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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
OPINION: The Otago Regional Council needs to be honest about what the new proposed freshwater rules might mean for our community and how much it could cost local ratepayers.
OPINION: It's time for the Government to step in and resolve the migrant worker visa issue for the dairy sector, once and for all.
OPINION: If you're wondering where the extreme rhetoric of the Maori Party, with tacit approval from our chinless media, leads us to, the Hound reckons New Plymouth councillor Murray Chong could probably give you a clue.
OPINION: Rural services such as banks, health and postal services have been declining for years, so this mutt was tickled pink to hear Rural Women NZ on national TV slamming the impact of post office closures in rural areas.
Legislation to end a 30-year ban on gene technology outside the lab will be in place by the end of 2025, the Government has announced.
OPINION: Most of the country's wage slaves will welcome the extra coin left in their wallets thanks to National's tax cuts.
OPINION: This old mutt reckons the latest red meat export numbers bring to mind the old maxim, "When China sneezes, the world catches a cold".
The new chairman of state farmer Landcorp (Pāmu) John Rae says the business is a unique asset.
Rabobank New Zealand has appointed the bank's global chief compliance officer Angelique Meddeler to its board.
The director of Otago University’s new virtual Centre for Rural Health says there’s no one, single fix to the burgeoning staffing crisis facing the sector.
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An extract from the humble daffodil will be put to the test in New Zealand after UK research discovered its potential to cut methane emissions from livestock.
The Mott family are well known commercial vegetable growers based in Tangiwai, near the township of Ohakune in the Central North Island.
There are massive market opportunities for the horticulture sector in southeast Asia, according to Nicola Grigg, the Associate Minister for Horticulture and also Minister of State for Trade, with a focus on southeast Asia.
The downturn in China continues to impact New Zealand’s red meat exports.
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