Shaw was discussing the Government’s National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity, which contains objectives and policies to identify, protect, manage and restore indigenous biodiversity.
Groundswell NZ spokesperson Bryce McKenzie said the group would meet with Shaw, although he doubted he would take up the invitation.
“We’d love to show him what farmers are up against,’’ he said.
Mooney said if the Greens Party co-leader had bothered to visit his electorate and had met with Southland farmers and seen the extensive and positive environmental work they were doing he would not have made such a tone-deaf outburst.
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