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Animal welfare crisis looms as Minister butchers opportunity
Barbara Kuriger
September 10, 2021
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An animal welfare crisis is looming as Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor fails to pay attention to what’s going on around him, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says.
“Last year, during the first Covid lockdown, the Government spent $5.8 million buying 12,000 pig carcasses from overstocked farms and donating them to charity.

Rural NZ rejecting more regulation from Labour
Barbara Kuriger
September 08, 2021
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Over 13,000 New Zealanders have told the Government to stop raining regulations on our rural communities, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger and Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon say.

Why the no response Prime Minister?
Barbara Kuriger
September 07, 2021
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“When some 60,000 people converge on towns and cities around New Zealand, in protest at government proposals and regulations, a response from the Prime Minister is a reasonable expectation.
“Or even one from her ministers,” says National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger.

Common-sense prevails over grazing rules
Barbara Kuriger
September 01, 2021
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Just days into her new role as National’s Agriculture spokesperson, Barbara Kuriger is pleased to see common-sense is prevailing in Southland.

MP embraces new role
Barbara Kuriger
August 30, 2021
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‘Working from the grassroots up rather than the top down is how I’ll be tackling my new responsibility as National’s spokesperson for Agriculture,” says Barbara Kuriger.

Barbara's Beat No.5
Barbara Kuriger
August 27, 2021
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As I write we remain in Level 4 lockdown and the Government has suspended Parliament. Despite this, my fellow MPs and I are continuing to work on essential issues which are or will, once enacted, affect us all.

Why the rush?
Barbara Kuriger
August 23, 2021
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The pace of regulatory change for rural communities has been relentless under the current government.
It’s the concern I hear most when I move among them around the country and speak with rural advocacy groups.

Labour must stop flooding rural NZ with pointless and onerous regulation
Barbara Kuriger
August 21, 2021
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Labour’s latest regulatory hurdle for rural water schemes shows it is deeply out of touch with provincial New Zealand, National’s Rural Communities spokesperson Barbara Kuriger and Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon say.

One down, one to go
Barbara Kuriger
August 13, 2021
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NO-ONE will be welcoming today’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the Awakino Tunnel Bypass project more than Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger.
Bypassing the 100-year-old-tunnel and Mt Messenger projects were part of the accelerated regional roading programme announced by Prime Minister John Key in 2014. Both were given the green light in January 2016.

Labour can’t keep the lights on
Barbara Kuriger
August 11, 2021
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I completely agree with the Energy Minister Megan Woods and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in their assessment of the blackouts on Monday as ‘not good enough,’ National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says.