Election Is Coming, It's Time For The Freebies
OPINION: Flicking through some global news headlines just recently, I spotted something tucked away, which in my opinion rather conveniently had less visibility than it deserved.
OPINION: It's election time.
The general one in particular is attracting unbelievable promises that are too good to be true.
The spin doctors are on a roll, especially National's team at Fieldays with daily offerings of good news.
At the same time, Labour's presence at Mystery Creek was a mystery with claims their site was not used, although Labour says there were no plans to have a site and felt it was better and more cost effective to just walk and talk.
Being inconspicuous might not have been a bad thing given the mystery as to why Labour has their former Minister for Agriculture and Trade ranked well down the party list and below new candidates with no parliamentary experience.
Putting diversity ahead of experience, perhaps, but not too many in the rural community will be buying that.
Testing confirms H5 bird flu in a single northern giant petrel, found dead on a remote Cape Palliser beach in the Wairarapa, says Dr Mary van Andel, the Ministry for Primary Industries' (MPI) Chief Veterinary Officer.
"What's for dinner?" may sound like a simple question, but for many Kiwi parents, answering it has become a job in itself.
Fifty Eight years ago, on the 16th of August 1968, August Claas, the founder of the harvesting company and father of Helmut Claas, personally presented a Claas Senator combine harvester to Scottish farmer John Steven.
New Zealand consumers are paying more for beef mince than ever before, with the average retail price now sitting above $24 per kilogram, according to Rabobank.
State farmer Pamu has delivered its strongest operating result on record.
Four years since it was first detected in New Zealand, researchers and growers now know much more about management of maize pest fall armyworm (FAW).