Animal welfare crisis looms as Minister butchers opportunity

Barbara Kuriger September 10, 2021 Share

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.

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Rural NZ rejecting more regulation from Labour

Barbara Kuriger September 08, 2021 Share

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.

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Why the no response Prime Minister?

Barbara Kuriger September 07, 2021 Share

“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.

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Common-sense prevails over grazing rules

Barbara Kuriger September 01, 2021 Share

Just days into her new role as National’s Agriculture spokesperson, Barbara Kuriger is pleased to see common-sense is prevailing in Southland.

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MP embraces new role

Barbara Kuriger August 30, 2021 Share

‘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.

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Barbara's Beat No.5

Barbara Kuriger August 27, 2021 Share

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. 

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Why the rush?

Barbara Kuriger August 23, 2021 Share

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.

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Labour must stop flooding rural NZ with pointless and onerous regulation

Barbara Kuriger August 21, 2021 Share

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.

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One down, one to go

Barbara Kuriger August 13, 2021 Share

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.

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