Good Ol' Days
OPINION: NZ First knows its market and feeds it a constant diet of how ‘good’ the good old days were, promising to resurrect policies and icons of a bygone era.
OPINION: The ongoing saga of the quality of school lunches continues.
So far, they have been too hot, too cold (frozen stiff), contained glass and plastic, and the latest find is arguably unwanted protein in the form of a well-cooked bug.
Imagine MPs finding a grub in their cottage pie lunch at Bellamy's.
Your old mate suspects the outrage would lift the top off the Beehive and that caterer would be gone by lunchtime.
There is an option, of course, if we are sort of happy with bugs.
Why not get the West Coast wild food festival people to do the school lunches?
Huhu bugs, possum meat, mountain oysters and all manner of creepy crawlies could be added to the lunches and that would cost even less and solve a pest problem as well.
Forestry Minister Todd McClay has today congratulated the winners of the 2026 Growing Native Forests Champions Awards at Fieldays.
The Government has announced $60,000 to provide one-off grants of $1,000 to each of the 60 New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) clubs across the country.
New Zealand’s rural sector has once again demonstrated its generosity, with the second Rural Industry Leaders Dinner, Debate and Auction raising an impressive $400,000 for the Rural Support Trust.
There has been another twist to the Federated Farmers annual election fiasco.
Analysis of decades of research has revealed the implementation of good farming practices plays a critical role in reducing nutrient losses to improve freshwater outcomes.
Yesterday the Government used the opening of Fieldays to announce a major investment, as part of its Land Use Flexibility package, to support a more productive and sustainable future across six sectors including dairy.

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