Thread: Game Animal Council

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.

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).

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