Thread: Game Animal Council

https://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/sta...nimal-council/

Now within the ambit of the Minister of Hunting and Fishing ......

This has to be progress doesn't it?

I dunno. What are the following all about?

4. Issuing authorisations for hunting

These authorisations would be issued in accordance with the provisions of an approved herd management plan. This function is likely to be delegated to the Game Animal Council.

6. Appointing enforcement and honorary enforcement officers

The Director-General has the function of appointing warranted officers and honorary enforcement officers under the Act. This function will only be necessary once a herd of special interest has been designated.

And who decides the herd of special interest ?

we do not need the Game Animal Council - what we need is DOC to have had a major boot in the fundamental parts and start being pro - active about recreational hunting starting with access - DOC have the say not GAC - I can see it being cancelled under this Govt and thats a good thing

Christ Barry, What's the GAC done to you? you seem to have a major hatred for it.

IMO what is basically a lobby group working alongside the likes of the NZDA can only be a good thing for hunters. couple that with the excellent hunter training resource they have made, the map program they've been working on and I am pretty hopeful about them.

DOC for the last forever has not been interested in hunting and has clearly seen our various game species as pests only.

Originally Posted by 16Tontovarish

Christ Barry, What's the GAC done to you? you seem to have a major hatred for it.

IMO what is basically a lobby group working alongside the likes of the NZDA can only be a good thing for hunters. couple that with the excellent hunter training resource they have made, the map program they've been working on and I am pretty hopeful about them.

DOC for the last forever has not been interested in hunting and has clearly seen our various game species as pests only.

I dont hate them - I just dont see the need for them and at tax payers expense - we already as tax payers pay for DOC and DOC does administer all Public Conservation land - they should do more - I am hopefull this new Govt might ramp things up for hunters -we will see -what is scary is with major cuts to all Govt Departments incl DOC who funds this GAC and how - I find the whole thing damn scary- my last on this - just watch out thats all I can say - pay for permits next to fund GAC I bloody hope not

With DOC in bed with Twig & Tweet, we need another organization along side NZDA to challenge their tunnel vision agenda.

I would like to share your confidence in DoC Barry, but I dont! Sick and tired of the anti hunting, anti animal, woke bunch of twats in DoC uniforms and higher up. The GAC has some creedence, it is sought out for input in to our game animals and the hunting scene in NZ. Combined with the NZDA, Colfo, the Wapiti Foundation, the Sika Foundation, the present government, Nicole McKee, and others that I've forgotten, Im somewhat more confident that we are making progress to having hunting recognised as it should be.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

I dont hate them - I just dont see the need for them and at tax payers expense - we already as tax payers pay for DOC and DOC does administer all Public Conservation land - they should do more - I am hopefull this new Govt might ramp things up for hunters -we will see -what is scary is with major cuts to all Govt Departments incl DOC who funds this GAC and how - I find the whole thing damn scary- my last on this - just watch out thats all I can say - pay for permits next to fund GAC I bloody hope not

The Conservation Act will never allow DOC to do the things that the GC can and will.

Functions of Department
The functions of the Department are to administer this Act and the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and, subject to this Act and those enactments and to the directions (if any) of the Minister,—
(a)
to manage for conservation purposes, all land, and all other natural and historic resources, for the time being held under this Act, and all other land and natural and historic resources whose owner agrees with the Minister that they should be managed by the Department:
(ab)
to preserve so far as is practicable all indigenous freshwater fisheries, and protect recreational freshwater fisheries and freshwater fish habitats:
(b)
to advocate the conservation of natural and historic resources generally:
(c)
to promote the benefits to present and future generations of—
(i)
the conservation of natural and historic resources generally and the natural and historic resources of New Zealand in particular; and
(ii)
the conservation of the natural and historic resources of New Zealand’s sub-antarctic islands and, consistently with all relevant international agreements, of the Ross Dependency and Antarctica generally; and
(iii)
international co-operation on matters relating to conservation:
(d)
to prepare, provide, disseminate, promote, and publicise educational and promotional material relating to conservation:
(e)
to the extent that the use of any natural or historic resource for recreation or tourism is not inconsistent with its conservation, to foster the use of natural and historic resources for recreation, and to allow their use for tourism:
(f)
to advise the Minister on matters relating to any of those functions or to conservation generally:
(g)
every other function conferred on it by any other enactment.
Section 6(ab): inserted, on 10 April 1990, by section 4 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).

You got one thing right Barry, DOC need a full re-boot & explicit instructions to do their bloody job with out bias. Give them 6 month to pull finger & if they have not changed their ways then fire all of the top layer of DOC. If that doesn’t create the right response & outcome then remove next layer.

As the OP I was most interested in the call for nominations for new members.

Gotta be at least 1 worthy here who could contribute meaningfully ?

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

we do not need the Game Animal Council - what we need is DOC to have had a major boot in the fundamental parts and start being pro - active about recreational hunting starting with access - DOC have the say not GAC - I can see it being cancelled under this Govt and thats a good thing

I have to disagree. From what I have seen they have been extremely proactive and professional and great representatives too the govt on our behalf. They have a foot in the door re legislation and I can see a place for them having close to ultimate control over much of our resource.
What we do need, is to grow up as a group and start a method from within our community too at least partially fund them.

On the whole the GAC has done a good job, along with NZDA we have been getting some traction which we need to make the most of with the new Govt. if we have to pay say $20 for a permit to help fund it then so be it.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

I dont hate them - I just dont see the need for them and at tax payers expense - we already as tax payers pay for DOC and DOC does administer all Public Conservation land - they should do more - I am hopefull this new Govt might ramp things up for hunters -we will see -what is scary is with major cuts to all Govt Departments incl DOC who funds this GAC and how - I find the whole thing damn scary- my last on this - just watch out thats all I can say - pay for permits next to fund GAC I bloody hope not

Since they exist, maybe they need quality nominations to keep them honest