Labour Caucus Portfolios Reshuffled Ahead of 2026 Election
Labour Party Leader Chris Hipkins has announced a reshuffle of the party's caucus portfolios.
OPINION: Labour leader Chris Hipkins' current tagline must have been pinched from Sinatra's song 'My Way' as he trudges around the provinces lamenting, 'Regrets, I've had a few'.
At the recent Fieldays he continued his mea culpa mission, trying to convince farmers he and his party are very, very sorry and that they can change.
Milking It reckons Hipkins is pushing it uphill at the moment.
After the previous six years of feeling under attack, it will be a while before cockies will trust the left side of the house again.
Meanwhile, the new mob have made concrete changes that should assist farmers - ETS exemption, bank inquiry, agrichem access, winter grazing rules, etc.
Chippy has his work cut out for him getting back in the good books!
New Zealand's diverse cheesemaking talent shone brightly last night as the New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association (NZSCA) crowned the champions of the 2026 New Zealand Cheese Awards.
Tracing has indicated that the source of the first velvetleaf find of the 2025-26 crop season, in Auckland, was likely maize purchased in the Waikato region.
Fish & Game New Zealand has announced its election priorities in its Manifesto 2026.
With the forage maize harvest started in Northland and the Waikato, the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) is telling growers of later crops, or those further south, to start checking their maize crop maturity about three weeks prior to when they think they will start silage harvesting.
Irrigation NZ is warning that the government's Resource Management Act (RMA) reform risks falling short of its objectives unless water use for food production and water storage infrastructure are clearly recognised in the goals at the top of the new system.
More than five million trays, or 18,000 tonnes, of Zespri’s RubyRed Kiwifruit will soon be available for consumers across 16 markets this season.
OPINION: The good news keeps getting better for NZ dairy farmers.
OPINION: With export of livestock by sea dead in the water, opponents of the Gene Technology Bill think they can…