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Wednesday, 25 October 2023 10:55

Full of it!

OPINION: The Hound has always viewed multi-national political activist group Greenpeace as full of bovine excrement.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 09:37

Big job!

OPINION: Your old mate reckons the new Government has a big turnaround job in getting farmers feeling confident again.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 11 October 2023 15:55

Serious koha!

OPINION: Your canine crusader understands big power companies Genesis and Meridian recently coughed up some major funding to local iwi groups, under the auspices of the Treaty of Waitangi, as part of the renewal applications for their resource consents in relation to the Waitaki river.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 11 October 2023 14:55

Squeezed out?

OPINION: A mate of yours truly wonders if the impending departure of Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer will see a number of other senior executives leave the meat processor and exporter.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:55

Putin's fault?

OPINION: The Hound is astounded at the sheer audacity and bottle of (outgoing?) Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor and his ability to bury his head in the sand.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:02

Woke and broke

OPINION: Your old mate reckons he now understands just why state farmer Pāmu (Landcorp in everyday man's language) is such a dog of an investment and why it returns a paltry dividend - relative to the huge capital tied up in the SOE - to the country's hard-pressed taxpayers.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 28 September 2023 15:25

Smells dodgy!

OPINION: You canine crusader wants to tip his hat to Fed Farmers for busting the Government’s dodgy tactics in trying to buy support to rush through its controversial RMA reforms.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 28 September 2023 14:25

Persona non grata?

OPINION: A mate of yours truly wonders just exactly how some of the so-called ‘leaders’ in the ag sector will fare if there is a change of Government on Oct 14.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 15:25

Junket?

OPINION: The Hound notes that the Taxpayers’ Union recently revealed that the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) spent more than $125,000 for its presence at this year’s Mystery Creek Fieldays.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 14:29

Truth v reality?

OPINION: Your old mate wonders if the current chair of DairyNZ, Jim van der Poel, is the very same Jim van der Poel who is now canvassing to retain his directorship of the dairy industry-good body.

Published in The Hound
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