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Many readers of this fine organ have written to us over the years to say what a useless waste of space the Hound is.
So your old mate was pleased to read that his canine cousins harrier hounds (a super-size beagle) may soon be working at New Zealand’s borders to guard against importing pests and diseases. MPI is currently trialling two harriers (Morley and Muse) to see whether the breed could upsize its detector dogs. “Harriers could be a great asset for our border protection work,” says MPI’s Brett Hickman. Harriers closely resemble beagles but they’re taller. And, says Hickman, “they have great drive and excellent noses for food and plant materials and they are good with people.” It’s good to see there are at least a couple of useful hounds around the traps.
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.
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’.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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.
OPINION: This old mutt understands that NZ Post will soon no longer be delivering to rural addresses on Saturdays.
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