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New NZ govt plans to push back “burp tax” deadline, re-instate live export

Christopher Luxon. Photo: Twitter

A NEW Prime Minister has been elected across the ditch, with New Zealand voting in a conservative coalition vowing to make changes to controversial agricultural policies that have made international news in recent years.

Former Air NZ chief executive officer Christopher Luxon’s National Party was voted in ahead of the Labour party, who had been in office since 2017. The Nationals will form a coalition with fellow conservative party ACT NZ.

The Labour government made some controversial agricultural policies, including:

  • Introducing the “burp tax”,…

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