Acting Prime Minister Winton Peters Supports New Zealand's Provincial Cities

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Prime Minister Winston Peters was in Invercargill on Wednesday to talk about Southland's regional development opportunities at a dinner hosted by Southland Venture.

The new interim government hopes to strengthen provincial cities that had been neglected before, said Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters

Peters in Invercargill on Wednesday to discuss Sudland's regional development opportunities at a major event. dinner organized by Venture Southland. 19659007] About 150 people attended the dinner at the Ascot Park Hotel

He believed that the regions had been neglected by previous governments and should be held in high esteem.

"It has been clear that the provinces have been ignored and" We want to remedy the imbalance and lack of care and attention to the Province of New Zealand in the past. "

Last time Peters was in Southland, under the former government he called for more government measures to be introduced to keep the money in Southland, including a takeover of the aluminum smelter of Tiwai Point.

"Silver Ferns Farms to be majority controlled by China, Fonterra" We are here because we have a provincial growth fund that is looking to help in key areas of Southland, "he said. said Wednesday

. infrastructure development in the future based on things where the investment will now be around 20, 30, 40, 50 years and we invite interest groups and companies and personalities of the South to look at what is needed here that the government has not given them. "

The fund's priorities are to strengthen economic development opportunities, create sustainable jobs, enable Maori to reach their full potential, strengthen social inclusion and participation, build resilient communities and help meet New Zealand's climate goals "open to business" and Peters asked meeting participants to come up with ideas and plans to benefit Southland

"Southland was the first wealth per capita to export grow New Zealand and we see a huge future for Southland in pursuit of this record, while building new industries and new technologies here and adding more value to primary products that they are currently on the domestic market, but especially international. "Peters

" We know that the bureaucrats of Wellington and Auc Kland are not the true creators of wealth in New Zealand. "We want to ensure that anything that can limit Southland's growth is addressed in terms of training policy. We know that they are aiming to have 10,000 more people here in the next 10 years – all of this is possible. "

All agricultural activities – including fishing and land-based maritime industries – were the cornerstone of the country's future economic wealth, He said:" It's a fact of knowledge that if you burn our cities , the farming community would rebuild them one day, but you burn the farms of this country and that is the end of this country. to be a first world nation. When asked if Southlander's health care was considered of equal importance to the rest of the country, especially given the imminent closure of the Lumsden Maternity Center and the helicopter Te Anau's rescue, he said: The provinces have been ignored and this is proof. "

Although he reviewed information and figures about both services, he did not have enough information to develop further," he said

. from Southland, Paul Casson, said the dinner would feature Southland and highlight the initiatives being taken to develop the region.

"Southland is an innovative and proactive region, with many opportunities to encourage regional development." – Stuff