4 minutes ago
National has promised to double baseline funding for the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust to $8.5 million if re-elected.
National's Agriculture spokesperson Todd McClay and Conservation spokesperson Tama Potaka joined leader Christopher Luxon at a farm near Papakura - right on the border between Auckland and Waikato - to announce the move on Monday afternoon.
The announcement comes two days ahead of the start of Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Waikato.
Luxon said the funding was about recognising that for nearly 50 years, farmers had quietly been protecting "the best of our natural habitat on their own land, at their own cost".
