All posts tagged "government"

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  News and Views

  Feds’ message to the government on water quality

  A ‘one size fits all’, inflexible and punitive regulatory regime for water quality just gets backs – and costs – up and...

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  News and Views

  Agriculture Minister announces members of winter grazing taskforce

  Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor announced the members of the newly established taskforce to respond to the animal welfare issues associated with...

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  News and Views

  DairyNZ welcomes protection of productive land

  DairyNZ supports the government’s recent release of a National Policy Statement on Highly Productive Soils.

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  News and Views

  LGNZ welcomes new regulator, but affordability a concern

  LGNZ welcomes the establishment of a drinking water regulator, a move councils have long been calling for, and commends central government for...

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  News and Views

  Consensus reached on reducing agricultural emissions

  The NZ Government has reached an historic consensus with farming leaders to implement farm-level pricing of climate change emissions from the agriculture...

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  News and Views

  Moving towards more electrification

  The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) has welcomed the Government’s response to the Interim Climate Change Committee’s report on accelerated electrification.

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  Fast Facts

  Federated Farmers releases guide on 2019 Council elections, hot topics

  Hold your local council candidates to account on costs and services, and if you think the voice of farmers is not being...

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  News and Views

  Council rates confirm transport, freshwater, biodiversity and biosecurity priorities

  Council concluded deliberations on the draft Annual Plan 2019-20, Fees & Charges Policy, Revenue & Financing Policy, and rates for the coming...

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  Rural

  LGNZ see potential in new urban development authority

  A newly announced urban development authority – Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities – has the potential to address our housing crisis, but shouldn’t...

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  News and Views

  Independent report on regional council compliance, monitoring and enforcement

  An independent report into compliance, monitoring and enforcement (CME) by New Zealand’s regional and unitary councils has found it is in relatively...