Thread: Will 2017 be the last of lead in the sub-gauges

Having read the parts of the meeting minutes relating to the steel shot issue I have this comment to make.

That NZF&G and Southland F&G and other regions need to remember the unwarranted actions taken by the previous Minister of DoC (Kate Wilkinson) in removing Canada Geese from being a managed game bird over the whole of NZ.

That edict by DoC was at the behest of vested interests which while being negatively affected by the geese in limited areas of NZ, by lobbying the anti gun and anti hunting Department of "Conservation" that undemocratic and overbearing government agency proceeded forthwith to negatively impact upon all wildfowl hunters in our country.

DoC is an unreasonable overbearing bullying anti hunting and anti introduced game animals and birds self serving bureaucracy and IMHO all F&G regional Councils and NZ F&G Councils, (non of which are funded by treasury at all , let alone to the tune of $100 million dollars like DoC is); tell DoC to PULL THEIR BLOODY HEADS IN.

Just because some parts of the world like for example beheading persons who disagree with their politics or religions it should never follow that New Zealanders accept others mantra's as justification to impose such an ultimatum as Minister Barry and her DoC staff have imposed on our (non government funded) wildfowl managers; I.E. prove to DoC the others in some parts of the world are wrong or else!

As we found with the Geese, being "nice" and "diplomatic" with DoC does us no dammed good at all.

Please note in my earlier post, it is not just the ducks that have GONE in our area. Practically ALL the indigenous waterfowl and wildfowl have gone in the SAME TIME PERIOD.

They darned well did NOT die of lead shot for God's sake! They died out because of government and regional council RMA edicts with tacit" DO NOTHING TO STOP THE DAMAGE", COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT OF "CONSERVATION" . In this process they ignored the information and recommendations of long experiences conservation minded wildfowlers the core of whom were very well qualified to make those recommendations aimed at preserving all the environments within and adjacent to the upper Waikato river and it's wetlands.

Are we going to be so darned STUPID and roll over for them again?