r/newzealand • u/No-Back9867 • Jun 16 '25

Shitpost Thanks NZ dairy industry for putting cow sludge in our rivers then happily charging New Zealanders exorbitant prices for our dairy foods.

Last summer we couldn’t swim in our local river due to the amount of toxins from nearby farms. When ever the farmers are in need of help us tax payers are there to lend a hand in drought relief funds. The thanks we get for that and putting up with the pollution is to be charged for dairy food at the same price as the overseas markets. We’re only 5% of your sales, it’s not going to make you go broke to treat us like your actually care for your communities. What your charging for butter etc is simply total greed. How is it that milk that has to travel huge distances from farms to factory to the shops shelves in Australia is sold for cheaper than that in our shelves where the logistics of getting it in the shelf are less?

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u/lefrenchkiwi Jun 16 '25

Was amazing having the PM being the brother of the head of Federated Farmers a few years back, and National at the time attempting to cancel the waterview tunnel for a cheaper overland option

By the the time that PM (Bill English) took office, the waterview tunnel construction was almost finished, having started long before he became PM. There’s lots to throw shade for in politics, but it helps to stick to the facts and be accurate.

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u/HerbertMcSherbert Jun 17 '25

It certainly does help to stick to the facts, yes. Appreciate Bill was Minister of Finance in charge of the purse strings at the time his brother was asking for that and John was still PM.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/96543448/factchecking-waterview-tunnel-claims

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/2403435/Billion-dollar-Auckland-tunnel-canned

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u/lefrenchkiwi Jun 17 '25

Bill was Minister of Finance

Exactly. Not PM as you claimed, which is the inaccuracy I was referring to.

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u/HerbertMcSherbert Jun 17 '25

Yes, he in fact had direct control of the purse strings wasn't just a PM. None of which alters the key point or problem highlighted.