NZ govt wants to cut off hunting access

From Deerstalkers

The government’s plan to introduce access fees threatens our egalitarian ethos that all Kiwis have the ability, regardless of their financial means, to access our outdoors and go hunting.

Public land has always been free for us to hunt, connect with nature, and put food on the table—especially vital in today’s cost-of-living crisis. Charging hunters risks pricing out families, reducing access for the average Kiwi, and even undermining our role in big game management.

We say: fund conservation through international visitors, not local hunters who already contribute so much through taxes and volunteer effort. As we all know, hunting is conservation.

Say NO to hunters paying for access – Submit by this Friday the 28th February 2025.
https://www.deerstalkers.org.nz -access-to-some-public-conservatiion-land

The DoC Hunting permits which have no practical value will be used to coerce payment for public hunting access. $17 was allocated for track maintenance off Clements road one of NZ most hunted spots shows Doc doesn't refer to them for  statistics to improve hunting and by extention pest control.

The quarry road, a multi million $ investment if created today has been abandoned to deteriorate into unuseable. If it was too some fancy place for foreigners would it be treated the same? They never replaced the hut up Te Iringa in the high hunting zone yet are happy to build cabins for tourists whom do nothing to control pests not to mention Doc themselves using shanks's pony to do some work needing access and a place to rest. All they'll do is take your hard earned $ and fly in more 1080.

The lawyers of NZ prosecuted the Berryman's in the 90's and recently the owners of White Island for murder which of course would cause any sane person to refuse access through their land to public land.

To further stop public access one of the last questions was do you think council land access should be payed for. They want to copy the US. In the US they discuss the cost and bureaucracy of public access;

Another revenue exersize by govt.