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“People are pretty annoyed at some of the things that are going on at the moment. “What has surprised me is the anger out there to be honest – people really have had a gutsful of being treated like fools and losing their rights.” Baillie said with regard to Government regulations, it wasn’t just farmers feeling the pinch. “ACT attended Groundswell and fully supported farmers, but it s not just farmers affected by the SNA (Significant Natural Area policy). “They have a lot of compliance stuff they are finding unbearable, but small businesses are just being hammered at the moment.” On the subject of education, he said many at the meeting were also concerned about what their kids were learning at school – particularly on learning the basics of literacy and numeracy.
Andrew Dickens: City and rural need to unite, not divide over issues Mon, 19 Jul 2021, 1:44PM It would be nice to see that as New Zealanders, whether in the country or the city there is more that unites us than divides us. (Photo / File)
Andrew Dickens: City and rural need to unite, not divide over issues Mon, 19 Jul 2021, 1:44PM
In the aftermath of the farmer protests on Friday, some tempers have been running high as farmers allege city residents don’t understand them. But in fact, there are many issues that should unite farming and city folk.
As I drove in this morning, I heard a farmer on ZB claiming that city folk have no idea of the environmental regulation and the cost of compliance that the farming community have to bear.
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