Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
OPINION: Media luvvies at Stuff, the Spinoff and the Granny Herald are spending more time than ever navel-gazing about why the peasants outside of their cosy little bubble no longer trust them.
The Hound reckons it’s not actually that complicated.
They think they are ‘challenging worldviews’ and that the backlash is driven by echo chambers.
As commentator Ani O’Brien notes, they’ve missed the obvious problem: “the media is the biggest echo chamber of all”.
Journalists aren’t being punished for telling the truth, they’re being called out for manufacturing it.
They’ve confused journalism with activism and see themselves as moral gatekeepers – not here to inform but to correct.
“Until editors stop congratulating themselves for being ‘watchdogs of democracy’ while guarding only one side [the left], trust will keep collapsing.”
Relationships are key to opening new trading opportunities and dealing with some of the rules that countries impose that impede the free flow of trade.
Dawn Meats chief executive Niall Browne says their joint venture with Alliance Group will create “a dynamic industry competitor”.
Tributes have flowed following the death of former Prime Minister and political and business leader, Jim Bolger. He was 90.
A drop in methane targets announced by the Government this month has pleased farmers but there are concerns that without cross-party support, the targets would change once a Labour-led Government is voted into office.
Farmer shareholders of meat processor Alliance have voted in favour of a proposed $270 million joint venture investment by Irish company, Dawn Meats.
The former chair of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and farmer, Doug Leeder, says rural communities' biggest fear right now is the lack of long-term certainty over environmental regulations.