Bias Blowback
OPINION: It's no surprise to this old mutt that some politicians are done playing nice with the low rent media pack that hounds them looking for a 'gotcha' moment.
OPINION: Did the Prime Minister hint last week that the sale of Landcorp assets could be part of the manifesto for the next election?
While flicking Pāmu isn't current policy, it's no secret that Minister for SOEs, Simeon Brown, isn't happy with past performances of the state-owned farmer, or that coalition partner Act wants Pāmu sold, yesterday.
On Newstalk ZB Chris Luxon said: "I don't think our government agencies do a very good job of managing their assets in general. In fact, we're the fourth worst in the OECD... But if you look at something like Pāmu, which is a whole bunch of farmland that the government owns and runs... We're pretty bad I imagine as a government-run farm relative to other farmers doing that job much better".
The Hound hates to put words in the PM's mouth, but where there's smoke, there's fire!
A partnership between Canterbury milk processor Synlait and the world's largest food producer, Nestlé, has been celebrated with a visit to a North Canterbury farm by a group including senior staff from Synlait, the Ravensdown subsidiary EcoPond, and Nestlé's Switzerland head office.
Canterbury milk processor Synlait is blaming what it calls "a perfect storm" of setbacks for a big loss in its half year result for the six months ended January 31, 2026.
More of the same please, says Federated Farmers dairy chair Karl Dean when asked about who should succeed Miles Hurrell as Fonterra chief executive.
A Waikato farmer who set up a 'tinder' for cows - using artificial intelligence to find the perfect bull for each cow - days the first-year results are better than expected.
Fonterra says it's keeping an eye on the Middle East crisis and its implications for global supply chains.
The closure of the McCain processing plant and the recent announcement of 300 job losses at Wattie’s underscore the mounting pressure facing New Zealand’s manufacturing sector, Buy NZ Made says.

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