Election year:
2023
Political party:
New Zealand First
Policy:
Agriculture
- Build the New Zealand First Farms initiative to assist qualified new entrants toward farm ownership by leveraging Landcorp’s balance sheet.
- Facilitate water storage and irrigation schemes while working in tandem with local groups and Government to fund and build water storage capacity and capability, so that they meet the needs of modern aquaculture and horticulture.
- Provide government co-funding for primary sector ‘New Zealand Brand’ value add initiatives, such as Beef and Lamb New Zealand’s “Taste Pure Nature” or protecting the term of ‘Manuka Honey’.
- Increase funding and capacity for primary production research.
- Introduce accelerated depreciation for wintering sheds.
- Dedicate funding for riparian planting and fences.
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