Tuesday, 19 February 2019 11:18

Lack of trust?

Written by 

Meanwhile, this old mutt’s source also says the Fonterra directors’ meeting agenda had ‘Confidential’, plus each director’s name, emblazoned on every page.

The informant asked your old mate if this showed a lack of trust by the dairy co-op’s management and board in its own directors, or was it due to an incident Fonterra had experienced with a former – but now current – board member?

Of course, such individual identification of the board papers would make it very easy to trace the source of a leak if Fonterra board information happened to end up in wrong hands – such as the media, rivals – or even yours truly!

Or would it?

Featured

Big return on a small investment

Managing director of Woolover Ltd, David Brown, has put a lot of effort into verifying what seems intuitive, that keeping newborn stock's core temperature stable pays dividends by helping them realise their full genetic potential.

Editorial: Sensible move

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.

National

Machinery & Products

» Latest Print Issues Online

The Hound

Overbearing?

OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…

Foot-in-mouth

OPINION: The Hound hears from his canine pals in Southland that an individual's derogatory remarks on social media have left…

» Connect with Rural News

» eNewsletter

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter