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Tuesday, 21 May 2024 13:25

Food insecurity

OPINION: Good on the UK'S NFU for battling to get supermarkets to prioritise local farmers' produce.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 21 May 2024 12:07

Buy local?

OPINION: Seven of the UK's major supermarket chains have now responded to the call for them to back the nation's farmers by adding 'buy British' tabs to their websites.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 08 May 2024 15:55

Wrong, again!

OPINION: This old mutt well remembers the wailing, whining and gnashing of teeth by former West Coast MP and Labour Agriculture Minister Damian O’Connor when Chineseowned Yili took over the troubled dairy company Westland Milk a few years back.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 08 May 2024 14:55

Reality check

OPINION: Your canine crusader gets a little fed up with the some in media, union hacks, opposition politicians and hard-core lefty whiners who claim the answer to all the country’s current financial woes is to tax the rich even more.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 07 May 2024 15:55

No accountability!

OPINION: Readers of this column will know that your old mate has been a long-time critic of $55 million of taxpayers’ money handed out to ‘favoured’ media outlets via the Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF) through NZ on Air by the previous government.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 07 May 2024 14:48

Tough job

OPINION: The Hound reckons school teachers like nothing better than to complain constantly about how tough things are for them and that their generous holidays are all spent ‘marking school work and preparing for next term ahead’.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 24 April 2024 14:25

Cut with care

OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 24 April 2024 10:25

Bubble burst!

OPINION: Your canine crusader is not surprised by the recent news that New Zealand plant-based ‘fake meat’ business is in the process of shutting down.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:25

No Sat paper!

OPINION: This old mutt understands that NZ Post will soon no longer be delivering to rural addresses on Saturdays.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 10:25

Good job!

OPINION: Your old mate notes that research on the make-up of the new parliament shows it is now far more farmer-friendly and populated with greater rurally aware MPs.

Published in The Hound
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