India FTA Unites NZ First, Greens
National’s much-touted free trade deal with India featured in the Rural Issues Debate at Mystery Creek, Hamilton on Wednesday night.
OPINION: If David Seymour's much-trumpeted Ministry for Regulation wants a serious job they need look no further than reviewing the rules and regulations governing members of the so-called House of Representatives.
Instead of making some effort to help with the governance of the country, which they are actually paid to do - the Māori Party and the Greens in particular are using parliament as a high-profile platform to disrespectfully shout about some of their bizarre causes.
It seems that a few of them just come into parliament to yell and scream and then bugger off on full pay to do other things and join other protests around the country - again, at the taxpayers' expense.
Do they have any respect for the hard-pressed workers of the country who are paying for their extravagances?
Milking It suspects not.
So, Seymour needs to spark his department into action and return the debating chamber back to a civilised state.
National’s much-touted free trade deal with India featured in the Rural Issues Debate at Mystery Creek, Hamilton on Wednesday night.
New Zealand's 2026-27 freshwater fishing season has opened, with anglers encouraged to head to rivers and lakes over the coming days as conditions look favourable across much of the country.
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Pāmu has released its FY26 Integrated Annual Report, reporting a Net Operating Profit of $113 million, more than double the $49 million recorded in FY25.
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Applications are set to open for the 2027 Zanda McDonald Award, a trans-Tasman award recognised for identifying and fast-tracking talented young leaders in agriculture and agribusiness.
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OPINION: Get offside with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters at your own peril.