Better Future For You

REMOVE ALL GLOBAL CONTROL

• We will withdraw from the United Nations and stop funding
• This removes the WEF (World Economic Forum)
• This removes the WHO (World Health Organisation)
• This removes the UN driven campaigns to control our country and drive the Climate Change fraud, food production and Health Control
• We will put New Zealand first before other countries

Repeal three waters

• We will repeal the Three Waters legislation, or Affordable Waters Reform legislation, and develop a local/central government funding facility to address individual council requirements.
• We will put control of on-farm water supplies and delivery, back into the hands of farm owners.
• We will allow free access to water flowing through farms.

REpeal the zero carbon act

• We will remove methane emissions from livestock from all climate change calculations
• We will cancel the Emissions Trading Scheme.
• We believe selling carbon credits has no impact on other polluters, they continue to pollute.
• We believe we are already carbon negative; however our biggest stores of carbon and native forest are excluded from our carbon calculations.
• We will ensure pasture and crops are excluded from current carbon calculations.
• We will remove the office and powers of the Minister for Climate Change
• We will develop our own Climate Change policy that encourages reduction of real measurable emissions.

REMOVE FARMS EMISSIONS TAX

• We will remove all emissions taxes for farming.
• We will encourage growth of animal and crop production.
• We will remove barriers to development of superior productions levels.

SUPPORT FARM IRRIGATION

• We will allow free access to waterways for irrigation purposes.
• We will allow free access to rivers and streams crossing farmland.
• We will encourage development of solutions to restrict nutrient runoff into waterways.
• We will provide regular testing of waterways at point of entry and exit to all farms.

REMOVE INCENTIVES FOR PINE PLANTATIONS

• We will remove incentives for farmland to be converted to pine plantations
• We will cancel subsidies for commercial forestry investment
• We will restrict subsidies for farm forestry to no more than 10% of land area

KIWI LAND IN KIWI HANDS

• We will prevent purchase of farmland by non-citizens. We believe Kiwi Land should be in Kiwi Hands
• We will stop sales of productive farmland to overseas investors

REMOVE SNAs

• We will remove Significant Natural Areas from legislation
• We will encourage farmers to ring fence and protect native forest on their land
• We will ensure Regional Councils work cooperatively with farmers to develop equitable solutions to native forest retention
• We will place responsibility for good farming practice back with the farmers and not central government

REMOVE RESTRICTIVE WINTER GRAZING LAW

• We will remove the requirement for Council consent to plant winter crops
• We will cancel sowing date windows. Every area of the country has a different window, and this cannot be directed by Central Government
• We will repeal winter pugging regulations.
• Only the farmer knows the best way to manage their grounds and crops.
• Winter is a time of mud and responsibility has to be for the animals before the depth of pug holes.

REDUCE COUNCIL RATES

• We will ensure rural rating for farmers will not be based on land values
• We will ensure ratings are based on rural services available to each user
• We will ensure ratings valuations include a use of land consideration and production performance
• We will ensure farms self sufficient in water reticulation and wastewater disposal have no water rates component applied by councils

IMPLEMENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

• We will implement mental health support teams for rural farming families, providing in-home consultations. Too many rural families delay seeking any form of treatment because they do not feel they have time to travel to seek treatment. They dedicate their main daylight hours to farm duties. Home treatment visits will help reduce the risk of adverse decisions by patients
• We will introduce dedicated addiction treatment teams that mirror the mental health teams and operate extended hours in rural communities.

SCRAP RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT

• We will scrap the Resource Management Act
• We will remove the barriers suppressing farming and cropping
• We will limit consents applied by councils
• We will treat development and consents on a case by case basis, needs and business model development ahead of the blanket approach by Central Government
• We will allow for more farm buildings and housing for workers
• We will remove restrictions on drainage construction
• We will fully compensate farmers who have area declared natural wetlands and provide full funding for fencing and protection of wetlands
• We will allow for new wetlands declarations to be appealed without charge through the District Courts
• We will promote farmers to be the guardians of their own lands.

REDUCE RED TAPE RESTRICTIONS

• We will reduce red tape restrictions preventing farmers from actually farming
• We will remove overbearing red tape requirements that hamper farmers from growing their output
• We will create an easy regulation pathway for a basic set of paperwork requirements
• We will develop new rules around farm gate sales and country markets to enable more direct sales of produce
• We will encourage the development of a domestic supply network that is not based on export prices in order to bring household costs for produce down to acceptable affordable levels

REVISE HEALTH & SAFETY RULES

• We will develop new Health & Safety regulations for farm environments
• We will ensure new rules are particular to the unique farming environment and customary work practices
• We will ensure new rules for private contractors working on farms put the onus of compliance on the contractor instead of the farm owner
• We believe all of industry compliance rules do not always apply to farm workplaces and cannot be applied in the same blanket manner of enforcement.

INVEST IN RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• We will invest in rural roads and drainage to a higher degree. Rural roads have been left to decay, increasing the cost to farmers of vehicle equipment repairs and access to farms.
• We will invest in rural roadside drainage and maintenance
• We will subsidise farmers so they can engage in high-speed reliable internet and telephone services
• We will provide increased funding for more sealed country roads
• We will ensure infrastructure decisions are needs-based and targeted by local councils in conjunction with central government funding.

STREAMLINE THE RSE SYSTEM

• We will streamline the RSE system to make it easier and faster to import seasonal workers when and where required
• We will make rural employment more attractive through our tax policy threshold of the first $25,000 being tax-free. This gives every worker employed rurally an extra $65 per week without increasing the cost to rural employers. This will stimulate the local economy.
• We will make allowance for specialised workers to be included in a critical employee visa category for the development of new and improved crops where particular skillsets are not available locally