Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the job description of PR is to grease the wheels and ensure clients get good media coverage.
OPINION: This old mutt reckons that anyone wondering why there has been a huge decline in the union movement in NZ over the years only needs to read this recent statement from the public service union - the Public Service Association (PSA) - to see why::
"We need unionism now more than ever. To fight climate change and inequality, to platform the voices of historically marginalised peoples, to change our broken social structures.'
Really? No mention of sticking up for workers rights, fighting for better wages, ensuring staff health and safety conditions or even tacking the thorny issue of vaccine mandates.
As one former PSA member pointed out to yours truly, "Nothing at all about fighting for members' jobs, rights or working conditions. They've confused 'union' with being 'woke'".
It is not hard to see why most workers feel unions are way out-of-touch and don't bother belonging to one anymore!
Holstein Friesian excellence was front and centre at the 2025 Holstein Friesian NZ (HFNZ) Awards, held recently in Invercargill.
The work Fonterra has done with Ballance Agri-Nutrients Ltd, LIC and Ravensdown to save farmers time through better data connections has been recognised with a national award.
This past week has seen another round of negotiations between India and New Zealand to produce a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Cautiously optimistic is how DairyNZ's regional manager for the lower North Island, Mark Laurence describes the mood of farmers in his patch.
The Infrastructure Commission has endorsed a plan by Chorus to expand fibre broadband to 95% of New Zealand much to the delight of rural women.
Questions are being raised about just how good the state of the dairy industry is - especially given that the average farmgate payout for the coming season is set to exceed $10/kgMS.
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