Conveyance Allowance Increase Welcomed by Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) and Federated Farmers say they welcome the announcement last week that the Government will increase the conveyance allowance by 30%.
Six members of the NZ Fish & Game Council recently met with their counterparts from Feds for a “cordial get-together”.
The groups discussed issues such as access, catchment groups, wetlands and connecting farmers with fishers and hunters.
“We are not breaking out the marshmallows, lighting the campfire and singing Kumbaya together, but we both recognise that an adversarial approach really only benefits lawyers, said Feds president Andrew Hoggard.
Watch this space.
