New Zealand new coalition government to overturn live export ban

Published Nov 27, 2023

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New Zealand's new coalition government, led by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, has committed to overturning a ban on live animal exports and laws that restrict the amount of nitrogen farmers can apply to land. The ban on live animal exports was enacted in April 2023, but the new government plans to reverse it. Additionally, the coalition agreement includes amending the Resource Management Act to allow farmers more freedom in their activities, replacing current standards for freshwater management, and ensuring climate change policies are aligned without compromising national energy security.

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New Zealand's new coalition government has committed to overturning a ban on live animal exports. The coalition government of the National Party, led by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, New Zealand First and ACT New Zealand was sworn in on Monday, November 27. It has also committed to overturning laws that restrict the amount of nitrogen that can be applied to land. The coalition agreement commits the new government to amend the Resource Management Act to "allow farmers to farm". The agreement was finalised on Friday, November 24, more than a month after the NZ election on October 14, 2023, that swept the Labour party from power. NZ banned live animal exports in April 2023, having announced the policy change two years' earlier, partly in response to the sinking of a livestock ship in 2020. In 2022, NZ exported 134,722 cattle - primarily dairy animals - for breeding. Australia's exports of live dairy heifers have soared in the past five years - in part as buyers sought to ...

Source: Farmweekly