Former Feds president Andrew Hoggard wants to effect change

Former Feds president Andrew Hoggard wants to effect change
Andrew Hoggard will stand for Act (Image: Supplied)
Riley Kennedy
It was rural New Zealand’s worst-kept secret, but Andrew Hoggard has confirmed his intention to stand for the Act Party at this year’s election.The now-former president of Federated Farmers stood down from the organisation this week two months before his three-year term was up amid speculation he would be putting his hand up for the party’s candidacy.Hoggard, who runs a farm in the rural Manawatū settlement of Kiwitea, had already side-lined himself from any public facing tasks at Feds for the remainder of his presidency to pr...

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