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Christopher Luxon meets Bay of Plenty residents
National leader Christopher Luxon addresses toll roads, agriculture education and land use concerns with Bay of Plenty residents.
In brief
National leader Christopher Luxon addresses toll roads, agriculture education and land use concerns with Bay of Plenty residents. National Party leader Christopher Luxon discusses toll roads, Year 11 agriculture classes and solar farm land use with Bay of Plenty residents. Originally reported by RNZ.
Luxon tours Bay of Plenty
National leader Christopher Luxon visited Pongakawa, Edgecombe and Whakatāne on Wednesday.
Toll roads debate
One resident called the Bay of Plenty home to two out of three of New Zealand's toll roads.
“are we being taken for suckers in the bay of plenty are we subsidising other people”
Toll roads policy
Luxon said toll roads would speed infrastructure development by learning from countries like Denmark.
“i've looked at how denmark has done it i've looked at other five million people countries and it's quite a normal feature”
Agriculture education concerns
Federated Farmers president Brent Mountford questioned why Year 11 students lose agriculture classes.
“we've got 2200 boys 300 in agriculture but with the new changes year 11 it's not going to be a stand-alone subject”
Literacy policy
Luxon proposed a foundational literacy and numeracy award for Year 11 students.
“we need the foundations to work well because actually we haven't got our kids even really doing that well enough”
Solar farm land use
Residents reported solar farms taking up productive land near Edgecumbe.
“anything can be grown here”
Land use policy
Luxon said government policy drives land use to its highest value.
“government policy hasn't driven that”
The bottom line
National Party leader Christopher Luxon discusses toll roads, Year 11 agriculture classes and solar farm land use with Bay of Plenty residents.
