Displaying items by tag: CHRISTOPHER LUXON

OPINION: The greenies are worried that National will reverse decisions made by the outgoing Labour Government around sustainability and climate change.

An incoming National government will abolish resource consents for building water storage on farmland.

No Federated Farmers conference would be complete without the injection of a little politics.

The leaders of Labour and National took up the challenge to win rural voters in a head-to-head clash at last week's Federated Farmers annual conference in Wellington.

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

Cutting red tape, diluting Wellington's grip on rural sector reforms, reducing the number of regulations, allowing more overseas workers into New Zealand and restoring the option of live animal exports.

The National Party has announced what it says are sweeping changes to farm regulations.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon has indicated an extension to the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme is on the cards if his party comes into government next year.

Christopher Luxon says the present government has spent much of its time running around with problems in search of solutions.

The Leader of the National Party is accusing Labour of painting farmers as villains and effectively the enemy, which he says is certainly not the case.