Andrew Hoggard, the national president of Federated Farmers, tells the Front Page podcast that he is concerned about the impact this will have on small rural communities around New Zealand. "And if you think of small towns like Wairoa on the East Coast, the major employer there is the meatworks. That's going to impact the businesses that used to support the freezing works, but also the businesses that supported the farms in that area. It's going to be quite a considerable impact and it's going to be acute in a number of small rural towns." • The Front Page is a daily news podcast from the New Zealand Herald, available to listen to every weekday from 5am.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 12, 2022 02:20 UTC