Displaying items by tag: Andrew Hoggard

Wednesday, 25 June 2025 09:55

Hoggard slams outdated farm regulations

"We're trying to get to the promised land but we're still in a bit of a swamp at the moment."

Published in General News
Tuesday, 24 June 2025 10:25

On the go

OPINION: After hopping from one event to another at Fieldays, Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard would have been hoping for a rest.

Published in Milking It
Thursday, 19 June 2025 07:55

Get involved in local elections

OPINION: During my last recess break, I got around the country and met with many farmers and growers from Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, Manawatu, Marlborough, and Canterbury.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 14:12

Milestone agreement on Foot and Mouth Disease

Six livestock industry groups have signed a new agreement with the Government on how to prepare for, and respond to, a possible outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease.

Published in General News

Dairy farmers are set to benefit from the radical sweeping changes the Government is planning to make to the regulations that form part of the Resource Management Act (RMA).

Published in General News

Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard says the consenting experience facing some high-country Canterbury sheep and beef farms is "bloody tragic" and vindicates the Government's move to abolish the Resource Management Act (RMA).

Published in General News
Wednesday, 30 April 2025 09:55

Less Wellington in the way of farming

OPINION: For many farmers, the biggest regulatory challenge they face is the myriad things that the Resource Management Act throws up.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 30 April 2025 08:55

Positive response to freshwater farm plan reforms

There's been a positive response to the Government's latest move to make freshwater farm plans more practical and affordable.

Published in General News

Avian flu getting into New Zealand's poultry industry is the biosecurity threat that is most worrying for Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 09:36

Double standards

 

OPINION: As soon as RNZ realised MP Andrew Hoggard's sister worked for Dairy Companies Association of NZ (DCANZ) and was, shock horror, lobbying government on behalf of its members, it wasted no time accusing him of not managing conflicts of interests.

Published in Milking It
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