Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
OPINION: You'd think an organisation like Greenpeace would support green hydrogen projects.
Yes, they do throughout the world but not in New Zealand, it seems.
Greenpeace's decision to go to the Court of Appeal over the proposed Taranaki renewable energy to green hydrogen project has shocked project stakeholders, including farmer-owned co-operative Ballance.
The environmental activists are appealing the resource consent in the Wellington Court of Appeal in a bid to stop the project.
Greenpeace's action is frustrating and confusing as it will simply stall the decarbonisaton of heavy transport and industry and delay the transition from fossil fuels.
How does Greenpeace explain that?
A Chinese business leader says Chinese investors are unfairly viewed as potential security risks in New Zealand.
In the first of two articles focusing on electrification in New Zealand, Leo Argent talks with Mike Casey, operator of the 100% electric-operated Electric Cherries orchard and founder of advocacy group Rewiring Aotearoa.
A Foundation for Arable Research initiative which took a closer look at the efficiency of a key piece of machinery for arable farmers - their combine harvesters - has been recognised at the Primary Industry NZ Awards.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has reiterated New Zealand’s ‘China And’ policy, adding that it wasn’t about choosing one market over another but creating more options for exporters.
A long running trade dispute between New Zealand and Canada over dairy access has been resolved.
New Zealand Police is urging rural property owners to remain vigilant and ensure their property is secure.