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Thursday, 31 August 2023 13:55

Interest waning?

OPINION: This old mutt had to laugh at a recent summary of the fake meat sector by international food expert Joanna Blythman: “No wonder people are turning their noses up at fake meat... it’s not healthy, it won’t save the planet, and it tastes like burnt dog food”.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 30 August 2023 14:55

Sour taste

OPINION: Sour taste Your old mate suggests the country’s struggling kiwifruit growers will find the latest pay increases to executives at Zespri very hard to swallow.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 30 August 2023 14:02

Tax and spend!

OPINION: The Hound reckons any claims that Ag Minister Damien O’Connor is in the ‘wrong party’, will have been well and truly dispelled by comments he made at the recent Red Meat Sector Conference.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 17 August 2023 11:55

Fat chance!

OPINION: This old mutt is dumbfounded by the ill-informed claims made by some media commentators that wannabe ACT PM and former Fed Farmers boss Andrew Hoggard will be the Minister of Agriculture in a possible National/ACT coalition government, should they get across the line on October 14.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 17 August 2023 10:55

Unhealthy!

OPINION: A mate of your canine crusader reckons all those proponents of a vegan diet and claims of its ‘healthy’ impacts should take a lesson of the recent demise of a social media influencer.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 16 August 2023 11:55

Don't forget!

OPINION: Yours truly sees that the political phoenix that is Winston Peters is again trying to make a return to parliament.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 16 August 2023 10:52

Unlucky country!

OPINION: The Hound reckons our government and its wokester surrogates' current obsession with re-hashing past Māori grievances and implementing things like co-governance is doing more harm to race relations in the country than the opposite.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 03 August 2023 14:25

Say what?

OPINION: A mate of your canine crusader reckons the Labour Party’s recently unveiled slogan for the upcoming election – ‘In it for you’ – is not only meaningless and confusing, but also could have some rather unfortunate connotations.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 02 August 2023 15:25

Lucky escape!

OPINION: Yours truly was reminded of the long-standing dodgy behaviour of former patron of the arts and meat industry magnate Sir James Wallace after his recent public naming as a convicted sex offender.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 02 August 2023 14:37

Full of it!

OPINION: The Hound reckons the country’s woolgrowers, already outraged by the Ministry of Education’s recent decision to award an American company the contract to install nylon carpet in 800 rural schools around the country instead of wool, now have an even bigger gripe with the Government and its so-called focus on sustainability.

Published in The Hound
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