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!
Zespri's sales of kiwifruit for the 2025 season have broken all past records.
Trainee orchard manager Luke St John has won the Central Otago 2026 Young Grower regional title.
James Blair, an agronomist for AS Wilcox, has won the 2026 Pukekohe Young Grower regional title.
Fifty-eight selected individuals, companies, and start-ups will exhibit their ideas and cutting-edge solutions at the 2026 Fieldays Innovation Awards, with Amazon Web Services (AWS), who joins the programme in 2026 as overall sponsor.
A rare piece of New Zealand adventure history will be on display at this year’s Fieldays, with a pair of socks worn by the late Sir Edmund Hillary to take pride of place at the Norsewear site this June.
This month's National Fieldays will again display a strong international flavour, with more exhibitors and overseas delegations in attendance.

OPINION: While we're on the topic of lumberjacks, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard has no doubt used a chainsaw hundreds of…
OPINION: To a chorus of crying greenies, and not a minute too soon, the Government has moved to put the…