1080 paste baits in Wairarapa, New Zealand, during 1994. The state of the decomposition of the carcasses was assessed at intervals up to 75 days and the concentrations of the stomach contents analyzed. Carcasses collected from the field were found to contain concentrations of 1080 high enough to pose a serious hazard to dogs, even up to 75 days after the poison operation.</div> <bR> <div> "So I ask you, who do you think is telling the porkies and who is telling the truth? A week plus in the water anywhere in New Zealand is enough for any toxin or poison to reach the ocean. Besides, DOC warns that poisoned deer and wild pigs <I>could</I> wander as far as five kilometers from where they ingested the 1080 and so are <I>not</I> to be taken from in that 5 k range outside the poison area. Isn't this an admittance enough of the dangers of 1080 to the public? Just how stupid do these clowns think we are? These so called protectors of New Zealand’s land, ecology and native wildlife should never be allowed to airdrop or use 1080 again!</div> <bR> <div> "By contrast Outdoor Recreation NZ has a well thought out and sensible policy to deal with these issues. We have a very workable pest control management plan for alternative methods of animal management and control <I>other </I>than airdropping tons of toxic poison over huge areas of our environment." </div> <bR> <div> <B>ENDS</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Contact:</B> Tony Smart, Outdoor Recreation NZ, 1080 and Pest Control Spokesperson</div> <bR> <div> <U>1080@outdoorrecreation.co.nz</U></div> <bR> <div> <U>pestcontr@outdoorrecreation.co.nz</U></div> <bR> <div> <U>www.outdoorrecreation.co.nz</U></div> <bR> <div> Ph. 027 2808067 </div> <bR> <div> <B>Media liaison:</B><I><B> </B></I>Marc Alexander Tel: 021 390 058 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>marc.alex@xtra.co.nz</U></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Nick Rump</div> <div> Party Secretary</div> <div> OUTDOOR RECREATION NZ</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="acland_report___comments_from_nzda"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Acland Report - Comments from NZDA</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> NZDA would have the dates for the public meetings up on our website. </div> <bR> <div> The address is: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.walkingaccess.org.nz/public.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.walkingaccess.org.nz/public.h"><U><U>http://www.walkingaccess.org.nz/public.html</U></U></A></FONT> Can you get this address put up on NZDA's website please, with the following text, encouraging hunters and others to go along. Can we also put my article "Public Access nback in the Spotlight" attached, from the Autumn H&W up on the web, in a Public Access section, together with this article please. Text for website follows: </div> <div> <B>Public Access Consultation</B> </div> <div> The reconstituted Acland Walking Access Consultation Panel (See Autumn NZDA Hunting & Wildlife "Public Access back in the Spotlight - Time to bite the Bullet") has now published its report for consultation "Outdoor Walking Access" (60 pages). An electronic copy is available at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.walkingaccess.org.nz/public.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.walkingaccess.org.nz/public.h"><U><U>http://www.walkingaccess.org.nz/public.html</U></U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.walkingaccess.org.nz/public.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.walkingaccess.org.nz/public.h"><U> </U></A></div> <div> For a hard copy (60 pages) send a request to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@walkingaccess.org.nz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@walkingaccess.org.nz"><U><U>info@walkingaccess.org.nz</U></U></A></FONT> or phone 03 543 9182. </div> <div> <B>Submissions are required by 30 June 2006</B>. The Panel is holding 25 public evening meetings around the country from <B>13 May (Hamilton) to 15 June (Greymouth)</B> throughout New Zealand. These meetings are an opportunity for you to talk to them about walking access to and along rivers, lakes and the coast. And broader issues of access generally. </div> <div> <B>Panel approach very timid</B> </div> <div> NZDA and two other national recreational bodies, the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations and Public Access New Zealand urged the Panel to take an inclusive approach and look at all access issues, not just access to water bodies, when we met with them in February. </div> <div> However it is very disappointing that the Panel's report does not do this. It is narrowly limited to 38 questions primarily to do with public access to water margins. It again refuses to include hunters with guns, (80,000 New Zealanders), people walking dogs, horse riders or 4WD enthusiasts. Instead it discusses primarily public walking access to waterways without a firearm or dog. </div> <div> Hunting, dog-walking and riding/driving groups are legitimate users of the Outdoors, and their rights need to be considered eg by any Public Access Commission that may be set up. No-one suggests they need "wander at will" rights. But they, just like everyone else has rights to use public roads, and for walkers, marginal strips etc. It appears, after 3 years of "consultation", the panel has grown weary. The Panel needs a shake-up if anything at all is to come from its lengthy and worthwhile endeavours to date. </div> <div> So it is very important that hunters, and all recreational users, attend these meetings, and impress on the Panel the need for major improvement in the multitude of government agencies who have public access responsibilities that they largely ignore - DOC, Land Information NZ (Mapping), inistry for the Environment, District & Regional Councils etc. Worst offender is Land Information New Zealand, who believes it has minimal responsibility to the public. And DOC, which mismanges marginal strips, and can't even tell you where they are. </div> <div> <B>Need for strong representations from Hunters and Others</B> </div> <div> It is very apparent that a Public Access Commission is essential, with funding is needed. Government agencies need to be held to account for their responsibilities. And working together for better access and addressing public access issues is badly needed. However, in spite of this being in the Terms of Reference, the Access Commission is only mentioned in passing via a narrow question from the Panel. Consequently <B>if the exercise is to go anywhere, the recreational public must turn out to promote other more effective options, and broaden the discussion</B>. </div> <div> The outcomes NZDA seeks are set out in the article in the Autumn Hunting & Wildlife magazine (Issue 152). They include: </div> <div> 1. <B>A broader & more inclusive approach</B>: Cover all recreational public access, including hunters (guns or dogs), 4WD, not just walking access (without a gun) to water</div> <div> <B>2. An Access Commissioner’s Office</B>, with Teeth and an adequate <B>Public Access Facilitation Fund</B></div> <div> 3. Note that<B> public land ownership</B> – eg strips, public roads, parks, reserves, is the solid foundation for most NZ public access. Public ownership rights protect public access</div> <div> 4. <B>More friendly topo maps (NZMS 260), showing public lands, and public accessways</B> eg easements, public roads (cf cadastrals)</div> <div> 5. <B>Make all current Queen’s Chains moveable – </B>reinstate the purpose they were set aside for</div> <div> 6. <B>Use unformed Public Roads </B>– with no reduction in rights</div> <div> <B>7. Restore the balance between private property rights and the public ownership of and free access to wildlife, fisheries, water</B> (No charging for fishing/hunting access)</div> <div> <B>8. An Official/Statutory Access Code of Conduct – </B>eg<B> </B>in the Trespass Act</div> <div> <B>9. The need for speed </B>– a <B>once-in-a-generation </B>opportunity is rapidly disappearing</div> <div> Take a copy of this along to the meeting nearest you. </div> <div> <B>Please attend and speak at the Public Meetings</B> </div> <div> Aim to get past the narrow set of topics the Panel has set. The narrow <B>Summary of issues</B>, set out in its Report is: </div> <div> "The walking access issues discussed fall into four categories:</div> <div> 1 Issues on which <B>landholders and users largely agree</B>:</div> <div> • Location and status of existing access rights to water margin land</div> <div> • Code of responsible conduct</div> <div> • National leadership and policy co-ordination</div> <div> 2 Issues on which <B>agreement needs to be sought</B>:</div> <div> • Refusal of access by landholders</div> <div> • The intersection of private and public property rights</div> <div> • Impact of erosion and accretion on water margin access</div> <div> • Establishing new access</div> <div> • Use of unformed legal roads</div> <div> 3 Access-related <B>issues that require clarification and evaluation</B>:</div> <div> • Health and safety liability of landholders</div> <div> • Fire risk and liability</div> <div> • Biosecurity risks</div> <div> • Rural crime and security</div> <div> 4 Issues in respect of <B>Maori land and Maori issues in respect of</B></div> <div> <B>non-Maori land</B></div> <div> • Treaty of Waitangi concerns, access rights to Maori land,</div> <div> and wahi tapu and rahui"</div> <div> <B>Full list of meeting times and places</B> <B>(13 May - 15 June}</B> </div> <div> Make a note of the one near you, and go along to ask for hunting and 4WD access to be considered. Hunters and 4WD enthusiasts are part of New Zealand society too! </div> <div> <B>Auckland - Central</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 6 June 2006</div> <div> Barrycourt Best Western - Discovery Room (10-20 Gladstone Road, Parnell)</div> <div> <B>Auckland - Takapuna</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 7 June 2006</div> <div> Bruce Mason Centre (Cnr Hurstmere Road and The Promenade, Takapuna)</div> <div> <B>Blenheim</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 24 May 2006</div> <div> Scenic Circle Blenheim Country Hotel - Marlborough Room (Cnr Henry and Alfred St, Blenheim)</div> <div> <B>Christchurch</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 13 June 2006</div> <div> Sudima Grand Chancellor - Concorde A Room (Cnr Memorial Ave and Orchard Road, Christchurch)</div> <div> <B>Cromwell</B></div> <div> 5-7 pm, 17 May 2006</div> <div> Golden Gate Lodge (Barry Ave, Cromwell)</div> <div> <B>Dannevirke</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 1 June 2006</div> <div> Dannevirke Town Hall (High Street, Dannevirke)</div> <div> <B>Dunedin</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 16 May 2006</div> <div> Southern Cross Hotel - Cargill Room (Cnr Princes and High Sts, Dunedin)</div> <div> <B>Geraldine</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 14 June 2006 </div> <div> Presbyterian Hall (Wilson Street, Geraldine)</div> <div> <B>Gisborne</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 30 May 2006</div> <div> The Gisborne Hotel - The Rimu Room (Cnr Huxley and Tyndall Roads, Gisborne)</div> <div> <B>Greymouth</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 15 June 2006 </div> <div> The Ashley Hotel - Rimu Room (74 Tasman Street, Greymouth)</div> <div> <B>Hamilton</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 13 June 2006</div> <div> Kingsgate Hotel - Conference Room (100 Garnett Ave, Te Rapa, Hamilton)</div> <div> <B>Helensville</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 8 June 2006</div> <div> Helensville War Memorial Hall (2 Porter Cres, Helensville)</div> <div> <B>Invercargill</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 18 May 2006</div> <div> Invercargill Working Men's Club (154 Esk Street, Invercargill)</div> <div> <B>Kaikohe</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 7 June 2006</div> <div> Ohaeawai Hotel (Cnr State Highways 1 and 12, Ohaeawai, Kaikohe)</div> <div> <B>Masterston</B></div> <div> 4-6 pm, 30 May 2006</div> <div> Masterton District Council - Frank Cody Lounge (64 Chapel Street, Masterston)</div> <div> <B>Napier</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 31 May 2006</div> <div> War Memorial Centre (48 Marine Parade, Napier)</div> <div> <B>Nelson</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 23 May 2006</div> <div> Tahuna Beach Conference Centre - Kotuku Room (70 Beach Road, Tahunanui, Nelson)</div> <div> <B>New Plymouth</B></div> <div> 5-7 pm, 23 May 2006</div> <div> Grand Central Hotel (42 Powderham St, New Plymouth) </div> <div> <B>Paihia</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 8 June 2006</div> <div> The Park Lodge on Paihia - Kingfish Room (Scenic Circle Hotel, Seaview Road, Paihia)</div> <div> <B>Palmerston North</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 24 May 2006</div> <div> Steeple Conference Centre (Kingsgate Palmerston North, 110 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmeston North)</div> <div> <B>Rotorua</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 17 May 2006</div> <div> Convention Centre (1170 Fenton Street, Cnr Fenton and Arawa Street, Rotorua)</div> <div> <B>Taupo</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 16 May 2006</div> <div> Great Lakes Centre - Eastwing (Story Place, Taupo)</div> <div> <B>Tauranga</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 14 June 2006</div> <div> Buretta Park Motor Inn (Vale Street, Tauranga)</div> <div> <B>Wellington</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 25 May 2006</div> <div> James Cook Grand Chancellor (147 The Terrace, Wellington)</div> <div> <B>Whangarei</B></div> <div> 7-9 pm, 6 June 2006</div> <div> Forum North - Cafler 1 (Rust Avenue, Whangarei)</div> <div> <B>Submissions by 30 June</B> </div> <div> For further information or comment contact Hugh Barr, NZDA National Advocate</div> <div> Tel/Fax: 04 934 2244 Mob: 025 686 0063</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:hugh@infosmart.co.nz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:hugh@infosmart.co.nz"><U><U>hugh@infosmart.co.nz</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="moreporks_becoming__more_porkies__"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MEDIA RELEASE</B> <I>Outdoor Recreation NZ</I></div> <div> 19 June 2006</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Moreporks becoming 'more-porkies' as government continues to kill our envoirnment </div> <div>  </div> <div> "The <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Government is</FONT> in cahoots with the Department of Conservation, Animal Health Board and the Regional councils<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >, who</FONT> are deliberately breaking the laws of New Zealand", said Tony Smart, Spokesperson on 1080 and Animal Control for Outdoor Recreation.</div> <bR> <div> In<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > fact they almost seem proud of it. By choosing Sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) to poisin and kill possums, deer, goats and a host of other creatures, they are defying </FONT>the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >law. Currently it's an offence punishable by large fines or a prison sentence to disturb, harm or kill any endangered or protected native species or bird. And yet the government and its agencies including companies and their helicopter pilots and crews who drop the poison are getting away with it. The real question is how?</FONT></div> <bR> <div> "In New Zealand we're all supposed to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >come</FONT> under the same laws. I guess that doesn't hold true for this government. </div> <bR> <div> Their <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >claims of killing only a few birds are a nonsense the public can no longer believe. While they admit they kill some native birds they never mention what happens to the birds that hunt to live, who catch mice and rats such as Moreporks or our Native Hawk.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> "When mice, rats and birds are poisoned by 1080 they don't just evaporate but grovel around being easy prey for our native hunting birds. A single dead mouse may contain enough 1080 to kill an adult dog so <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >it is</FONT> common sense that if a small native bird eats such a poisoned rat or mouse, it will have no chance of survival. </div> <bR> <div> "It <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >won't</FONT> be long before our unique native hunting birds will only be seen in zoos because the Department of Conservation <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >etc</FONT> will make sure they will be extinct out in the bush."</div> <bR> <div> <B>ENDS </B></div> <div> <B>Contact:</B> Tony Smart </div> <div> 1080 and Animal Control Spokesperson, Outdoor Recreation NZ</div> <div> Tel: 0272808067</div> <div> Email: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >1080@ornz</FONT>  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Media liaison:</B><I><B> </B></I>MarcAlexander Tel: 021 390 058 " <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:marc.alex@xtra.co.nz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:marc.alex@xtra.co.nz"><U><U>marc.alex@xtra.co.nz</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="_new_thinking__needed_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MEDIA RELEASE Outdoor Recreation NZ</B></div> <div> 6 July 2006</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>'New thinking' needed to stem environmental pollution</B></I></div> <div> "Calls from the Environment & Conservation Organisations conference (2 July 2006) to reintroduce a requirement to meet Kyoto Protocol Commitments by the use of Carbon Taxes are old-fashioned, counter-productive and unimaginative," said Beth Stone, environmental spokesperson for Outdoor Recreation New Zealand.</div> <div> "Our countries targets would be far better met by encouraging people and companies to look at more creative ways around emissions and pollution problems. For example, assisting companies to move towards using sustainable fuels such as bio-diesel, will do more to reduce emissions in a very short time than simply ‘fining’ companies that don't.</div> <div> "By ECO’s own reckoning, dire consequences of inaction will occur within 10 years, yet the best they can come up with is a target of '100% renewable electricity by 2020' and an increase in funding for public transport. It has been proven in research time and again that most buses use more fuel per passenger than many cars! If we consider that the fuel most likely to be used is diesel, their so-called solution will only exacerbate the problem.</div> <div> "ORNZ calls for public and private investment within the sustainable fuels industry, with a target of being 100% reliant by 2016 – 10 years.</div> <div> "And if we are serious about tackling the many pollution related health problems, then we should also be looking at the use of artificial fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides as well. </div> <div> "We need urgent action in encouraging organic, bio-dynamic and permaculture farming and growing systems to tackle such concerns, and we need to do get onto these issues in a way that grows our economy, contributes to our environmental quality and is business friendly. </div> <div> "The biggest question is why was there no mention of any action to be taken on these issues in the Conference Media release?</div> <div> <B>ENDS </B></div> <div> Contact: <B>Beth M Stone</B> mob: 0274937801 beths@ihug.co.nz </div> <div> Media liaison: Marc Alexander Tel: 021 390 058 marc.alex@xtra.co.nz</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="animal_welfare_groups_keep_mum"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MEDIA RELEASE</B>  <I>Outdoor Recreation NZ</I></div> <div> 7 July 2006</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Animal welfare groups keep mum on 1080 kills of animals</div> <bR> <div> "Many farm and household animals in rural areas have met with painful death because of the indiscriminate use of 1080 yet none of our animal welfare groups have much to say", said Outdoor Recreation's 1080 and animal welfare and control spokesman Tony Smart.</div> <bR> <div> "Organisations such as the SPCA have plenty to do but still, when it comes to the agonizing and barbaric slaughter of our wildlife birds, dogs, cats, and stock, you'd think they would speak up. At the very least the public should be better informed about the dangers of 1080 and start putting their professed care for the interests of these animals into action. But where are they?</div> <bR> <div> "There is much that can be done but we need animal welfare groups to raise the awareness and get active about the horrendous deaths of so many animals that are either unwittingly ingesting the 1080 or suffer by getting a lethal dose through secondary poisoning.</div> <bR> <div> "Its all very well to claim to be against cruelty to animals and we prosecute many instances of individual cruelty with penalties of stiff fines and even jail sentences, so why do we treat the cruelty of killing by the 1080 poison differently?</div> <bR> <div> "I have personally witnessed such animals die. It is a long and drawn-out savage and excruciating death. I cannot imagine anyone who claims to care about animals and their welfare could simply turn a blind eye.</div> <bR> <div> "Their silence is deafening"</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>ENDS </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Contact:</B>     </FONT><B>Tony Smart </B>mob: 027 2808067 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:ornzbaywide@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ornzbaywide@hotmail.com"><U><U>ornzbaywide@hotmail.com</U></U></A></FONT>           </div> <div> <B>Media liaison:</B><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Marc Alexander </B>Tel: 021 390 058 </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:marc.alex@xtra.co.nz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:marc.alex@xtra.co.nz"><U><U>marc.alex@xtra.co.nz</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>