Greenpeace a charity?
OPINION: Should Greenpeace be stripped of their charitable status? Farmers say yes.
OPINION: The election run-up is on and things are getting nasty.
Operatives from both sides of the political centre are airing out the ‘dirt files’ they have been sitting on to ankle-tap political opponents.
The self-appointed morality police that are NZ’s political reporters happily play along, largely ignoring policy-based stories (hard work) in favour of ‘gotcha’ character judgement stories (not hard work).
So far, voters have heard that NZ First harbours at least one candidate so far down the rabbit hole that they believe Covid vaccines continue to emit signals from the grave; an Act MP thinks (or once thought) that vaccines caused drownings; Te Pati Māori have had to apologise for their assertion that Māori are genetically superior, and that indigenous people should get housing priority over migrants.
PM Chippy has also demonstrated Labour will run a negative campaign, so the gloves are off and we’ll see more of the mud-slinging before polling day. Grab your popcorn and settle in!
Movement controls have been lifted from Mainland Poultry’s Hillgrove Farm in Otago, after the successful eradication of H7N6 strain of high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
Harvesting is underway of one of New Zealand’s rarest and most unusual fruit - persimmons.
Recent rain has offered respite for some from the ongoing drought.
New Zealand's TBfree programme has made great progress in reducing the impact of the disease on livestock herds, but there’s still a long way to go, according to Beef+Lamb NZ.
With much of the North Island experiencing drought this summer and climate change projected to bring drier and hotter conditions, securing New Zealand’s freshwater resilience is vital, according to state-owned GNS Science.
OPINION: Otago farmer and NZ First MP Mark Patterson is humble about the role that he’s played in mandating government agencies to use wool wherever possible in new and refurbished buildings.
OPINION: Should Greenpeace be stripped of their charitable status? Farmers say yes.
OPINION: After years of financial turmoil, Canterbury milk processor Synlait is now back in business.