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OPINION: The Advertising Standards Authority’s 2024 report revealed that not only is social media rotting our brains, it is also taking a growing chunk of New Zealand’s ad revenue offshore.
Most digital advertising goes to platforms like Google, Facebook, and TikTok.
Infometrics chief economist Brad Olsen says digital ad growth from these offshore behemoths is undermining traditional media.
Milking It reckons this trend would be easier to swallow if the tech giants were paying their share of local taxes, but there’s plenty of evidence that they are not.
Former Herald editor Gavin Ellis says the ad drain is gutting the industry.
“Imagine if our health system was being forced to downsize because its revenue was being sent offshore – there’d be outrage.”
Canterbury farmer Michelle Pye has been elected to Fonterra’s board for a three-year term.
Farmers are welcoming the announcement of two new bills to replace the under-fire Resource Management Act.
The Government has announced it will immediately roll over all resource consents for two years, with legislation expected to pass under urgency as early as this week.
The New Zealand National Fieldays Society has achieved a major sustainability milestone - reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and reaching the target five years early.
Fonterra's 2025/26 financial year is off to a strong start, with a first quarter group profit after tax of $278 million- up $15m on the previous year.
Government plans to get rid of regional councillors shows a lack of understanding of the fundamental problem affecting all of local government - poor governance.
OPINION: The rural sector is set to receive some good news from the Government this week.
OPINION: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been on a charm offensive with farmers.