FedTalks - Podcast

The Submission process is daunting to many but becoming very important as we are increasingly swamped with proposed legislation….joining us today is Mid Canterbury president David Acland and Group Manager National Policy – Nick Clark.What does the submission process look like?Is it something everyone should do?Who should submit.What about select committee, should you appear?Are there […]

You can't put a price on family. That's the key takeaway Feds' Communications Assistant Cameron MacDuff had when he talked to Ashburton ex-farmer and regional IHC chair Rose Keen this week. Rose's son Daniel has been in the IHC's care since he was very young. Following the loss of her husband in a 2009 rural […]

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Welcome to Fedtalks – this week we begin a new select committee feature. Feds appears at select committee often, and this week it was Sandra Faulkner telling Parliament’s finance and expenditure select committee that local accountability will be destroyed and claimed savings are highly dubious….

It's calving season! As many farmers know this is a time where rural communities come together to support the IHC Calf & Rural Scheme, whereby funds from sales of donated calves are used to support intellectually disabled people and their families living rurally. The Scheme celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and to mark the […]

Chief Veterinary Officer from MPI - Mary van Andel is an experienced disease control epidemiologist who has worked successfully in challenging circumstances. Skilled in quantitative epidemiology and relationship management at all levels. Dr van Andel has a record of building engagement and delivering science communication to a variety of stakeholders from primary producers to ministers. […]

When the Labour government came in, they stopped the entire oil industry overnight. They didn't change legislation. They announced a moratorium on licensing and exploration. That was effective immediately. My question is to the government, why not do the same with special forestry tests and land conversions in this country? It's convenient for them to […]

2014 Nuffield Scholar Mel Poulton is someone with a unique perspective. Well, two really. As both a food-producing farmer and New Zealand’s Special Agricultural Trade Envoy, we asked Mel to share her perspectives on trade, and an industry grappling with significant global challenges.

The New Zealand Government is proposing drastic changes to pig farming practices even as we face a wave of imported pork produced using practices that are illegal in New Zealand. These changes could result in the deaths of thousands of additional piglets, pig farms shutting down, and force Kiwis to rely on even more imported […]