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OPINION: Was the ASB Economic Weekly throwing shade on Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr when reporting on his speech in Washington recently?
OPINON: The Hound suggests that the proposal to reform the country's three waters network has gone down like a cup of cold sick with councils and ratepayers all over NZ.
Despite strong opposition, the three waters reform is now going to be mandatory, with the Government over-riding councils that have voted to 'opt-out.'
It will force councils to hand over local water assets to the new 50/50 iwi-controlled water entities, and taken over by four new, big water authorities.
The irony is that the driver behind the change, Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta, has no idea of how rural water supplies actually operate.
Apparently, she asked one rural council, after touring its water scheme, if suppliers' tanks were individually filled by water trucks - rather than the obvious pipes to the tanks coming from the council's water scheme. God help us!
A governance group has been formed, following extensive sector consultation, to implement the recommendations from the Industry Working Group's (IWG) final report and is said to be forming a 'road map' for improving New Zealand's animal genetic gain system.
Free workshops focused on managing risk in sharefarming got underway last week.
Annual farmer gathering, the South Island Dairy Event (SIDE), is set to make history as it heads to Timaru for the first time.
Installing 400 solar panels at their Taranaki piggery and cropping operation will have significant environmental, financial and animal welfare benefits for the Stanley family.
WoolWorks, New Zealand’s largest wool-scouring company, has partnered with the Lions Club of Riverton to help raise money for much-needed repairs to the Southland town’s swimming pool.
OPINION: The dairy industry will be a major beneficiary of a new free trade deal between NZ and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC).
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