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: The Greens aren't serious people when it comes to the economy, so let's not spend too much on their fiscal fantasies.
It's worth noting though that NZ's merchandies trade surplus in April 2025 was $1.4 billion, compared with a deficit of $12 million in April 2024, according to Stats NZ.
New Zealand has had only four monthly surpluses over $1 billion.
This one, and the others, are thanks to farmers.
And yet, the 'Green Budget' includes a 2.5% annual tax on a couple's net assets over $4 million and a 33% tax on inheritances over a $1 million threshold.
This would see land held within the family for generations sold off just to pay the tax bill and, as Andrew Hoggard says, we'd see "a scarring effect on rural communities, a sledgehammer to rural investment, and food production shifted offshore".
Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) and the Government will provide support to growers in the Nelson-Tasman region as they recover from a second round of severe flooding in two weeks.
Rural supply business PGG Wrightson Ltd has bought animal health products manufacturer Nexan Group for $20 million.
While Donald Trump seems to deliver a new tariff every few days, there seems to be an endless stream of leaders heading to the White House to negotiate reciprocal deals.
The challenges of high-performance sport and farming are not as dissimilar as they may first appear.
HortNZ's CEO, Kate Scott says they are starting to see the substantial cumulative effects on their members of the two disastrous flood events in the Nelson Tasman region.
In an ever-changing world, things never stay completely the same. Tropical jungles can turn into concrete ones criss-crossed by motorways, or shining cities collapse into ghost towns.
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