Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
The Government will provide up to $1.69 million through the One Billion Trees programme to Māori landowners.
Following a new economic report, Ag Minister Damien O’Connor is celebrating primary industries’ role in the COVID-19 recovery.
The Government is teaming up with the forestry and wood-processing sector to attract an additional 5000 workers to the sector.
The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says it’s working closely with the Government on its $28m relief package for Gisborne forestry workers.
Tairāwhiti’s wood processing sector will receive funding through the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) to support the local economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
IrrigationNZ is backing the Government’s decision to inject $10.6 million for a water storage facility in Raukokore, in the eastern Bay of Plenty.
Your canine crusader reckons it is ironic – and highly appropriate – that Shane Jones’ $3 billion electoral slush fund the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) has exactly the same initials as the Problem Gambling Foundation (PGF)!
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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