"There was absolutely no need to exempt commercial fishing from those two areas in the first place. So I think it's pretty interesting to see that National's now campaigning on reversing a decision it didn't actually have to make in the last term."
Kayla Kingdon-Bebb. #NzPol
@sachadylan.bsky.social"When we were going through the amendment to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act ... we ended up with a proposal for these high protection areas, and then at the 11th hour ministers of this government had a backroom meeting and decided to create carve-outs.."
Chlöe Swarbrick. #NzPol
rnz.co.nz
Opponents label National's fishing policy 'desperate' and a 'flip-flop'
New Zealand First says National's fishing policy is desperate and unresearched, and would have huge impacts on employment and the costs of fish.
