With the cost of living soaring, many Kiwi families are struggling to afford healthy food. Countries like Canada and the UK don’t tax basic groceries, and it’s time New Zealand followed suit. Removing GST—or offering a rebate—on meat and vegetables would ease financial pressure, improve access to nutrition, and support better long-term health for all New Zealanders. Let’s push for tax policy that puts people’s wellbeing first. Sign the petition and help make real change happen.

  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
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    7 days ago

    I would make sure it was NZ production into the NZ market.

    No produce heading offshore would get subsidised.

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      7 days ago

      Since NZ produces way more food than we consume, how would that work in practice? Are there models for this in other countries we could follow?

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        The grower/farmer would have to declare where the produce was going.

        I’m not sure how much of this is already done, for traceability reasons, but some is done.

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          Ah yes. Presumably there would be records of exports and records of sales to local retailers (as well as records to e.g. places that can foods), there must currently be enough information recorded to know where food ends up. So probably isn’t that much overhead to have this process.

          Makes sense.