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Tuesday, 11 February 2025 12:25

Who's the glutton?

OPINION: We are told there is a wine glut - production outstripping demand worldwide - and the words 'wine lakes' are being thrown around.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 11 February 2025 11:25

Colonial science?

OPINION: Science funding for the bulwark of the nation, agriculture, is in a parlous state and less taxpayer money is shelled out for it every year.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:15

Times have changed

OPINION: Back in the 1960s and '70s, and even into the '80s, successive National government Agriculture Ministers and Trade Ministers were at the top of the cabinet rankings.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 10:15

Hallelujah moment

OPINION: The new Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche has just had the hallelujah moment of the 21st century in his candid review of the NZ public service.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 11:14

Waste-watch

OPINION: Media luvvies have pigeon-holed the Taxpayers Union (TPU) as some right-wing lobby, but as far as this old mutt can tell, the TPU focuses on shaming poor behaviour and wasteful spending by those that govern us, no matter who's in power.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 10:07

Tariff risk

OPINION: Some commentators across the ditch reckon the second Trump administration's anticipated trade protectionism, coupled with China's economic fragility, poses a significant risk for Australia's agricultural export industries.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 11:25

Drunk on power!

OPINION: The end-of-year booze-up at the posh Northern Club in Auckland must have been a beauty, as the legal 'elite' let their hair down and showed us how entitled and political some in the judiciary really are.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 10:25

Time has come?

OPINION: It divides opinion, but the House has passed the first reading of the Gene Technology Bill.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 11:25

Cut the fat!

OPINION: Finance Minister Nicola Willis has targeted cuts in the public service to balance the books, particularly the spend on consultants, drawing trenchant criticism from... consultants.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 10:25

'Economic morons'

OPINION: The death of Dame Tariana Turia is a loss for the country and a reminder of how far the quality of politician has fallen in the party she founded.

Published in The Hound
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