Ardern Backtracks, Agrees to Meet Groundswell NZ Next Week
December 9, 2022
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will meet with the leaders of Groundswell NZ next week, a year after saying she would not meet with them.
Leaders Bryce McKenzie and Laurie Paterson confirmed on Friday that they had received an email from the Prime Minister’s office and would meet with her in Wellington on Thursday.
“We think it was the 100,000 signatures,’’ McKenzie said, in reference to the group’s petition calling on the Government to stop its emissions tax on agriculture.
The pair would meet with Ardern for half an hour, with no other industry bodies present.
”I’ll be asking her why she is penalising the most efficient food producers in the world,’’ McKenzie said.