Mentions of Federated Farmers of New Zealand in New Zealand Parliament debates

GRANT ROBERTSON ... is not just institutions. It is not just the Labour Party. Today I heard that Rural Women, formerly Women’s Division Federated Farmers, surveyed its members, and 75 percent opposed this bill.

Hon PHIL HEATLEY ... has set aside the farmers of New Zealand, and the farmers say that Labour is making agriculture the whipping boy. Federated Farmers said of Stuarts Nash’s tirade about farmers not paying tax and the emissions trading scheme: “It’s all designed to ...

MOANA MACKEY ... workers in Christchurch who are helping those families, to all the volunteers who are heading there again—I see that Federated Farmers and the student volunteers are arranging to go back—and also to our Christchurch colleagues from all around the House, ...

STUART NASH ... entities declared a loss. I have had a number of calls from farmers, and one was from a very high executive in Federated Farmers. He said to me that I was right, and that the farming industry was in trouble.

CHRIS TREMAIN ... has done in issuing a statement declaring a medium-scale disaster, but we have seen the local community step up. Federated Farmers are adopting stock, which is absolutely fantastic, and also establishing another Farmy Army that can get out there, ...

DAVID SHEARER ... a lower death toll. Actually, there is no evidence to support that, at all. Labour finds itself on the same side as Federated Farmers, which is rare. National is on the other side of the fence from Federated Farmers. I completely understand Federated ...

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... and car imports, but visitor numbers have bounced back to record levels and car imports are on the increase. Federated Farmers’ submission on that subject stated: “Federated Farmers views biosecurity as a critical component in protecting land ...

Hon DAVID CARTER ... the sector has seen for years. We had a situation in Southland where the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Federated Farmers had an issue with the conducting of a particular animal welfare inquiry. I am pleased to say that the report has now ...

CHRIS TREMAIN ... manufacturing in Christchurch. As one drives around the back of the airport towards the A and P showgrounds where Federated Farmers are based, one sees that all the light industry was up and running a couple of days after the earthquake had happened. ...

CLARE CURRAN ... industry with new technologies. The Internet is the future. There has been an outcry about yesterday’s decision. Federated Farmers, National’s mate, has questioned whether there will be a step change, and has suggested the policy is not ambitious ...

SHANE ARDERN ... I guess, of some of the major concerns that were raised through the submission process in the select committee. Federated Farmers raised with us substantial concerns about the choice of technology—low-frequency versus high-frequency technology—that ...

IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... markets, as well. I know that the issue has been debated vigorously within the livestock industry for some years. Federated Farmers made a considerable submission to the Primary Production Committee, and in the end came down not very much in favour ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ... David Carter, say that. If we go back 2½ years, we see that the current Minister of Agriculture and his friends in Federated Farmers campaigned absolutely against the National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme. It is nice that the Government ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ... sale of farmland in this country ever—the single biggest sale—to occur without a murmur. There was not a murmur. Federated Farmers—no doubt prompted by their chief executive, Conor English—came out and said something. They did not have to. Why a ...

IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... of regulation and red tape. I will be very interested to see where the ACT Party comes down on this because Federated Farmers’ initial response has not been too positive about this bill. It has expressed some concerns, and I know that Lachlan ...

SUE MORONEY ... the member was referring to is actually deeply disappointed in the current Government. That sector has worked out—and Federated Farmers has worked out—that this Government does not have a plan. This bill demonstrates that the Government has simply picked ...

Hon TARIANA TURIA ... and, overall, submitters were mostly supportive of the bill. Support came from representatives of local authorities, Federated Farmers, and others. The committee has recommended a small number of minor technical amendments, which will help to improve ...

Dr RUSSEL NORMAN ... is realised by anyone who cares to look at the science on the issues, rather than at the rhetoric that comes from Federated Farmers and others who are merely advocating for intensive corporate agriculture. The iwi have a tremendous challenge in ...

LOUISE UPSTON ... think it gives a sense of the number of organisations to which the Waikato River is critical. Iwi were there, as were Federated Farmers, a range of tourism business operators, neighbouring landowners, and sports clubs, as, of course, we have the World ...

PAUL QUINN ... the measures proposed in the bill. The Eel Enhancement Company Ltd supported the initiatives arising from the bill. Federated Farmers supported the measures as set out in the bill, as did the Seafood Industry Council. The fact of the matter is that ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... the levies relating to the Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Museum of Transport and Technology. We note too that Federated Farmers view the present arrangements as inequitable on farmers and other rural landowners in the southern part of the ...

Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... it that Kiwi companies cannot succeed? It is because they cannot get capital. Banks are not lending to farmers. When Federated Farmers beat a path to Labour’s door, we know that we have a problem. Federated Farmers have come to us to complain about the ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ... regulated in this country. I will go back one step and explain why it is so important that we get this right. The Federated Farmers conference in Invercargill not so long ago heard from a number of speakers that the opportunities for this country in ...

LOUISE UPSTON ... a wide range of quarters, whether they were the Manukau City Council, the Wellington City Council, groups such as Federated Farmers and Vector, or airports such as Auckland Airport. I will talk about some of the challenges that have arisen as a ...

Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... plan is extremely significant for the future of Auckland. I want to thank the Pukekohe Vegetable Growers Association, Federated Farmers, Mayor Mark Ball, who sadly is not at all well at present, and Mayor Penny Webster from Rodney for supporting us. I ...

SUE KEDGLEY ... animals, particularly for companion animals, and a completely different standard for farm animals. In fact, Federated Farmers came to our select committee and said that this bill should not apply to any farm animal, any production animal. It ...

CRAIG FOSS ... was their cruelty to animals, which was quite a revelation to many of the committee members. Dairy New Zealand and Federated Farmers also made submissions, as we would expect, and they brought in interesting and fair perspectives from the rural sector ...

SUE KEDGLEY ...s—and let us be sure that it is only 50 percent of pig farmers who keep sows in crates, in cages, all of their lives. Federated Farmers also turned up and pointed out with horror that under this bill it was possible that some farmers might be prosecuted ...

DAVID SHEARER ... as, no doubt, animals from many of the other countries will have been. For that reason, I mention that although Federated Farmers spoke in favour of this bill, they said in their submission that they wanted the part of the legislation making the ...

SUE KEDGLEY ... Budget allocation. There were some very interesting submissions on this bill during the select committee process. Federated Farmers came in and they proposed that the entire new clause relating to reckless ill-treatment should be thrown out of the ...

SHANE ARDERN ... matters. That was a sensible change. The select committee received 17 submissions from a wide range of people. Federated Farmers made an interesting observation that as far as they were concerned, the penalties were about right. They suggested ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ... Well, not once in the Budget statement did Bill English, whose brother is the chief executive officer of Federated Farmers, mention agriculture or horticulture—not once. In fact, he made only a brief reference to exports or exporters. So how ...

PAUL QUINN ... point that I will address, which is that some concern has been expressed—in fact, I saw a press release today from Federated Farmers around the fact that this bill was going through and their objections to it, etc. A lot of that concern is around the ...

Hon NANAIA MAHUTA ... “We want to continue to work to improve their health so that we can all benefit from that.” Paul Quinn said that Federated Farmers’ objections should be noted, and I note them, too. But my response, and that of many communities where those similar ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ... but, anyway, I have to thank them for their submission. There were a number of other submissions, one from Federated Farmers, which, I have to say, was fairly consistent. They still believe that the market will deliver everything without ...

JOHN BOSCAWEN ... electricity. I found it very interesting that the Prime Minister, John Key, would go along to a meeting of the Federated Farmers executive last November to try to assure farmers that they need not be concerned about the surcharges they will pay ...

BRENDON BURNS ... Canterbury, had a table that included representatives of Fish and Game, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, Federated Farmers, the irrigators, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Fisheries, Ngāi Tahu, and the councils. All of those ...

JOHN BOSCAWEN ... we are the first country in the world to tax our farmers. Just last November the Prime Minister proudly told the Federated Farmers national executive that agriculture would not be coming into the emissions trading scheme until 2015. He said that we ...

GRANT ROBERTSON ... handling of this process, the latest example of which is his $110 billion blunder. The Prime Minister said to Federated Farmers today that they need to support the emissions trading scheme because New Zealand needs people across the world to buy ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ... value markets. This scheme might put that at risk, which may be one of the reasons that Don Nicolson, the president of Federated Farmers, says this bill is a sham and a shambles, we should step right away from it, and maybe, he says, we should go back to ...

Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM ... and energy—has a vested sectoral interest that is sub-national. Claims advanced by each of Business New Zealand, Federated Farmers, and the Coalition for Climate Change Policy should, with due respect to each institution, be viewed in that light. It ...

DAVID SHEARER ... than they were before, and I believe that is a step backwards rather than a step forward. As the president of Federated Farmers said just the other day, biosecurity is something we should be increasing expenditure on, not trying to cut back on. ...

BRENDON BURNS ... losses in MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, and I suppose that the Labour Party finds itself in an unusual alliance with Federated Farmers on this issue. They have expressed deep concerns about those job losses, because they know what the cost of a single ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ... bill to be very important, but we consider that the basic philosophy behind it is a little flawed. I will quote Federated Farmers, which do not seem to agree with Labour on many things lately. But there are a couple of things on which they do agree ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ... or unwanted goods and organisms. Many of those organisms threaten our biological economy. I read a statement from Federated Farmers that pointed out that, should foot-and-mouth disease ever come into this country, it would cost our economy $6 billion ...

BRENDON BURNS ... checks? That is not just a view the Labour Party is holding and expressing tonight; we are in very good company. The Federated Farmers president, Don Nicholson, made the point very strongly that biosecurity staffing is one area of government where there ...

KEVIN HAGUE ... of palm kernel imported in the 2008-09 year for New Zealand dairy farms that also failed biosecurity standards? Federated Farmers knows about many other hazards. How about the 77 percent of imported shoes containing fungi, bacteria, and plant ...

Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... of the banking sector, and they stayed away—some of them. Some of them, like Kiwibank in particular, and groups like Federated Farmers, the Manufacturers and Exporters Association, the Productive Economy Council—and even the Employers and Manufacturers ...

Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... submissions and a dozen substantive oral presentations at hearings, including from Kiwibank and business groups like Federated Farmers, the Employers and Manufacturers Association, and the Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Whoever was attempting ...

PHIL TWYFORD ... back in February by the Minister of Finance Bill English’s kid brother Conor, in his guise as chief executive of Federated Farmers.” It is very clear, when we look at the story of the Waterview Connection, that National is simply not listening. As ...

JACQUI DEAN ... Government that understands trade. It is the National Government that is in constant dialogue with groups such as Federated Farmers.

STUART NASH ... annually in trade with these nations. Export growth is the only way forward for New Zealand. Organisations like Federated Farmers have applauded the Hon Phil Goff for his work on this free-trade agreement. That organisation has said of the agreement:...

GRANT ROBERTSON ... Goff’s role in this legislation—and indeed this trade agreement—was significant. I can quote from Don Nicolson of Federated Farmers, who said: “Federated Farmers applauds the Hon Phil Goff for his earlier work and the National Government for bringing ...

CRAIG FOSS ... first like to acknowledge those who submitted on the Budget Policy Statement, particularly the Business Roundtable, Federated Farmers, chambers of commerce, and others. I do acknowledge the tight time frames that they had for submissions—the deadline ...

Hon PETE HODGSON ... about it, and on the story goes. That was a change in behaviour. It is true that we had the Engineers Union and Federated Farmers doing a little bit of that in earlier times, but it was nothing on this scale. If we are to go forward as a nation ...

Dr RUSSEL NORMAN ... to lose our clean and green brand? The problem with the last Government was that it was too scared to take on Federated Farmers and industrial agriculture in order to clean up our rivers and lakes and constrain greenhouse emissions. Is this ...

Hon JIM ANDERTON ... No. 1 priority to get it up and running, and I did it. Now most of the farming community, with the odd exception from Federated Farmers, think it is the best thing since sliced bread. Animal identification had to happen; if we did not have it, we might ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER ... wide cross-section of groups, including the Council of Trade Unions, the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand, Federated Farmers, Air New Zealand, Fonterra, the Hospitality Standards Institute, Ngāi Tahu, Meat and Wool New Zealand, the National ...

Hon ANNETTE KING ... example, the agreement is supported by the Council of Trade Unions, the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand, Federated Farmers, Air New Zealand, Fonterra, the Hospitality Standards Institute, Ngāi Tahu, Meat and Wool New Zealand, the National ...

Dr WAYNE MAPP ... in an international engagement and that they had stepped out of their usual pattern of being passive recipients of Federated Farmers, the meat companies, the fishing companies, and so forth to being active traders in their own right rather than ...

Hon PETER DUNNE ... a whole variety of issues and interests about some of the bill’s provisions. I noted yesterday, for instance, at the Federated Farmers national conference, that some concern was expressed about the composition of regional land transport committees. ...

LESLEY SOPER ... $700 million for agricultural research, which Mr Key managed to reject as a gimmick, to the astonishment of Federated Farmers, among others. This Budget is about a strong future for New Zealand, and it is no accident, at all, that Budget 2008 ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... over other people’s properties and to claim waters that do not belong to them. What followed is history now, but Federated Farmers ran a successful campaign about the protection of property rights, enabling many hapū and iwi to again challenge the ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER ... users to be able to carry out their businesses without undue hindrance. I acknowledge the contribution of Waikato Federated Farmers, Bill Garland, and the people in the Waikato, who have been very constructive in helping on this bill. Finally, I ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER ... and other land users to carry out their business without undue hindrance. I acknowledge some very good input from Federated Farmers in the Waikato. Some very, very good farmers and other people in our rural communities have shown real leadership and ...

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR ...nel’s report received widespread public comment and was welcomed by many stakeholders, including parties in this House, Federated Farmers, and recreational groups. The New Zealand Walkways Act has had a long history, having been first enacted in 1975 with ...

Hon TARIANA TURIA ... keepers, especially those in Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a-Apanui, who specialise in the production of mānuka honey; Federated Farmers, with its Māori farmers; and Meat and Wool New Zealand, with its Māori meat and wool producers. The Government’s ...

METIRIA TUREI ... the National Beekeepers’ Association, the Pig Veterinary Society, Retail Meat New Zealand, and even our mates Federated Farmers. They oppose this bill because of the risk it poses to them and to our economy. One of the organisations that has a ...

MOANA MACKEY ... we produce 1 kilo of meat or 1 litre of milk far more efficiently than anyone else in the world does. I welcome Federated Farmers’ response to this bill and their commitment to being part of the solution. The challenge has been firmly laid at their ...

Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... we remove compliance costs and allow farmers to build the traditional dams that are so vital to feeding their stock. Federated Farmers made the point in its submission that many farmers own and operate dams as part of their farming business and as such ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... Engineers in New Zealand, that the local definitions are out of step with internationally accepted meanings. Federated Farmers in particular are concerned, because some farmers will be caught unnecessarily by the regulations. They will also be ...

GORDON COPELAND ... committee in support of my bill by many organisations and individuals, including the Property Council of New Zealand, Federated Farmers, the Treaty Tribes Coalition, Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Business Roundtable, and the Human Rights ...

Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... give members an example—although there are others—and that is the issue of the compulsory carriage of one’s licence. Federated Farmers and others said that it was an outrage and a disgrace. They said that farmers would be stopped every day and, because ...

TARIANA TURIA ... that all of us must respond to. I was pleased to see earlier this afternoon that Charlie Pederson, on behalf of Federated Farmers, has welcomed the view that agriculture has been given more time to find ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...

JO GOODHEW ... to this bill, but I just want to spend a small time on considering some of the objections to the bill. Both Federated Farmers and Rural Women surveyed their members. The concerns of Federated Farmers mirrored the concerns of many other ...

NANDOR TANCZOS ... are urgent and critical, and that the only hope is through regulation. That comment was made in the context of Federated Farmers running a massive campaign to gut the Resource Management Act—side by side with the National Party, I might add—and to ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... process through the select committee. Amongst that, we would expect that the 18,000 farming businesses represented by Federated Farmers will want to have a say; they will be pretty keen, and I am also sure that the Federation of Māori Authorities would ...

GORDON COPELAND ... New Zealand’s vital multibillion-dollar meat exports. I thank in particular the Meat Industry Association, and also Federated Farmers, Business New Zealand, and the Deer Farmers Association for the very sound submissions they made to the Commerce ...

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... surplus? The Budget Policy Statement, in referring to the current economic situation, refers to the concerns of Federated Farmers, who noted that farmers’ confidence has fallen to a 10-year low. The Māori Party is also aware of the concerns that ...

DARIEN FENTON ... Compensation, included the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the Disabled Persons Assembly, the Women’s Division Federated Farmers, Grey Power, and other disability and community organisations. This campaign highlighted the significant number of ...

Hon MARK GOSCHE ... it is really hard to get people to come and work for them, and we have heard that also from the rural industries. Federated Farmers representatives said that they were really able to attract only the dregs. Well, I do not think they said those ...

JOHN HAYES ... read the bill. We heard that he is a farmer and has done various other things, and that he has an understanding of Federated Farmers, but that is totally irrelevant to this bill. We are debating Part 1, which contains the purpose clause—clause 3. ...

JEANETTE FITZSIMONS ... doing in converting existing forests to livestock farming in the central North Island. This morning I attended the Federated Farmers conference, where I was invited to speak on Charlie Pederson’s latest initiative on farmers and water quality. The ...

NATHAN GUY ... and he was sorry but the farmers would miss out. Then it came to the microchipping of farm dogs. He worked hard with Federated Farmers. He said one thing and then delivered another way. He let them down. So the rural sector does not trust this Government;...

NANDOR TANCZOS ... that just about everyone has been calling for these kinds of moves, except, perhaps, for the Business Roundtable and Federated Farmers. I have never quite understood the position of Federated Farmers, who seem to have taken the position that Telecom’s ...

R DOUG WOOLERTON ... ensue will be a problem of the Labour Government and that National had nothing to do with it. In fact, National, and Federated Farmers, had everything to do with it and sadly this was backed up by four members of the Green Party last night. New Zealand ...

METIRIA TUREI ... committee was very constructive, despite our differences—it really was good democracy in operation. I also thank Federated Farmers, kennel clubs, and all those in the community who have supported the Green Party position as being the most rational ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... we were happy to support David Carter’s amendment exempting farm dogs—and on behalf of the Māori Party I congratulate Federated Farmers, National, and also the Greens on supporting the vote. The Green Party split vote—which is what we ourselves in the Māor...

GORDON COPELAND ... that worked with one Mr Mackenzie in the South Island back in the 19th century, rustling other people’s sheep. When Federated Farmers came to us about 4 months ago, seeking an exemption from microchipping for working farm dogs, United Future was ...

SANDRA GOUDIE ... saying that rates increases are unsustainable when looking at a 9 percent rate increase with more in years to come. A Federated Farmers survey revealed huge rate increases throughout the country. One council chief executive has even resigned, citing ...

GORDON COPELAND I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I seek the leave of the House to present a petition from Peter Buckley and Federated Farmers of New Zealand, Waikato province, respectfully requesting that the House repeal the legislative requirement to microchip dogs.
I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I seek the leave of the House to present a petition from Peter Buckley and Federated Farmers of New Zealand, Waikato province, respectfully requesting that the House repeal the legislative requirement to ...

Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... What does that say about Labour’s level of commitment to agriculture? It is no wonder members of the Nelson branch of Federated Farmers told me yesterday that they were embarrassed that Jim Anderton was representing the Government. They are looking ...

JEANETTE FITZSIMONS ... which are sometimes the worst offenders, be classified? Are they working dogs? In fact, at the public meetings that Federated Farmers conducted around the Waikato, the animal control officer from south Waikato described the amendment as unworkable and ...

HONE HARAWIRA ... to keep tabs on dogs while hundreds and thousands of our own citizens are living below the poverty line. I can see Federated Farmers marching against this madness, just as my tūpuna did 100 years ago. I can see local councils doing everything they can ...

SHANE ARDERN ... changes Labour was making to the rural sector at that stage. Rural New Zealanders, through their lobby group called Federated Farmers, have estimated that the Local Government Law Reform Bill will cost up to $3 million a year. It will not prevent one ...

Hon JIM SUTTON ... of inherently dangerous and aggressive breeds of dogs, and this measure is a pretty good place to start. Before Federated Farmers got off on their annual subscription drumming-up exercise, the campaign for dog microchipping was led by dog control ...

R DOUG WOOLERTON ... gentlemen, excited though they may be, to hop up now and say they did not vote for it. As I said to my friends in Federated Farmers this afternoon, David Carter took an opportunity—and as a professional politician I can admire him for this—to go into ...

GORDON COPELAND ... we got it wrong; I believe we got it significantly right. However, I have an open mind and a common-sense mind. When Federated Farmers came to me earlier this year and made a case for exempting working farm dogs from microchipping, and I heard their ...

JACQUI DEAN ... a dog from biting a child. Microchipping dogs will achieve nothing. Earlier this evening I was talking to a member of Federated Farmers, who is a farmer himself. He said: “You know, why are you people spending so much time on this microchipping of dogs?”....

SANDRA GOUDIE ... opposing this ridiculous legislation. I would like to comment about Gordon Copeland, as well. I happened to be at a Federated Farmers meeting that he attended. He said he would not support any exemption from the microchipping of dogs. Now, he has done ...

STEVE CHADWICK ... of those who have come to them to say that it is another cost impost, but we are tired of hearing that. I met with Federated Farmers in my community. They came to me with a one-page sheet of the top 10 issues for Federated Farmers. Do members know ...

R DOUG WOOLERTON ... gone on, at the first opportunity to overturn their decision they have done so. They have quite cynically mobilised Federated Farmers through a person called Annabel Young, who used to be a member of the National Party and of this Parliament. The ...

NATHAN GUY ... that is out of touch and has lost touch with reality. Let us not forget Mr Anderton. He was talking tough with Federated Farmers. He was going to do a deal and allow farm dogs to be exempt from microchipping. He has had his second big test with ...

METIRIA TUREI ... was lost and that United Future, New Zealand First, and Labour did not see that this was what the community wanted. Federated Farmers totally agree with our position. The Kennel Club completely agrees with our position. We have support from thousands ...

METIRIA TUREI ... we gather support for those solutions from across the House and the community. To that end, we welcome the support of Federated Farmers for the changes we have made, with the help of National, to the bill. Compulsory microchipping of dogs is a serious ...

Hon DAVID CARTER ... to listen. His first big test came with this legislation and its requirement to microchip dogs. Jim Anderton met with Federated Farmers and their president, Charlie Pedersen, and he said to him: “Don’t worry, I’ll fix this for you. I am No. 3 in Cabinet.”...

Hon DAVID CARTER ... are watching the Minister to make sure that that decision does not put the biosecurity of this country at risk. Federated Farmers have presented to the Minister a list of 10 simple doable things they want him to achieve. I have addressed the first ...

STEVE CHADWICK ... still undertaking with his district council and whether he is drawing a salary. I just want to get on record that Federated Farmers currently have scored our Minister of Agriculture, Jim Anderton, 10 out of 10 for his relationship with the rural ...

Dr ASHRAF CHOUDHARY ... this bill. I thank the officials, who have done a great job in preparing the bill, and also the submitters—farmers, Federated Farmers, companies, and a number of individuals—who have made submissions on the bill. We heard a variety of arguments, both ...

NATHAN GUY ... through the chain and into our markets, as well. The speech made the other day by Charlie Pederson, president of Federated Farmers, sparked debate around this whole environmentalist approach. We need to be cautious that we do not get too extreme in ...

COLIN KING ... Board would be horrified to think that it is still spending farmers’ money in managing the quota, and I am sure that Federated Farmers’ Meat and Fibre Producers’ Council Chairman, Ian Corney, would be surprised to see that the Bills Digest actually says ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL ... a critical issue, proclaiming to the public that there is one law for all dogs. Immediately this morning the Taranaki Federated Farmers President, Bryan Hocken, challenged this direction, stating that the Prime Minister will have a battle ahead of her. ...

ERIC ROY ... issue of dog control that I think are extraordinarily important. We know that the Minister has had meetings with Federated Farmers. The organisation made the case that the proposal is a nonsense, and it is a nonsense. The microchipping of farm dogs—I...

CRAIG FOSS ... That can only be a good thing, but, boy, we have a long way to go. There were many submitters on the bill, from Federated Farmers down to individuals who have a stake in the future of our economy and in the goings-on of their own financial affairs. ...

GORDON COPELAND ... would be a far better and more effective thing to do. The submissions to the Finance and Expenditure Committee from Federated Farmers, Business New Zealand, the Business Roundtable, and many others, all made this central point: it is time for the ...

Dr the Hon LOCKWOOD SMITH ... of the public were groups from the business world, including the Business Roundtable, Business New Zealand, and Federated Farmers. The Business Roundtable, admittedly, does not have a huge number of members, but it has very significant members. ...

Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... from the National Party, although we have done our bit, but from just any other organisation one might wish to name: Federated Farmers, the Automobile Association, the regional councils, and a number of other organisations that are absolutely in a state ...

STEVE CHADWICK ... What are we in the Government doing about it? We are working with farmers; they are on board with us. Actually, Federated Farmers have said that we have done something right, and that Jim Anderton is listening to them. That is what I am being told ...

Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... and wool board, for Dairy InSight, for Deer Industry New Zealand, for the Foundation for Arable Research, and for Federated Farmers of New Zealand, which pointed out just how costly the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act is for ordinary New Zealanders—and ...
... and wool board, for Dairy InSight, for Deer Industry New Zealand, for the Foundation for Arable Research, and for Federated Farmers of New Zealand, which pointed out just how costly the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act is for ordinary New ...

Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... get on with business is also absolutely phenomenal. When we come to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act, Federated Farmers were certainly very careful to present a well-formulated paper on the huge costs imposed on New Zealand farmers by ...

Rt Hon HELEN CLARK ... to be filled. I volunteered. Jack was known as an outstanding farmer in the district and he had made his name in Federated Farmers and in dairy company administration before he came to this House. He was well regarded here as Deputy Speaker. It is ...