The NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party is calling on all everyday New Zealanders, hunters, fishers, 4WD clubs, jet boaters, and outdoor enthusiasts to fiercely oppose the Government’s newly introduced Conservation Amendment Bill, labeling it a direct assault on the traditional Kiwi way of life.
The Bill, touted by Conservation Minister Tama Potaka as a move to “cut red tape,” introduces a dangerous new statutory mandate requiring the Department of Conservation (DOC) to actively identify and enable commercial and economic development on public land “to the greatest extent practicable.”
“This is not about cutting red tape; it provides for a return to Rogernomic style privatisation of public resources in this case our Outdoors is the scene for a corporate takeover of the Kiwi backcountry,” says Sue Grey, Leader of the NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party & Candidate for West Coast Tasman.
“For generations, our public conservation land has belonged to the people of New Zealand. It is where we tramp, camp, hunt, fish and explore. This Bill shifts the priority from public recreation to private profit, effectively handing the keys of our wilderness over to commercial operators and wealthy tourism moguls.”
The Party warns that recreational users face severe disadvantages if the Bill passes in its current form:
- Public Voices Silenced: The Bill strips away the automatic right to a public hearing for notified concession applications. If a major corporation wants exclusive rights to a valley or river access, everyday Kiwis lose their guaranteed right to look decision-makers in the eye and object. Public input will now be entirely at the Minister’s discretion.
- 60-Year Lockouts: The Bill doubles the current maximum lease term, allowing the Minister to grant exclusive commercial leases on public land for up to 60 years. “A 60-year lease means our children and grandchildren will be locked out of public spaces for their entire lifetimes so a private eco-lodge or commercial developer can turn a profit,” the Party states.
- 60% of Public Land Vulnerable: While the Government claims National Parks are safe, the Bill significantly loosens constraints on swapping and disposing of the other 60% of the conservation estate—including stewardship land, forest parks, and river margins. These are the areas where the vast majority of New Zealand’s 4WD tracks, hunting blocks, and jet boat launches are located.
- The Death of Volunteer Recreation: By legally forcing DOC to prioritize economic opportunities, volunteer clubs who spend their own time and money maintaining backcountry huts, boat ramps, and 4WD tracks will be pushed to the back of the queue, unable to compete with cashed-up corporate entities.
“The open, unrestricted Kiwi backyard is a birthright, not a commodity to be carved up and leased out to the highest bidder,” says the NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party. “We are already seeing our freedom of movement and access chipped away across New Zealand. We cannot and will not stand by while the government legalizes the slow privatisation of our public lands.”
The party is urging every outdoor club, recreational user, and freedom-loving New Zealander to make a formal submission to the Environment Select Committee before the closing date on Thursday, July 2, 2026.
“It takes less than five minutes to stand up for your lifestyle. Go to the Parliament website, tell the committee that our public land must remain free, open, and prioritized for the people of New Zealand, and demand that this corporate land-grab be stopped in its tracks.”
Submissions Close 2nd July Conservation Amendment Bill Submission – New Zealand Parliament.
Totally agree! Let’s see who this potato is.
A corporate minion, let lose on our people?
Does he have mana to reject subversion and corruption?
Part of what goes down as policy, just another stooge?
Oh my gosh, we have a government committing treason and crimes against humanity continuously and this is the agenda?
When are you going to get serious?
In the same way recreational hunters are awear govt control of 1080 poisoning is to public land accessible to population centres, not back country – this new commercial focus may follow the same theme.
That is; the average Kiwi will need to pay to access public land close to home or spend the time and cost getting to out-of-the-way land.
This is similar to the ‘Return To Wildlands Projects’ in the US; restricting access to nature for whatever reason. For endangered species, or in this case – commercial potential.
Same in Germany and other European countries.
The so called elites want the world for themselves
Some really big gold prospecting taking place in Cobb Valley Takaka and ‘epithermal gold’ discovery south of Coromandel Peninsula. Is this what NZ Government mean by commercial potential? Shows their carbon net zero scheme is utter bulsh*t.
Get the submission done now.
Another sell out globalist government putting Kiwi’s last and big business first. Lots of commercial use turning a fat profit, subsidized by sucker tax payer dollars, with obscene tax concessions via the likes of the TPPA and cheap Indian labour to further keep costs down. NZ a rich investors nirvana, an average Kiwi’s hell on earth. Gearing up to be gone in the next three years. Done paying for treason and back stabbing.
Approximately 1/3 of land is conservation land, the department of conservation has done a shit job taking care of it, it costs a fortune, bottom line the country is broke, we drop 1080 poison on most of it, which goes into the rivers. I don’t care if they want to develop half of it, this country needs industry if we want have a prosperous future and have jobs for the younger generations instead of them moving overseas.
Quite frankly I’m sick of retired wealthy people in this country trying to stop jobs and progress because they have become entitled and arrogant.
You wont see a red cent mate, its money for the rich boys…..
Where is the Grand Coalition of the little fractions of well-meaning parties in order to get rid of the lot in the beehive?
All want to chiefs and none want to be Indians, so they will be neither until a party like Reform or the AFD comes along here….meantime its going to be misery and more misery…..
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Outdoors and Freedom are doing the work and always have been . We just dont talk about what we are going to to . We actually do the work ! check out Actions tag and submissions page to see the submissions to parliament OIA uncovering lies . If inside we will be able to do that to such a greater degree than from the outside
We are working hard and gaining ground and new members. We have a few good strong candidates. We have been here for 13 years and finally have probably the best team we have ever had. We are going in to call for transparency and accountability across the house. We dont need 5% if we get one of our candidates in .. However, we are aiming for the 5% threshold, and we do believe that is achievable.
Who benefits..? The Kushners? Peter Thiel? Hellywood movie directors & producers? Aberrant politicians from abroad?
Check out the bullshit in Albania ie The Flamingo Revolution’…
Or Bulgaria…or Romania.
6 corporate parties;
60% of the land;
60 year lock-outs…
666….