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Economic Misdirection At it’s Finest
Friday, 11 October 2019, 2:07 pm | Primary Land Users Group
A report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) has suggested that the government's proposed clean-up of waterways will not harm New Zealand's overall economy. More >>
Bureaucratic Madness
Friday, 11 October 2019, 2:06 pm | Primary Land Users Group
What is this article all about you may ask and the headline would suggest that you should ask that question. So let’s look at some facts behind this headline. More >>
Open letter to Government
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 2:05 pm | Primary Land Users Group
“Kill Koi Carp Which Are Muddying Our Waterways, Not the Farming Community” More >>
Proposed review of Whangamarino river weir Resource Consent
Monday, 18 March 2019, 2:05 pm | Primary Land Users Group
Review of resource consent 890227 issued to Minister of Conservation and Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game Council More >>
The Environment & Alternative energy Sources
Saturday, 2 February 2019, 11:46 am | Primary Land Users Group
Whilst I agree that we need to look after the environment, is anyone thinking were we will get all of our energy requirements, ongoing, into the future? More >>
Politicians and PC 1
Monday, 7 January 2019, 11:10 am | Primary Land Users Group
Politicians are people who create problems and then deny responsibility. A classic example is the Waikato Regional Council’s (WRC) Proposed Plan Change 1 (PC 1). More >>
Planting a Billion Trees
Monday, 1 October 2018, 9:45 am | Primary Land Users Group
The Government has set a goal to plant one billion trees over 10 years (between 2018 and 2027). More >>
Healthy Rivers
Monday, 20 August 2018, 9:37 am | Primary Land Users Group
In November 2017 a statement was released by Vaughan Payne CEO of the Waikato Regional Council, which was headed: More >>
Give Agriculture a Fair Go
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 9:26 am | Primary Land Users Group
Currently there many groups out there, large and small, that seem to believe that farming is the root of all evil in relation to the environment. They make statements about intensive agriculture and pastoral farming being emitters of methane, farming ... More >>
Waikato and Waipa River Catchments Koi Carp Issues
Saturday, 7 April 2018, 11:01 am | Primary Land Users Group
The Healthy Rivers: Plan for Change/Wai Ora: He Rautaki Whakapaipai project Vision and Strategy required the development of a plan for the rivers to be swimmable and safe for food collection. More >>
WRC Fencing Proposal Breeds Resentment in the Hills
Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 9:02 am | Primary Land Users Group
Drystock farmers have the most water on their land of any farming sector and are therefore key, in any final policy to improve water quality across Waikato. Under the proposed fencing rules contained in the Waikato Regional Council’s Plan Change ... More >>
Wetlands & Water Quality
Friday, 16 February 2018, 4:29 pm | Primary Land Users Group
Wetlands & Water Quality In the recent times there have been many articles written and published about water quality and wetlands and in one of the most recent articles Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Annabeth Cohen said not enough is being done ... More >>
Healthy rivers – water quality: where to from here
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 10:12 am | Primary Land Users Group
The Government is pushing ahead with plans to make freshwater standards stricter in a bid to improve water quality, the Minister for the Environment, The Hon David Parker, says. More >>
Healthy Rivers; Plan Change 1 - Who are the Stakeholders?
Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 11:47 am | Primary Land Users Group
Healthy Rivers; Plan Change 1 Who are the Stakeholders? There has been much said and written about the Healthy Rivers project undertaken by the Waikato Regional Council (WRC) and the proposed plan change (PC1). More >>
Food Security v Healthy Rivers
Tuesday, 2 January 2018, 8:48 pm | Primary Land Users Group
In late 2016 the Waikato Regional Council (WRC) introduced their proposed Plan Change (PC1) under the Healthy Rivers Strategy. More >>
Healthy Rivers: A Current Overview
Monday, 1 January 2018, 4:53 pm | Primary Land Users Group
The Waikato Regional Council (WRC) under the regional planning legislative requirements has proposed a plan change (PC1) to the operative Waikato Regional Plan. This proposed plan change focuses almost solely on the impact on the waterways created by farming ... More >>
Precious Soil Being Lost to the Ocean
Friday, 22 December 2017, 11:15 am | Primary Land Users Group
On the 14th December 2017 the New Zealand Herald published the above headlined article by Bala Tikkisetty, Sustainable agriculture co-ordinator for the Waikato Regional Council. More >>
Buying a Farm - 'Caveat Emptor'
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:29 am | Primary Land Users Group
Buying a farm is a major investment that has now become much more complicated with the Waikato Regional Council's proposed and current rule changes under Plan Change 1. More >>
Fresh Food - Out of Reach
Saturday, 11 November 2017, 10:29 am | Primary Land Users Group
Amy Wiggins writes in the front page of the NZ Herald on Friday November 10th 2017, that as the prices for fresh fruit and vegetables rise they are becoming out of reach for low income families. The article goes on to say that many New Zealanders are ... More >>
Fruit & Vegetables to become Unaffordable
Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 2:31 pm | Primary Land Users Group
Vegetable prices have risen a record 31 per cent in the past year, according to Statistics New Zealand. More >>
