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Wednesday, 04 October 2023 11:11

ACT: Rural regs on the chopping block

In a new policy announcement made this morning, the ACT Party says rural regulations will be the first to hit the chopping block if the party is elected.

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It's reported that just over 100,000 people attended this year's four day National Fieldays at Mystery Creek near Hamilton. As expected, the number of people attednign the event and exhibitors was well down on pre-Covid numbers and, according to reporter Peter Burke who first attended the event in 1981, this year was quite different.

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Tuesday, 20 June 2023 08:55

Political fieldays

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

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Tuesday, 15 November 2022 14:04

Govt introduces new resource management legislation

Minister for the Environment David Parker has introduced new legislation to Parliament aiming to reform the country’s resource management system in the form of two bills: The Natural and Built Environment Bill and the Spatial Planning Bill.

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Invercargill MP and National Party Associate Spokesperson for Agriculture Penny Simmonds describes the Government’s recently released emissions plan as another kick in the guts for farmers, one which she claims threatens the future of farming in the South.

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Wednesday, 07 October 2015 11:36

Pollies’ take on TPP

Feedback on the TPP from agribusinesses has been mostly positive, but the same cannot be said for most political parties. Here's an offering of what some of our political parties have to say;

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