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New prescribing rights for nurse practitioners will directly benefit rural communities, says Associate Health and Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor.
- Damien O'Connor
- Rural Affairs
A new panel to lead consultation on improving access along waterways has been formed
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
The Government remains committed to improving public access to waterways.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
New Zealanders feel strongly about access to water.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
The walking access policy did not affect the title of property nor the use of land.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
The core principle of the Government’s walking access policy is that people should have access to their commonly-owned assets of water and the animals living in it.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
If Federated Farmers want to get rid of the existing Queen's Chain, they should say so openly.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
The extension of the Paid Parental Leave scheme to self-employed parents will be good for rural families, say Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton and Rural Affairs Minister Damien O’Connor.
- Damien O'Connor
- Rural Affairs
Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor says the government's letter to the Electricity Commission regarding Transpower's Whakamaru to Otahuhu grid proposal will help ensure a full, fair and independent decision-making process.
- Damien O'Connor
- Rural Affairs
Federated Farmers is trying to claim rights for farmers that it would deny the Government.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor welcomes the announcement of a new project that will provide essential technical support to rural schools.
- Damien O'Connor
- Rural Affairs
In his address to the NZ Pipfruit Conference in Nelson, Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor discusses deregulation outcomes, free trade, labour shortages and where to from here for the industry.
- Damien O'Connor
- Rural Affairs
GP services in many of the country's hot spots have been guaranteed this summer, with over 45 rural practitioners benefiting from a government-funded locum scheme.
- Damien O'Connor
- Rural Affairs
The Government has decided to embrace the Queen’s Chain ethos, to extend walking access along water ways with access value throughout the country
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
Link to document answering common questions about the provision of land access to waterways
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
The Labour-Progressive Government is working to ensure New Zealand is a country where we can balance productive and satisfying work with an enjoyable lifestyle in a glorious environment.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
The Government has announced additional financial help of over $12m for lower North Island areas affected by last February's floods.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
The Sustainable Farming Fund has funded work potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars to rural New Zealand and the country as a whole.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
Aerial topdressing to fertilise paddocks was one of those innovations that bought about a great leap forward in New Zealand agriculture.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
Pastoral agriculture, forestry, horticulture, the whole primary production sector is important to the Government and to New Zealand as a whole.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs
Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton praised the Agricultural Aviation Association for its commitment, in conjunction with the Sustainable Farming Fund, to ensuring fertilizer was not wasted, thus reducing environmental concerns.
- Jim Sutton
- Rural Affairs