Opportunity wants a select committee seat for agriculture
Opportunity’s first caucus settles into Parliament while special votes decide its final numbers.
|November 10, 2026Listen to the full interview:
The Opportunity Party’s agriculture spokesperson wants a select committee seat to work on food security.
Deputy leader Daniel Eb says the party’s first caucus is finding its feet in Parliament.
“My love for agriculture is not going anywhere,” he says.
Opportunity is the first entirely new party to enter Parliament under MMP, with seven MPs and an eighth on the list who joins if special votes lift the party’s share.
Daniel says National and Opportunity leaders have begun initial discussions, and the wait for special votes continues.
“We know we do well with overseas voters.”
Daniel says MPs from across the parties are forming groups on shared interests in agriculture.
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