Shane Jones

Action - Not Talk For Northland

Deputy Leader of @nzfirst

List MP based in Northland

Authorised by H Howard, 91 Makino Road, Feilding

[New Zealand First @nzfirst]

“Cleaner rivers do not come from bankrupting farmers. They come from practical, workable rules that recognise the work already being done on-farm." - Shane Jones @mangonui08

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Labour Party betrayal!
NZ 1st kept the faith in Marsden Point!
We’ve funded, $20+ million, Godzilla, 100 million litre storage diesel tank.

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New Zealand First says Waikato Regional Council’s Plan Change 1 must be paused before it becomes a bureaucratic death sentence for farmers and growers across the region.

“Plan Change 1 is a 14-year-old regulatory taniwha, dragged out of the swamp by the old RMA, and now threatening to strangle the very people who feed this country,” says New Zealand First Deputy Leader Shane Jones @mangonui08

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The weather might be adverse but the political Southern reception was warm..

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Dig, Baby, Dig!

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New Zealand First is backing the mining sector with a $50m investment from the Regional Infrastructure Fund to build processing plants so that we can get our critical minerals to overseas markets.

More high paying local jobs in Barrytown and Westport will boost our economy in the West Coast for decades.

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Oamaru shows up for NZ 1st. Enormous growth potential but unaffordable energy and local govt indulgences are a threat…

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Michael Laws will make a great impact for NZ First, Waitaki, pleasure to support the South Island..

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Standing room only, Timaru public mtg. Southern observations and no-nonsense questions. Zero Wellington bubble wrap media rubbish!

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Takapo, brand new fishing vessel for deepsea. Soo much potential, too much alarmism.

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2pm, Sunday, 5 July at the St Kevin's Auditorium. See you there.

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2pm, Saturday, 4 July at the West End Hall.

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Ian Jones, “Kamo”. Sir Michael Jones, “Iceman” reminding MP Jones rugby is winner on the day.

Parliamentary Golden Oldies, Russell Rumble today at 2:30pm.

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China Business Summit, navigating the crisis. Fireside chat. Deep dive into crisis.

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Fresh week begins. Last week fake news, fish+chip paper. Kaikoura, 21 June, 2.00 pm public meeting. Labour/National consensus has failed us. NZ First..

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I have been criticised for hounding an RNZ Morning Report host, during a recent commercial fisheries interview. 

Predictable gripes from anti growth whingers who dread my political style.

It is the media’s role to spar with MP’s - Instagram scribblers need not intervene. 

Radio NZ however must always be vigilant against institutional group think. The best way for their management to boost their ratings is to avoid bias. 

Too much of their fisheries coverage is anti-commerce.

It is now common to frame marine stories in ways that seek to incriminate commercial fishing.

NZ politics is well served by having a robust voice like the Matua to ensure that the anti growth polemic is contested and knocked over!

Hauraki Gulf activists are hell bent on terminating companies from trawling. 

Recreational fishers want inshore commercial fishermen banned. They overlook the fact that most of us buy fish from the supermarket or at the fish shop.

Do they really want their fellow Kiwis to dine on imported farmed Tilapia from Asia. 

The truth of the matter is that 85% of fish caught in New Zealand is from trawling.

If trawling is banned, fish will be unaffordable.  A luxury item.

Maybe not a problem if you own an expensive outboard motor and boat. But inaccessible to a large majority of kiwis.

The challenges of the Hauraki Gulf relate to land based pollution and poor resource management. 

Less than 2% of our EEZ is actually exposed to trawling.

It has been happening for decades and we still have healthy fish stocks.

Our Quota system has served NZ well. If there is a need to reduce fishing effort our legislation already provides for such outcomes.