Reading Time: 3 minutes A national approach to river gravel extraction and on-farm quarries can provide certainty for landowners and councils, but every single river can demand a different approach. The National party has said if re-elected it would institute national standards for river gravel extraction and on-farm quarries, aiming to make gravel removal a permitted activity without resource consents. Federated Farmers president Colin Hurst sa…
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