Rural Vote Debate on Q&A: Substance or Just Platitudes?
It was billed as a chance for all the political parties to woo the rural vote, but question marks hang over just how effective this was.
PM Chris Luxon can't seem to buy a trick when it comes to the polls, particularly for his own approval rating as preferred Prime Minister.
As the late Jim Bolger famously said, "bugger the polls!"
However, the media love to make a headline out of every fractional movement in the polls, even when the shift is well below the margin of error, and it is election year.
So, Milking It recommends Luxo takes a leaf out of Trump's playbook - just make up your own poll numbers!
Official polls have Trump's approval rating as low as 33%, but without referencing any poll, he claimed his ratings were "THE HIGHEST EVER!" Then on June 26 he made up an approval rating of "50%". He then bumped it up 15 points, claiming "other polls" have him at 65%!
New Zealand's citrus growers were challenged to build their future on the value embedded in their fruit rather than the volume they produce, at Citrus New Zealand's annual gathering in Gisborne on 17 September.
Leading John Deere technicians and apprentices from New Zealand and Australians were recognised at the recent sixth annual JD Technician of the Year Awards, held in Brisbane.
In Dacre, near Invercargill in New Zealand’s South Island, Bruce Dinnington is running a dairy operation unlike any other.
A free online platform aggregating governance vacancies across rural and regional New Zealand has been launched.
Environment Minister Nicola Grigg has announced details of a new rural plastics recycling scheme.
Agricultural drone operators say that a government decision to allow lower-risk drone work without certification won’t lower standards but drive innovation and efficiency.
OPINION: It seems Canterbury processor Synlait is still in the doldrums.
OPINION: Get offside with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters at your own peril.