No Sat paper!
OPINION: This old mutt understands that NZ Post will soon no longer be delivering to rural addresses on Saturdays.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's recently pointed him to a podcast called The Detail, and a recent episode covering the emergence of rural ginger group Groundswell.
The supposedly independent taxpayer-funded podcast, interviewed a Wellington-based journalist all about Groundswell.
Said journalist pontificated on putting the boot into Groundswell - claiming the lobby only represented an "angry vocal minority that doesn't reflect what most farmers are thinking" and "the way they've carried on just does the sector an enormous disservice".
The podcast producers made a brief disclosure saying this journalist's husband "worked in the primary sector".
However, this 'disclosure' was not very 'full'.
In fact, said journalist's husband is in fact the highly-paid spin doctor for many of the established primary sector lobbies in Wellington, most of which has criticised and who are currently in a public dogfight with the rural lobby.
The Commerce Commission says connectivity options for rural New Zealanders are front-of-mind as it begins a formal investigation into the future of the copper network.
Grand Finalists have been selected, all regional finals have concluded, and the journey towards the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final is underway.
Hopes of NZ sheepmeat prices picking up anytime soon in the country's key export market of China looks highly unlikely.
Regional councils are welcoming the certainty for councils in today’s Resource Management Act (RMA) announcement by the Government.
ASB says the decision to sign on to the AgriZeroNZ joint venture came out of a wish to be a part of the solution.
Federated Farmers says changes announced to the Resource Management Act today mark the end of the war on farming.
OPINION: This old mutt understands that NZ Post will soon no longer be delivering to rural addresses on Saturdays.
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