A key function of the Game Animal Council is to raise awareness of the views of the hunting sector.
One of the ways in which we do this is by responding to public submissions. See submissions listed below.
2026
- Horizons Regional Council – Regional Pest Management Plan Review (May 2026)
- GAC advice on the draft Tahr Control Operational Plan 2026-2027 (April 2026)
- Amendments to the Arms Regulations (March 2026)
- Joint outdoor recreation sector submission on the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill (March 2026)
- GAC Submission on the Arms Bill (February 2026)
- GAC advice on the development of the Tahr Control Operational Plan 2026-2027 (January 2026)
2025
- Draft Wapiti Herd of Special Interest herd management plan (December 2025)
- Draft Sika HOSI herd management plan (December 2025)
- National TB Plan Review (October 2025)
- OSPRI National Aerial Operations Plan 2026 (September 2025)
- SWDC Paper Road Access Bylaw (August 2025)
- DOC National Conservation Policy Statement proposal (August 2025)
- DOC Kahurangi National Park proposed aerial predator control 2025-2027 (August 2025)
- Online Casino Gambling Bill (August 2025)
- Game Animal Council (Herds of Special Interest) Amendment Bill (July 2025)
- DOC Action for Nature: Implementing New Zealand’s Biodiversity Strategy 2025-2030 (June 2025)
- DOC Predator Free 2050 strategy review (June 2025)
- Arms Act rewrite (February 2025)
- DOC Exploring charging for access to some public conservation land (February 2025)
- DOC Modernising conservation land management (February 2025)
- Proposed topic for DOC’s Long-term Insights Briefing (February 2025)
- GAC advice on Tahr Control Operational Plan 2025-2026
2024
- Modernising the Biosecurity Act (December 2024)
- Auckland Council’s Let’s Protect Our Environment (December 2024)
- Joint recreation group submission on the adverse effect of Health and Safety Work Act on recreation (October 2024)
- Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill – October 2024
- OSPRI National Aerial Operations Plan 2025 – GAC submission – September 2024
- Feedback on targeted consultation on a new approach to regulating shooting clubs and ranges – June 2024
- Advice to the Department of Conservation to assist in development of the Tahr Control Operational Plan 2024-2025 (released in June 2024)
- Fast-track Approvals Bill – April 2024
2023
- Briefing to the Incoming Ministers of Conservation and Hunting and Fishing – November 2023
- Discount Policy Review – Proposed Policy Changes – November 2023
- OSPRI National Aerial Operations Plan 2024 – September 2023
- Discounts Policy Review – Context, Issues and Options Paper – June 2023
- Advice to the Department of Conservation in Development of the Tahr Control Operational Plan 2023-24 – January 2023 (released in June 2023)
- NZ Hunting Sector Briefing on Game Animal Management – February 2023
- Arms Regulations Review of Fees 2022 – February 2023
- Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Conservation – February 2023
- Natural and Built Environment Bill – February 2023
- DOC/LINZ Long Term Insights Briefing Feedback – January 2023
2017-2022
- Submission on the Arms (Licence Holders’ Applications for New Licences) Amendment Bill – November 2022
- Consultation on proposed regulations to support the new Firearms Registry – October 2022
- National Aerial Operations Plan 2023 (OSPRI) – September 2022
- Proposed new regulations and standards supporting the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Act 2022 – August 2022
- Rangitahi-Molesworth Management Plan – August 2022
- West Coast Stewardship Land Reclassification – July 2022
- Draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity – July 2022
- Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Conservation 2022
- Conservation Management and Processes Consultation – July 2022
- GAC advice on Tahr Control Operational Plan 2022-2023
- Third consultation on 2018 WARO land access recommendations – May 2022
- Proposals for new regulations under the Arms Act 1983 (Phase Two) – Shooting clubs and ranges – May 2022
- Stewardship Land in Aotearoa New Zealand – Options to streamline processes for reclassification and disposal – March 2022
- Lowburn Valley Tenure Review – March 2022
- Proposals for New Regulations Under the Arms Act 1983 (Phase One) – April 2021
- Feedback on Draft Tahr Control Operational Plan 2021–22 – April 2021
- Advice to the Department of Conservation to assist in development of the Himalayan Tahr Control Operational Plan July 2021 to June 2022 – January 2021
- Kawarau-Remarkables Conservation Areas reclassification – February 2021
- Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill – February 2021
- Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Conservation – December 2020
- Dunstan Downs Tenure Review – November 2020
- GWRC Draft Toitū Te Whenua Parks Network Plan 2020-30 – October 2020
- OSPRI 2021 Operational Plan – September 2020
- Tahr Control Operational Plan 2020-2021 – August 2020
- Glenaray & Whitecomb Tenure Review – February 2020
- Establishment of a Firearms Prohibition Orders regime – January 2020
- Review of the Trade in Endangered Species Act – October 2019
- NZ Hunting Sector Submission on Arms Legislation Bill – October 2019
- Arms Legislation Bill – October 2019
- OSPRI 2020 Operational Plan – September 2019
- Biodiversity Strategy Discussion Document – September 2019
- Review of the Walking Access Act 2008 – July 2019
- Enduring Stewardship of Crown Pastoral land – 12 April 2019
- Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill – 4 April 2019
- Consultation on draft guidelines for schools developing a firearms policy – 10 April 2018
- Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Conservation – November 2017