ACT, farmers push for changes to Paris Agreement
The ACT Party's call for a better deal on the Paris Agreement on climate change is being backed by farmer organisations.
OPINION: News that the Labour Government is spending taxpayer money to advertise to New Zealanders living in Australia that life is better there now they can get citizenship is appalling.
At a time when NZ companies are struggling to get staff and people are moving in droves to Australia, our Government should be trying to persuade NZers across the ditch to come home.
ACT is right when it points out that Australia, in changing its citizenship rules, is conducting a raid on NZ's best and brightest.
The wage gap between Australia and New Zealand has been growing.
The last thing we need is the New Zealand Government telling New Zealanders that they're better off staying in Oz. Instead, it should be fighting to win the war for talent - like Australia is.
Farmer confidence has taken a slight dip according to the final Rabobank rural confidence survey for the year.
Former Agriculture Minister and Otaki farmer Nathan Guy has been appointed New Zealand’s Special Agricultural Trade Envoy (SATE).
Alliance Group has commissioned a new heat pump system at its Mataura processing plant in Southland.
Fonterra has slashed another 50c off its milk price forecast as global milk flows shows no sign of easing.
Meat processors are hopeful that the additional 15% tariff on lamb exports to the US will also come off.
Fears of a serious early drought in Hawke’s Bay have been allayed – for the moment at least.