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West Coast wild over 'land grab' by government with Maureen Pugh & Damien O'Connor

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:09:48
Publish Date: 2020-02-27 21:21:30
Description:

NGO's such as Forest and Bird are stating that West Coasers have 'damaged & destroyed' more wetlands than any other region.

Landowners, regional councils and MP's are up in arms over the government's Significant Natural Area's process which will see farmers lose up to 95% of their private property over night.

In this episode, Sarah speaks to Minister of Agriculture and Labour MP for West Coast-Tasman, Damien O'Connor as well as National MP for West Coast-Tasman, Maureen Pugh on the issue that has Coasters' wild about what they are describing as a 'Mugabee-style land grab'.

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