Mike Cranstone: Whanganui Federated Farmers submissions to Horizons and district council Long Term Plans
12 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Whanganui Federated Farmers president Mike Cranstone will be holding councils on his patch to account, and will be asking each to justify certain aspects of their Long-Term Plans. Photo / Supplied
Whanganui Federated Farmers president Mike Cranstone will be holding councils on his patch to account, and will be asking each to justify certain aspects of their Long-Term Plans. Photo / Supplied
Whanganui Chronicle
Opinion:
Whanganui Federated Farmers president Mike Cranstone provides a summary of submissions made to the Long Term Plans for the Whanganui District Council, Horizons Regional Council and Rangitikei District Council.
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 3:01 pm
Federated Farmers is strongly urging Environment
Canterbury to demonstrate financial discipline and stick
with current water plans developed with the community,
rather than cave in and start a $25 million exercise
re-writing them.
Feds Mid-Canterbury President David
Clark and fellow Ashburton farmer and national board member
Chris Allen said the Federation’s Canterbury membership of
around 3000 are outraged and hugely disappointed with the
very large rates increases proposed.
Most farmers face
bigger hikes than the overall average of 24.5% in the
financial year starting July 1. No business has the
luxury of unlimited income, especially farmers who as price
takers cannot just increase their prices. ECan should be no
Conservation Comment: Wellington decisions don t fit right in Whanganui
3 May, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mike Cranstone with poplar poles planted through the SLUI programme. Photo / File
Wanganui Midweek
By: Mike Cranstone
Provincial New Zealand will feel the brunt of many decisions that are currently being made in the offices in Wellington.
The plan that is currently being made for us, and more importantly how they expect to implement their ideas, will cause significant change to communities such as Whanganui. What is frustrating is that the outcomes will fall much shorter of their aspirations than if they consulted and worked in partnership with communities.