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ELECTION 2020: Labour dangles $50m for farm plans
News in Brief

ELECTION 2020: Labour dangles $50m for farm plans

Farmers are set to get a $50 million subsidy to share the $5,000-to-$10,000 cost of rolling out mandatory integrated farm plans to meet freshwater and climate targets if the government is re-elected.Leader Jacinda Ardern and agriculture spokesperson Damien O’Connor announced the...

Staff reporters 23 Sep 2020
Govt transport plan weak on EVs
Policy

Govt transport plan weak on EVs

The government’s transport blueprint falls short on the electrification needed in the coming decade, Drive Electric says.The government policy statement on land transport out to 2031 acknowledges that transport accounts for almost 20 percent of the country’s emissions and makes c...

Staff reporters 21 Sep 2020
Erik Zydervelt: There is no time to waste on climate change
Policy Dear minister

Erik Zydervelt: There is no time to waste on climate change

Building better, and defying expectations need to be the cornerstones of how incoming ministers act in their next term.

Erik Zydervelt 21 Sep 2020