Emerging schism threatens to undermine traditional influence and, in a worse-case scenario, see ‘massive radicalisation’ of rural areas
For decades, many of New Zealand’s most influential people didn’t hold seats in parliament. They didn’t pass legislation or regulations. They often didn’t even work in the capital, Wellington.
Yet this group – the elected leaders of advocacy groups Federated Farmers, DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb – exercised immense power over parliament.
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