recreation Archive

  • frog

    Fake DOC signs: Naughty, but funny



    For some Friday amusement, fake DOC signs have been sprouting up in Southland like truffles. “The signs were either an elaborate prank or a message to the tourism industry to not muscle in on the recreationists”. read more
    November 13, 2009 10:24 am - 9 Comments
  • frog

    Big game hunting



    United Future has again proposed splitting the Department of Conservation (DOC) into two organisations: one “responsible for ‘conservation’ aspects such as…pest control”, and the “other responsible for ‘recreation’ aspects such as…game management”. Therein lies the rub and the reason United Future’s policy is bad: ‘game animals’ are both pest and resource. E.g. Deer, pigs, chamois [...] read more
    July 19, 2008 10:29 pm - 3 Comments