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Farmers, there’s plenty to celebrate
Barbara Kuriger 
August 03, 2022
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“Despite Monday’s Federated Farmers Confidence Survey results, there are many positives for the agricultural and horticultural sectors right now,” says National’s Agriculture Spokesperson Barbara Kuriger.
Barbara's Beat No. 14
Barbara Kuriger August 01, 2022
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FRONT FOOTING THE THREAT
The possibility Foot and Mouth Disease could reach New Zealand looms as this newsletter goes together.
FMD is the highly contagious disease that affects cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. The only way to eradicate it is to destroy any affected animals.
If agencies charged with our biosecurity put one foot wrong, our agricultural sector would be decimated. So there can be no slip ups.
Foot and Mouth would devastate New Zealand
Barbara Kuriger July 26, 2022
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There can be no slip-ups in our actions to keep out Foot and Mouth Disease, which would have catastrophic impacts on the country, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says.
Seeing red
Barbara Kuriger July 25, 2022
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Never has an industry been more targeted by a government than New Zealand’s primary sector right now.
The spotlight, within that target for the past five years, falling firmly on agriculture.
This term, Labour no longer needs the blessing of the Greens to enact their ideas.
Nor are they beholden to any other party to pass laws, so they’ve been busy.
ED wait times soaring
Barbara Kuriger July 18, 2022
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Emergency Department wait times are soaring across Taranaki and the Waikato region, with more than one in four people waiting at least six hours for treatment, National’s MP for Taranaki-King Country Barbara Kuriger says
We can all do our bit
Barbara Kuriger July 11, 2022
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An estimated 40% of food produced globally each year is wasted — totalling 2.5 billion tonnes.
New Zealand households account for more than 157,000 tonnes of it.
Take some of the blame Labour
Barbara Kuriger June 30, 2022
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“Families on low incomes are doing it tougher than ever before. They can’t absorb the rising cost of living, and by the end of the week the food runs out. It’s an awful way to live.”
Barbara's Beat No. 13
Barbara Kuriger June 30, 2022
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EUROPEAN TRIP
As regular readers of this newsletter, you will know that I was part of a Speaker’s trip to Europe, from May 19-June 5.
Judith Collins and I were National MPs in the delegation which travelled to Crete, Athens, Brussels, Poland, Italy and Ireland.
Our first stop was Greece where we attended eight memorial events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle for Crete during World War II.
Ag holding strong despite major challenges
Barbara Kuriger June 16, 2022
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New Zealand is a trading nation. We are respected by the world and the best at what we do.
Despite a pandemic, disruption to global supply chains, rapidly rising inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a lack of RSE workers, our food and fibre exports have outperformed expectations. In fact, by June 30, they will have brought in $52.2 billion in revenue.
Rural mental health ignored again this Budget
Barbara Kuriger May 25, 2022
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The Government was made well aware of mental health concerns for rural communities in a meeting in December last year, this Budget has neglected to do anything to address this crisis, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says.