Greens Party co-leader James Shaw described the farmer protest group Groundswell NZ based in Southland as
“a group of pakeha farmers down south’’
He is also claiming that the statements that they have made about the the National Policy Statement for National Biodiversity are
” misinformation.”
But he has failed to explain what it is that they got wrong about the policy statement.
Shaw […] stuck by his comments the group was spreading misinformation.
But he has still yet to say in great detail what the misinformation is.
[…] When asked why he defined the group by race, Shaw said: ‘’I was on Ngati Hine FM and we were talking about why Maori were concerned about it. A lot of the misinformation doesn’t come from Maori, they are not the origin of it.’’
McKenzie said it was obvious Shaw had not visited Southland to talk to the group, which had a membership that included Maori, Pasifika and Indians.
[…] “Perhaps if they’d come to us [farmers] and asked us how we could help fix the problem, we’d be a bit more supportive, instead of them making up unworkable rules.’’
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