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Four into one goes nicely

Paparata is divided into four separately managed blocks - each designed to complement the other.

Instead of running Paparata as one station, Trevor Johnson has divided it into four separately managed blocks - each designed to complement the other and run by four separate managers.

The so-called Forgotten Highway, between Taumaranui and Stratford, has many surprises to offer - if you care to stop and look. In farming terms, one of these is Paparata Station, near the settlement of Tokirima, owned by Trevor Johnson. Peter Burke recently paid a visit to this magnificent property.

He waka what?

Doug Edmeades asks why NZ farmers are about to be lumbered with a tax which he claims will not make a jot of difference to NZ GHG emissions.

OPINION: "We are all in this waka together” which, when translated, becomes “He Waka Eke Noa”.

100 years and still going strong

OPINION: This year we're marking the centenary of the New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB) and this represents a good opportunity to raise awareness and understanding of the role of the board.

Is it time for a change?

Jane Smith believes that current farmer advocacy channels are falling and require a total revamp.

OPINION: Farmer morale is at a low – unseen since the dark days of the 1980s.

Editorial: Reinstate MIQ?

Worryingly, viral FMD fragments were also recently discovered on pork imported into Australia from China

OPINION: NZ's biosecurity officials and services are rightly on high alert, following a recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in previously FMD-free Indonesia.

Fruitful change?

OPINION: Your canine crusader notes that meat company Silver Fern Farms has undergone quite a refresh over the last few years.

All for show?

OPINION: The Hound notes that Fonterra is cashing in on the curent government's largesse with taxpayer money.

Riding shotgun!

OPINION: Your old mate reckons the farmer protests recently held in Holland makes the chaps at Groundswell look like saints.

What a sap!

OPINION: This old mutt reckons with inflation at 30-year highs and interest rates on an endless upward trajectory, Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr would be singularly focused on tackling these issues.