An Open Letter to the Prime Minister.   Dear Prime Minister   I am writing you this as an open letter as last year, on the 5 th  of December at the Federated Farmers meeting at Mystery Creek I had the pleasure of hearing your speech. It was a good speech and while I don't agree with all your positions, that isn't the reason I am writing this.   In the Q and A afterwards, I asked you a question about the cost of the Net Zero policies on the average New Zealander. As an example, I mentioned how...

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