Eugenie SageAn independent review of Fish and Game New Zealand will be carried out, the Conservation Minister has confirmed. The review follows concerns the organisation is no longer fit for purpose and comes as the long-standing chairperson of the Fish and Game Council, Lindsay Lyons, was last week ousted from his role in a surprise vote due to his support for an external review. "I'm thrilled the Minister has now come out and said she is supporting a review. The accounts of regional Fish and Game councils should also be forensically examined as part of any external review, Lyons said. Meanwhile, regional Fish and Game councils may have to pay back some of the $500,000 in wage subsidies they had received.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 01, 2020 01:07 UTC