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Tony Kuriger, the son of National’s Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger has pleaded guilty to eleven charges of ill-treating cows in a dairy herd he was responsible for.

New Zealand needs to start looking at the water issue much more strategically, according to National’s spokesperson on agriculture Todd Muller.

Kiwis need to grow up when it comes to conversations on water quality, says an opposition MP.

Interestingly, none of the politicians managed to escape the wrath of farmers at the protest march organised by the lobby 50 Shades of Green.

The culmination of some poorly thought-out government policies is to blame for low morale in the agri sector, says National’s agriculture spokesman Todd Muller.

With the submissions period for proposed water reforms ending last week, the National Party was out and about in the Waikato dairy heartland putting its spin on things.

Current restrictions on genetic modification regulation in New Zealand could be reviewed if National were to form the next government.

Northland National MP Matt King says he has never seen farmer morale so low.

The dairy farmer organiser of a Northland protest at the Government’s “attack on rural communities” hopes such events go nationwide and across the agri sector.

The time has come to reduce aspects of Fonterra’s regulatory burden, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd Muller says.