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Chris Slane (born 1957) is a New Zealand cartoonist.. He has had cartoons published in Metro, New Zealand Herald and AA Directions magazine. Slane is currently the cartoonist for the New Zealand Listener and New Zealand Farmers Weekly.
Rural voter anger at New Zealand's environmental policies to tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions may contribute to a return of right-wing parties to power at an Oct. 14 election, a ...
New Zealand is unique in being the only developed country to be totally exposed to the international markets since subsidies, tax concessions and price supports for the agricultural sector were removed in the 1980s. [4] However, as of 2017, the New Zealand Government still provides state investment in infrastructure which supports agriculture. [5]
The Howl of a Protest campaign were a series of peaceful protests in New Zealand which occurred on the 16 July 2021. The protests were organised by the farming advocacy group Groundswell NZ in opposition to the Government's new and proposed freshwater regulations, winter grazing rules, indigenous biodiversity regulations, and vehicle emissions feebate scheme (known by the group as the "Ute tax").
The group has also sought to oppose or revise freshwater, indigenous biodiversity, climate change, pastoral land reform policies, and the Three Waters reform programme affecting farmers and rural communities [1] [2] On 16 July 2021, Groundswell NZ staged a nationwide Howl of a Protest campaign in between 47 and 57 cities and towns throughout ...
Andrew John Hoggard (born 1974 or 1975) is a New Zealand dairy farmer and farming leader, and served as president of Federated Farmers between 2020 and 2023. He was elected as a list MP for ACT New Zealand at the 2023 general election .
The Mother of All Protests was a series of nationwide protests in New Zealand on 21 November 2021, organised by the farming advocacy group Groundswell NZ to oppose the government's rural sector regulations and policies. [1] Protests took place in 70 cities and towns across New Zealand.
In 2009 they owned 22 farms, 18 of which are dairy, and 20,000 cows, [3] making them New Zealand's largest family owned dairy business. [ 5 ] During the 2000s CraFarms was prosecuted multiple times in the Environment Court for unlawfully discharging stock effluent. [ 6 ]