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Let the games begin — Editorial

Adding interest to this year’s vote are bids by former director Leonie Guiney.

OPINION: Fonterra's upcoming director elections will be an interesting contest with a potential shake-up on the cards, which its board surely needs.

Own goal

Your old mate realises he risks an outpouring of hatred and bile from the tin foil hat-wearing types who support the anti-1080 movement, but he reckons they have proven beyond a doubt that they are total nutjobs.

Walker?

The Hound had to laugh on hearing that the sanctimonious, whining vegan cafe owner who refused to serve cow milk to customers has now closed his shop and will walk the length of New Zealand barefoot in protest.

Soft border?

A mate of the Hound who recently travelled to Ireland found that country’s airport biosecurity rather lax.

Farm sales off the boil

Farm sales are well below the levels seen in 2016.

Farm sales remain consistent, but are well below the levels seen in 2016, says the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ).

Not even a wild Atlantic storm can stop the Irish

Despite Atlantic storms the crowds still came.

The Irish sure know how to throw a good party, as experienced last month at the National Ploughing Association event at Screggan, County Offaly, Ireland.

State funding boost for vet graduates

This year’s successful applicants will receive $55,000 each over five years.

The Government is launching a programme to boost graduate vet numbers in the regions.

More Irish/Kiwi collaboration needed

The Republic of Ireland’s first resident ambassador to New Zealand says many opportunities exist for collaboration by the two countries.

Spotlight on kiwifruit helps with jobs

Publicity on a labour shortage in the kiwifruit industry last season had an interesting side effect: it attracted people to come and work in the industry, says New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers (NZKGI) chief executive Nikki Johnson.