OPINION: Dark suited spin doctors exist to, well, spin, and the nice cuddly progressive types at Greenpeace Aotearoa practice this dark art with the same cynicism as your average corporate giant.

OPINION: This month Wellington’s Moa Point wastewater treatment plant failed catastrophically, sending an estimated 70 million litres of untreated sewage straight into the ocean each day.

OPINION: Farmers are the biggest investors in research in New Zealand. Whether through taxes, rates, co-operative company retentions, or industry-body levies… or the time they spend ‘in kind’ working with researchers, or the dollars they invest in start-up companies or their own ideas, the financial commitment is considerable.

OPINION: As the Northland Agricultural Field Days celebrates an impressive 40 years, Northland Regional Council (NRC) extends its congratulations to the current and past organising committees for reaching this milestone.

OPINION: Here w go: the election date is set for November 7 and the politicians are out of the gate with the bulldust and empty promises.

OPINION: ECan data was released a few days ago showing Canterbury farmers have made “giant strides on environmental performance”.

OPINION: The euphoria over the Government’s two new bills to replace the broken Resource Management Act is over.

OPINION: First on the scene after the recent devastating storms in parts of the North Island were emergency services and selfless members of the public.

OPINION: Why can't Christopher Luxon stand up to Winston Peters over the latter’s high-profile attack on the proposed Indian FTA?

OPINION: After a very good farming year and a few bucks back in the tin, farmers will be remiss not to consider the next steps in life and what that means for their farming business. Sheep and beef farmers are no exception.