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No Federated Farmers conference would be complete without the injection of a little politics.

The leaders of Labour and National took up the challenge to win rural voters in a head-to-head clash at last week's Federated Farmers annual conference in Wellington.

For the first time in decades, the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek was a political playground.

Cutting red tape, diluting Wellington's grip on rural sector reforms, reducing the number of regulations, allowing more overseas workers into New Zealand and restoring the option of live animal exports.

The National Party has announced what it says are sweeping changes to farm regulations.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon has indicated an extension to the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme is on the cards if his party comes into government next year.

Christopher Luxon says the present government has spent much of its time running around with problems in search of solutions.

The Leader of the National Party is accusing Labour of painting farmers as villains and effectively the enemy, which he says is certainly not the case.

OPINION: National's new leader Christopher Luxon’s first speech after his elevation to the top job included one important line about the engine of the economy: “Our provincial heartland feels taken for granted. Our farmers are not villains!” he told the press gallery.

National's local government spokesman Christopher Luxon is accusing Nanaia Mahuta of 'paying lip service' about listening to councils' concerns about her three waters reforms.