Greenpeace a charity?
OPINION: Should Greenpeace be stripped of their charitable status? Farmers say yes.
OPINION: It seems that the work rate of some parliamentarians is well below par.
They only have to be at parliament three days a week, but many see attendance at their paid job as optional.
Effectively kicked out of his ministerial role, Andrew Bayly headed off to Nepal at a time when he should have been at work.
Carmel Sepuloni went on a reality TV show. Yes, we know that parliament is just another reality show, but that's the job!
And Debbie Ngarewa-Packer shot through for a wedding anniversary celebration and a protest march in the Cooks.
Come on Speaker Brownless, isn't it time to dock the pay of any MP who misses a day in the house for blatant personal reasons?
It's called leave without pay - the same rules as the rest of us.
Among the regular exhibitors at last month’s South Island Agricultural Field Days, the one that arguably takes the most intensive preparation every time is the PGG Wrightson Seeds site.
Two high producing Canterbury dairy farmers are moving to blended stockfeed supplements fed in-shed for a number of reasons, not the least of which is to boost protein levels, which they can’t achieve through pasture under the region’s nitrogen limit of 190kg/ha.
Buoyed by strong forecasts for milk prices and a renewed demand for dairy assets, the South Island rural real estate market has begun the year with positive momentum, according to Colliers.
The six young cattle breeders participating in the inaugural Holstein Friesian NZ young breeder development programme have completed their first event of the year.
New Zealand feed producers are being encouraged to boost staff training to maintain efficiency and product quality.
OPINION: The world is bracing for a trade war between the two biggest economies.