Florian Graichen

OPINION: The Government's announcement that it will create a new advanced technology public research organisation (PRO) is sparking conversations about what advanced technology means for New Zealand, and for the research and innovation needed to grow our economy.

Colin Hurst, Federated Farmers, says farm plans have huge potential to cut unnecessary red tape.

OPINION: The Government's latest move to make freshwater farm plans more practical and affordable is welcome, and long overdue.

Less hot air

OPINION: Farmers won't get any credit for this from the daily media, so Milking It is giving the bouquets where they’re due.

Dollars go offshore

OPINION: The Advertising Standards Authority’s 2024 report revealed that not only is social media rotting our brains, it is also taking a growing chunk of New Zealand’s ad revenue offshore.

No to pines

OPINION: Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE).

Cut with care

OPINION: NZ farming is built on hard work, but also on innovation, a lot of which came about thanks to a focused scientific effort over many decades.

Wool has slipped down the pecking order as a preferred option for floor coverings and other uses.

OPINION: Otago farmer and NZ First MP Mark Patterson is humble about the role that he’s played in mandating government agencies to use wool wherever possible in new and refurbished buildings.

Make it 1000%!

OPINION: The appendage swinging contest between the US and China continues, with China hitting back with a new rate of 125% on the US, up from the 84% announced earlier.

Own goal

OPINION: The irony of President Trump’s tariff obsession is that the worst damage may be done to his own people.

No more pines!

Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE).

Group hug!

OPINION: Forest & Bird and farmers don't often find themselves on the same side of an issue, with F&G's litigious tendencies often pitting the two groups against each other.

OPINION: After years of financial turmoil, Canterbury milk processor Synlait is now back in business.

OPINION: Staying on media double standards, another example of the woke media was on full display last week.

 

OPINION: As soon as RNZ realised MP Andrew Hoggard's sister worked for Dairy Companies Association of NZ (DCANZ) and was, shock horror, lobbying government on behalf of its members, it wasted no time accusing him of not managing conflicts of interests.

OPINION: In the same way that even a stopped clock is right twice a day, economists sometimes get it right.

OPINION: The proposed RMA reforms took a while to drop but were well signaled after the election.

OPINION: Finally, the jackboot of State will be lifted from the throat of those trying to grow the economy.

OPINION: With media putting so much effort into covering the issue of children not really liking the school lunch they never asked for in the first place, it's understandable they've paid little if any attention to the looming threat to the NZ economy - bird flu.

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Make it 1000%!

OPINION: The appendage swinging contest between the US and China continues, with China hitting back with a new rate of…

Own goal

OPINION: The irony of President Trump’s tariff obsession is that the worst damage may be done to his own people.

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