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Tuesday, 21 November 2023 12:56

On to it!

OPINION: MPI employs more than 3,600 staff in 45 locations around the country and internationally.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 08 November 2023 16:25

Ouch!

OPINION: Your canine crusader notes that the Reserve Bank forecasts that more than 80% of beef and sheep farmers would be unprofitable if any future emissions pricing on carbon dioxide equivalent hit $150 per tonne.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 08 November 2023 15:25

Hitting the fan?

OPINION: A mate of yours truly wonders if the rush by some to implement taxes on agricultural emissions might just leave the country’s farmers in the proverbial.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 07 November 2023 16:25

That'll do!

OPINION: While most of the country is still lamenting the All Blacks one point loss to the South Africans in the Rugby World Cup final, the Hound – always on the outlook for a cloud with silver lining – found one bright spot on the sporting front.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 07 November 2023 15:26

Good!

OPINION: According to political scientist Bryce Edwards the new parliamentary intake is heavy on farmers and professionals, but light on unionists.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 26 October 2023 10:55

Gumboot diplomacy!

OPINION: Your canine crusader notes that the new parliament will have a fresh array of new MPs from farming backgrounds taking up seats in the nation's capital.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 26 October 2023 09:55

Out to pasture?

OPINION: A mate of yours truly wonders if outgoing Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor will now call it a day on his 30-year long political career.

Published in The Hound
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
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