Rates by the Local and regional councils are such that they are greater than the return that can be obtained on the land …..this is why the land is being destroyed by building/housing now!

1) If we want to save our soils land MUST be rated on its productive capacity and an immediate introduction of capital value rating!

2) Government must stop stealing farmer/exporters money by having interest rates higher than our trading partners eg Japan 0.5%
If overseas money was stopped from coming into this country (brought here by our ridiculously high interest rates) money generated by the productive sectors of our economy would receive the fruits of their labours!
The resultant lowering of the value of our currency would bring more tourists reduce inflationary imports and discourage Kiwis to go overseas for holidays; generally making us more reliant on locally produced goods which would be then competative with higher valued imported goods.
Overall everyone would be better off except maybe the money lenders.