Another poll of New Zealanders has shown opposition to taxing the greenhouse gas emissions of farmers and growers at farm level. Survey results by Research First and Dynata, released earlier […]
Water
Mining industry “blindsided” by wetland regulation changes
Politically motivated changes to regulations, made at the eleventh hour without consulting the public, iwi, and other affected parties, is a blindside, according to Straterra CEO Josie Vidal. Environment Minister […]
Call to examine cost to farmers of environmental agenda
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is calling for the Government to shelve plans to finalise decisions around the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity and demanding an urgent review […]
Feds advocacy dilutes drinking water regulation over-reach
Simon Edwards It’s still “regulatory over-reach” but new rules covering tens of thousands of small-scale rural water supplies are in a much better place than when first proposed. That’s the […]
Compliance lightened, chlorination requirement gone, for small rural water supplies
by Simon Edwards As news of the expense and compliance burden of proposed new drinking water supply regulations filtered through to rural communities last year, thousands of farmers (not to […]
Partnership aims to improve waterways
NZ Landcare Trust and Westpac NZ have announced a partnership that will help community groups improve waterways around the country.The Westpac Watercare Project means six $10,000 grants will be handed […]
Land use change in mid-Canterbury may accelerate in the early 2040s
The convergence of water use consent renewals and dairy shed renewals may be a catalyst for land use change in mid-Canterbury around the early 2040s. A report released today found […]
Call to flood social media on ridiculous ‘wetland’ rules
By Jacqui Hahn, Federated Farmers Waikato President When will the foolish regulations stop?! Only when people look in depth at the various parties’ policies around agriculture and are smart about […]
Future-proofed with his own 13ha dam
By Simon Edwards There were plenty of people who told Len French he was mad to try and build an irrigation reservoir on his farm. But he’s ploughed on through […]
Lifting our game on restoring waterways
The challenge of restoring waterways in partnership with hapu, iwi, councils and farmers will take many decades but can be done through sustainable practices. This was the consensus of a […]
