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Immigration Minister Delivers Changes In Time For Christmas
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 3:26 pm | Federated Farmers
"It’s been an incredibly tough few seasons, with huge pressure on farmers who have been unable to find the staff they need to run their businesses." More >>
BNZ Bosses Grilled By Banking Inquiry
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 9:33 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has also lodged a formal complaint with the Commerce Commission about potentially anti-competitive, coordinated, cartel-like behaviour from the big banks. More >>
Feds Family Mourns The Death Of Chris Allen
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 11:53 am | Federated Farmers
"Farmers have lost a real Titan in terms of rural advocacy," Federated Farmers chief executive Terry Copeland says. More >>
Federated Farmers Lodge Banking Complaint With Commerce Commission
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 10:51 am | Federated Farmers
The complaint relates to potentially anti-competitive, coordinated, cartel-like behaviour from the banks, driven by their involvement in the international Net-Zero Banking Alliance. More >>
Petrol Stations To Be ‘De-banked’ By 2030?
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 10:10 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers are sounding the alarm about the risk of banks defunding petrol stations by 2030 as part of their commitment to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. "This is a significant concern that threatens the viability of rural and provincial petrol ... More >>
Federated Farmers Say Banks Still Behaving Badly
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 11:41 am | Federated Farmers
The survey of more than 600 farmers conducted in November shows only 53% of respondents are currently satisfied with their banking relationship. More >>
Independent Report Shows NZ’s Methane Targets Way Too High
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 1:57 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers included an urgent review of New Zealand’s methane targets as one of its 12 policy priorities for restoring farmer confidence in the lead-up to last year’s General Election. More >>
Government Stops March Of Pines Across Farmland
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 7:55 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers also welcome the cap on carbon farming on Class 6 land as a further step to safeguard against large-scale carbon farming. More >>
Kāinga Ora’s ‘KO’ To The Wool Industry
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 12:08 pm | Federated Farmers
"It’s incredibly disappointing and shortsighted for Kāinga Ora to not even consider a woollen option for these homes," says Federated Farmers meat & wool chair Toby Williams says. More >>
Government Must Pour Cold Water On Radical Pine Planting Proposal
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 11:50 am | Federated Farmers
"New Zealand needs to have a serious conversation about these targets and how much they are going to cost us as a country - and I’m not just talking financial costs," Williams says. More >>
Federated Farmers Expose Trans-Tasman Double Standards
Friday, 8 November 2024, 5:54 pm | Federated Farmers
National Australia Bank, BNZ’s parent company, does not have the same emissions reduction target for their Australian farming customers - in fact, they don’t have a target at all. More >>
Westpac Unfairly Targeting Kiwi Farmers
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 4:08 pm | Federated Farmers
"If I was one of Westpac’s rural banking customers, I’d be putting some serious questions to my bank manager this week," says Federated Farmers banking spokesperson Richard McIntyre. More >>
Government Intervenes To Stop Out-of-control Councils
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 5:50 pm | Federated Farmers
"Regional councils have been totally out of control pushing ahead with expensive and impractical new freshwater rules," says Federated Farmers vice president Colin Hurst. More >>
Calls For Fish & Game To Be Stripped Of Their Advocacy Function
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 11:57 am | Federated Farmers
"Fish & Game are a statutory body but in some parts of the country they’re acting like an environmental activist group," Federated Farmers Southland president Jason Herrick says. More >>
Federated Farmers Applauds Streamlining Of Overseas Investment Processes
Saturday, 12 October 2024, 3:57 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers agrees the Government should retain the legal option of screening those investment types currently screened, including the sale of farmland, to ensure they are in the national interest. More >>
Southland Federated Farmers To Boycott Fish & Game
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 11:18 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Southland are calling for local farmers to boycott Fish & Game and remove fishing access across their land. "Farmers have always allowed anglers to walk across their land as a gesture of goodwill but, unfortunately, that ... More >>
Support Welcomed For Southern Farmers
Friday, 4 October 2024, 3:59 pm | Federated Farmers
Up to $50,000 in additional Government support is being provided for farmers and growers across Southland and parts of Otago as challenging weather conditions have been classified a medium-scale adverse event. More >>
Federated Farmers Demand Fairer Debt Solutions
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 2:11 pm | Federated Farmers
"New Zealand farmers are clearly under huge pressure from the banks because we had more than 1000 farmers come forward to share their frustrations with us," Federated Farmers banking spokesperson Richard McIntyre says. More >>
Land Use Change To Blame For Meat Works Closure
Friday, 27 September 2024, 6:31 pm | Federated Farmers
The prospect of the 139-year-old Smithfield plant going, and the loss of such a major employer in Timaru, is a huge blow to South Canterbury and we’re really feeling for them. More >>
UAE Trade Deal Good News For Kiwi Farmers
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 2:03 pm | Federated Farmers
The Middle East presents an exciting opportunity for Kiwi exporters as a wealthy and growing market with huge potential. This agreement will take millions of dollars that would have been charged in tariffs and pump them directly into our rural communities. More >>
