Tractors On The Harbour Bridge For SAY NO Campaign
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 10:40 am Press Release: Groundswell NZ
Groundswell NZ will be driving tractors over the Auckland
Harbour Bridge and into Auckland City for the public launch
of the SAY NO non-compliance campaign, Groundswell NZ
co-founder Bryce McKenzie says.
“Our campaign to
SAY NO is a short-term necessity, until the Government puts
in place workable regulations that achieve real
environmental outcomes and respect the privacy and property
rights of those they affect.”
At 10.00am on
Thursday, 1 September, Groundswell NZ will be driving
tractors over the Auckland Harbour Bridge in protest of the
unworkable regulations and breaches of privacy and property
rights that are the focus of the SAY NO
campaign.
“Food producers will no longer jump
through the Government’s hoops and provide information
that is used to advance a policy agenda hostile to farmers,
property owners, and rural communities.”
“The
Government’s continued assault on food producers has made
today’s awareness-raising action necessary,” says Mr
McKenzie.
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