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National Pledges $300m in Loans for Water Storage and $10m Fertiliser Fund

9 Oct 2026 12:48 p.m.

Federated Farmers welcomes the water storage scheme, saying early government support is needed to get projects past consenting, construction risk and finance hurdles.

Politics and Government Business General Politics Election Agriculture Trade Environment Economy New Zealand National Party Todd McClay Mike Butterick water storage fertiliser security irrigation New Zealand agriculture NZ National Party Federated Farmers Colin Hurst Richard Dawkins National Party Canterbury farming
Federated Farmers Urges Government to Back Water Storage, Citing Tasmania Model

23 Sep 2026 1:46 p.m. · Source: Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers wants seed funding, faster approvals and a national standard for water storage, pointing to Tasmania's coordinated approach and the Central Plains scheme's $400m GDP contribution.

Politics and Government Business Environment Agriculture Energy Economy Climate Change Election Federated Farmers water storage Richard Dawkins Tasmania Central Plains irrigation scheme Opuha Dam IrrigationNZ farming
Federated Farmers Slams The Opportunity Party's Climate Policy as "Extreme Left-Wing"

18 Sep 2026 4:51 p.m. · Source: Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers attacks The Opportunity Party's climate policy, calling it ideological and unaffordable, and criticising proposed methane reduction targets and a climate tax on farmers.

Politics and Government Business Environment General Politics Other Parties Agriculture Climate Change Economy Federated Farmers The Opportunity Party Richard Dawkins climate change policy methane reduction target He Waka Eke Noa New Zealand farming farming election
Federated Farmers Urges Bold Conservation Law Reform

29 Jun 2026 5:04 p.m. · Source: Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers advocates for modernizing New Zealand's conservation laws, arguing current legislation is outdated and hinders efforts. They support pragmatic reforms to improve environmental outcomes, reduce taxpayer burden, and enable economic activities like grazing, countering activist "scaremongering."

Politics and Government Business General Politics Economy Environment Legal Agriculture Election Federated Farmers Conservation Reform Richard Dawkins Simon Cameron Department of Conservation Grazing farming
Carbon Forestry Rules Still Too Lax, Says Federated Farmers

13 Aug 2025 11:26 p.m. · Source: Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers criticizes a parliamentary report on carbon forestry, saying it fails to protect productive farmland from pine forests and expressing disappointment over loopholes in proposed regulations.

Politics and Government Environment Business Agriculture Federated Farmers carbon forestry Richard Dawkins Environment Select Committee Emissions Trading Scheme Land Use Capability