Taking On Winnie
OPINION: No one messes around with Winston Peters, more so in a general election year.
OPINION: The media is already playing the 'who will Winston choose?' game every time the polls show Labour and National neck and neck.
Some commentators reckon the rising economic tide will raise National's ship, the SS Disappointment, and save Luxo' from an embarassing loss to the uncomfortable coalition of Labour-Greens-Māori Party.
Meanwhile, Winnie had a crack at Hipkins and the media over this: "How can Hipkins say he is still 'keeping his options open' when asked about working with NZ First? We already permanently ruled him out months ago - just like we did last in the election. He doesn't have any options to keep open! Does he need it written in fat crayons so he can understand? And why is the media asking him these pointless questions when they know, and he knows, he's a lame duck?"
New Zealand dairy farmers are set to be the first in the world to receive access to a new digital physical milk pricing tool that enables them to fix the price for their physical milk.
State farmer Pāmu is opening its farm gates this summer in an effort to give the rural sector the opportunity to see how large-scale, multi-system farming is delivering productivity and profitability across New Zealand.
A five-year study has found that the cost of reducing emissions without technology may be significant and unsustainable for Northland dairy farmers.
DairyNZ says Waikato farmers need certainty on Plan Change 1, but they say that certainty must be matched with practical, workable rules and a clear transition that doesn't get ahead of the new resource management system currently under review.
While the Government has moved quickly to make commercial hauliers' lot easier during the current fuel crisis, they appear to be stuck in the creep box when it comes to the agricultural industry.
Waikato farmers have been told that the Government’s new planning system legislation and the region’s Plan Change 1 (PC1) “won’t mesh together very well”.

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