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OPINION: The country is in the midst of a frantic rush as politicians of all creeds, shapes and sizes emerge from the woodwork to ply the gullible public with a range of seemingly attractive but basically undeliverable promises.

OPINION: Kiwi guts and determination have shown the world that the impossible is possible.

When Philip Gregan began working at the Wine Institute of New Zealand in 1983, this country had 6,000 planted hectares and an abundance of potential.

OPINION: ACT's recent 'rural heartland' odyssey has shed some interesting new light on what issues concern voters in the provinces.

OPINION: The official and symbolic signing of the Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the European Union arguably signals a closure on Brexit.

OPINION: It was Federated Farmers' turn last week to play host to another round in the battle for rural votes in the upcoming October elections.

OPINION: New Zealand's economy recently entered a technical recession but any hopes for a quick bounce-back looks unlikely - especially as the country's all-important primary sector faces tougher times.

OPINION: Sobering is perhaps the best word to describe the latest Situation and Outlook report on Primary Industries (SOPI) produced by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

OPINION: To Paraphrase the Monty Python dead parrot sketch, it looks as though the much maligned and deeply unpopular He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) agricultural emissions plan has: … ‘… passed on! Is no more! Has ceased to be! Expired and gone to meet its maker! Bereft of life, it rests in peace!’

OPINION: It's safe to say that He Waka Eke Noa - the industry and government partnership to deal with emissions pricing - is dead in the water.