Where Is The Honesty Among Our Representatives?
OPINION: A founding principle of Groundswell NZ is that farmers, and people generally, should be provided with full and accurate information about regulations that directly affect them.
OPINION: The Hound was flabbergasted at the over-the-top censoring actions of the National Fieldays lackeys at this year's event.
Rural ginger group Groundswell - who had paid big money for a stand to exhibit at this year's Fieldays - were stopped by organisers from selling its signature golf balls featuring the faces of the Prime Minister, Agriculture Minister, Climate Change Minister, and Environment Minister.
Apparently, Groundswell were narked on by Labour supporters.
The Fieldays organisers then - acting like a bunch of government toadies and stormtroopers - acquiesced to this complaint and forced Groundswell to stop selling the 'offending' golf balls.
However, the censure move backfired on Fieldays organisers and Labour party hacks with various news outlets, social media platforms, and even the 6pm news reporting on the over-the-top reaction.
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