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OPINION: This old mutt reckons it doesn’t take long for farmer directors to get their noses well and truly in the trough when they get elected to levy organisation boards.
Take, for example, Beef+Lamb director Kate Acland, who was only elected on to the BLNZ board back in March 2021. She has now packed her bags for her first post-Covid overseas jolly – care of farmer levypayers.
Acland was joined by BLNZ chair Andrew Morrison, chief executive Sam McIvor and policy manager Dave Harrison on an all-expenses-paid trip to the EU and UK, described as “a whistle-stop tour meeting agricultural counterparts, farmers, government officials and politicians in the UK and the EU in support of further developing New Zealand’s relationships”.
Oh, and the trip also manages to squeeze in “celebrations” to mark the Meat Board Centenary, with events in London and Brussels. Nice for some!
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's has pointed out a key fact missing from the letter to the editor, in the last issue (June 21), heavily criticising yours truly for having a crack at the latest Beef+Lamb NZ overseas junket - or 'fact finding mission' to the EU and UK.
OPINION: This old mutt is never surprised by the stupidity of local councils and their bylaws.
OPINION: The Hound's reckons something has seriously gone wrong with the 'luck of the Irish' with news that Trevor Mallard is retiring from Parliament and will become New Zealand's Ambassador in Ireland.
OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons genuine muck-ups made by bureaucrats can often be right on the money.
Kate Acland, Northern South Island Director, has been appointed as deputy chair of the Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) board.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's has pointed out a key fact missing from the letter to the editor, in…
OPINION: This old mutt is never surprised by the stupidity of local councils and their bylaws.
