OPINION: In a to the 1990s, our old mates at Greenpeace continued their crusade against affordable food by abseiling down the side of Fonterra’s Te Rapa factory and unfurling a big banner.
OPINION: Big surprise, Fish & Game find themselves at odds with farmers, once again, and at risk of costing their members the one thing they value above all else – access across private land to fishable lakes and rivers.
OPINION: New Zealanders have a love affair with property investment. After securing a family home, buying a rental property is traditionally seen as a safe way to build wealth over the long term.
OPINION: Rural New Zealand has been taking some very big hits of late. The latest of these, the closure of Alliance’s Smithfield plant at Timaru, is yet another blow for the heartland – the engine room of the economy.
OPINION: Former politicians seem incapable of staying away from the limelight after they retire.
Rural Contractors NZ says members are frustrated at having to work through more layers to get visas approved for skilled seasonal machinery operators ahead of the imminent season start. Andrew Olsen comments.
OPINION: I must admit I really do enjoy spring. The extra daylight minutes and the warmer temps are very welcome in my world!
OPINION: Putting more lamb on Kiwi dinner plates is one way to boost returns to farmers.
OPINION: Listening to the hysterical reportage of gun law reforms being pushed through by Associate Minister of Justice Nicole McKee, your old mate wrongly asumed the Minister must be planning to hand out free AK-47s.
OPINION: Massey University has long been, and still is, a core part of the NZ farming scene, training the next generation of farmers, growers, agronomists and more, and doing great research too.
OPINION: Your old mate isn't really a fan of the recent trend toward collective whinging, otherwise known as an 'open letter'.
OPINION: While The Hound reckons it's great to see Shane 'I'm-a-red-blooded-male' Jones boiling over about the energy crisis - so much so that he's dropping f-bombs in the daily rags - your old mate hopes we'll see more than his usual bluster and get real action on this critical issue.
OPINION: Not long after I started farming, I needed some bridge stringers to cross a small, on-farm stream.
OPINION: Have NGOs had their day?
OPINION: Common sense has prevailed.
OPINION: A reader recently called out the Hound for not giving Federated Farmers enough credit for taking Otago Regional Council to task on its dodgy rule changes.
OPINION: Your old mate was shocked to learn that two pet projects of progressive dreamers have come a gutser in the real world.
OPINION: Sexual harassment is a choice. When someone sexually harasses someone, it's an effort to bring the recipient 'down a peg or two' by attacking that person's dignity through sexualised means.
OPINION: Leader of the Labour Party and His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Chris Hipkins, has formulated a bold strategy to regain power that his rivals won't have predicted.
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