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Farmers howls echo around corridors of power

Farmers howls echo around corridors of power
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Andrew Dickens: City and rural need to unite, not divide over issues

Andrew Dickens: City and rural need to unite, not divide over issues Mon, 19 Jul 2021, 1:44PM It would be nice to see that as New Zealanders, whether in the country or the city there is more that unites us than divides us. (Photo / File) Andrew Dickens: City and rural need to unite, not divide over issues Mon, 19 Jul 2021, 1:44PM In the aftermath of the farmer protests on Friday, some tempers have been running high as farmers allege city residents don’t understand them.  But in fact, there are many issues that should unite farming and city folk.  As I drove in this morning, I heard a farmer on ZB claiming that city folk have no idea of the environmental regulation and the cost of compliance that the farming community have to bear. 

Mike Hosking: I hope the Govt is listening to the farmers

Mike Hosking: I hope the Govt is listening to the farmers (Photo / NZ Herald) The protest is up and down the streets of this fine country by tractor and ute. Basically, it s designed to send a message to Wellington that the rural dweller has had enough, and you can t simply ride rough shod over a significant proportion of the country without some blow back. The Ute Tax has been the final straw, but it s been over three years coming. The Labour Party, sadly, is not a rural party and it shows. Damien O Connor aside, they are made up of people from unions, libraries, and tertiary study. The fact the Prime Minister talked so eloquently of the new electric ute exposed all you needed to see about a person who literally doesn’t have a clue.

Farmers protest across New Zealand against government regulations

Traffic was disrupted around the country today, with convoys of tractors and utes with dogs on board arriving in dozens of centres around New Zealand, as farmers protested against government regulations. Groundswell NZ organised the Howl of a Protest in more than 40 towns and cities over recent environmental regulations, the ute tax and a seasonal worker shortage. Co-founder Laurie Paterson said the ute tax was the issue people pointed the finger at, but farmers were also unhappy with the bureaucratic approach to the national policy statement for fresh water management. From July this year, people buying new electric vehicles (EVs) could get as much as $8625 back from the government. The scheme will be funded through levies on high-emissions vehicles from 1 January 2022.

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