Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the job description of PR is to grease the wheels and ensure clients get good media coverage.
OPINION: A mate flew from Auckland to Nelson a couple of weeks ago to participate in an annual fishing and imbibing competition in the Marlborough Sounds.
As usual, it was a great success - including the fishing.
Our hero packaged a couple of boxes of fish to bring back home.
All labelled correctly, he waited at the Auckland baggage carousel; his luggage came along but no boxes of fish.
After waiting, he enquired at the bag counter and was advised to look at a door as sometimes these packages were left there.
It was suggested he leave his address and they'd courier the fish to him if they were ever found.
Getting a little hot under the collar, our mate asked where the police desk was so he could report the fish boxe missing or stolen.
Shortly, a trolley arrived with the said two boxes of fish.
Perhaps, some mutts thought they were in for a free feed.
OPINION: The Government's decision to rule out changes to Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) that would cost every farmer thousands of dollars annually, is sensible.
Compensation assistance for farmers impacted by Mycoplama bovis is being wound up.
Selecting the reverse gear quicker than a lovestruck boyfriend who has met the in-laws for the first time, the Coalition Government has confirmed that the proposal to amend Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) charged against farm utes has been canned.
Holstein Friesian excellence was front and centre at the 2025 Holstein Friesian NZ (HFNZ) Awards, held recently in Invercargill.
The work Fonterra has done with Ballance Agri-Nutrients Ltd, LIC and Ravensdown to save farmers time through better data connections has been recognised with a national award.
This past week has seen another round of negotiations between India and New Zealand to produce a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
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