David Seymour praised for backing local watercress seller in regulatory dispute

Act Party leader David Seymour is standing up for a Hawke’s Bay man told to stop selling watercress until he paid more than $600 in registration fees after a Hastings District Council officer observed him operating informally.

Seymour, who serves as Minister for Regulation, has written to Food Minister Andrew Hoggard to express concern over what he sees …