The issue here is centralisation will not remove the bureaucracy, only reposition it to Wellington or Christchurch and take away our local voice. The downgrade of the Lumsden Maternity Centre is a prime example of this, where a decision was made by someone in Dunedin, removed from understanding what the needs were on the ground. Now, almost two years later, all we have seen is a whole lot of promises made and very little delivered. Our health system is already very centralised, as the Government has a high level of control, determining our District Health Board (DHB) funding, governance and so on.
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Whanganui Federated Farmers seek clarity on fresh water regulations
10 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Federated Farmers want clarity around the latest fresh water regulations. Photo / File
Iain Hyndman is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleiain.hyndman@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
The Wanganui Province of federated farmers will attempt to place some clarity around water issues when it hosts a seminar on the impending Essential Freshwater regulations.
On Thursday, March 25, at 5.30pm, the branch will hold the seminar in the upstairs room of Wanganui Veterinary Services, where Paul Le Miere will outline the federation s main concerns about the regulations.
Le Miere is the federation s North Island policy manager and has led much of Federated Farmers consultation over water regulations.
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Farmer anger at water rules clear as hundreds attend meeting
14 Feb, 2021 09:30 PM
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Farmers gather at a meeting in Waimumu, near Gore, yesterday to hear about new freshwater rules.Photo / Shawn McAvinue
Farmers gather at a meeting in Waimumu, near Gore, yesterday to hear about new freshwater rules.Photo / Shawn McAvinue
Otago Daily Times
Farmers rallied against unworkable new freshwater rules at a meeting near Gore last Thursday.
More than 500 people attended the meeting at The Woolshed Function Centre on the Southern Field Days site in Waimumu.
The meeting was run by farmer s group Groundswell.
The group was formed after farmers drove more than 100 tractors through central Gore in October last year to protest against the new National Environmental Standards for Freshwater, introduced a month earlier.