Displaying items by tag: DAVID PARKER

After hearing about problems with the Government’s new freshwater regulations, Tony Cleland organised a meeting between farmer representatives and the Ministers for the Environment and Agriculture.

OPINION: It is hard to fathom exactly what’s going to happen in Southland in light of the impact of the Government’s new freshwater regulations.

OPINION: Environment minister David Parker has had a long and tempestuous relationship with the farming sector.

A leading planning academic says people are fixated on doing away with the Resource Management Act (RMA) when they should really be focusing on what its replacement might look like.

A new package of 23 projects across the country aims to clean up waterways and deliver over 2000 jobs.

Don’t blame the European Union for its “unacceptable” offer to NZ agriculture in current FTA negotiations, blame David Parker, says National's trade spokesman.

A massive reform programme aimed at cleaning up the country’s waterways has been announced by the Government.

A massive reform programme aimed at cleaning up the country’s waterways has been announced by the Government.

Delaying the introduction of new water reforms was not an option according to the two cabinet Ministers directly involved – Environment Minister David Parker and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

Delaying the introduction of new water reforms was not an option according to the two cabinet Ministers directly involved – Environment Minister David Parker and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.