Federated Farmers is working with the Taxpayers’ Union with a roadshow opposing the government’s replacement to the RMA:
“We all want to see reform of the RMA, but it needs to be done right to address the issues of cost and complexity that farmers face every time they want to do something productive with their land,” says Federated Farmers RMA Reform spokesperson Mark Hooper.
“The current legislation just ties farmers up in red tape, slows us down, and heaps on unnecessary costs – but the Government’s proposed reforms will only make that worse. It’s an absolute nightmare for farmers.
Federated Farmers strongly opposes the current reforms because they will shift land use planning away from democratically elected councils towards ‘Regional Planning Committees’, which will be at arm’s length from their local community,” Hooper said.
“We also have real concerns that the reforms will introduce new, vague and undefined concepts…
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