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The Resource Management Act will be repealed and water regulations potentially revoked under a National government.

Labour’s $50 million commitment to support integrated farm planning will do little for farmers, claims National’s ag spokesperson David Bennett.

National's long-held position in Port Waikato is under threat from a new party, according to John Jackson.

National’s Waikato team of David Bennett and Tim van der Molen have been spreading the party word at a series of farmer meetings around the region.

OPINION: For as long as MMP has existed, we in the provinces have played along to our detriment.

National Party leader Todd Muller's short stint as leader is over.

The recent court case involving sharemilker Tony Kuriger, the son of a National MP, has created “a concerning precedent”.

The government is underestimating the size of the labour shortage rural contractors are facing, according to National’s ag spokesperson David Bennett.

National’s new ag spokesperson David Bennett has criticised Ag Minister Damien O’Connor around updated Essential Freshwater targets.

OPINION: The Hound understands that National’s newly minted agriculture spokesman David Bennett is in a long-distance relationship with Bridget McKenzie, a senator from Victoria in the Australian Federal Parliament.