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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
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Dairy farmers are taking additional work off farm to keep up with rising interest costs and falling milk prices.
Voting is underway for rural trader, Farmlands’ director elections.
The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) in conjunction with the Department of Conservation (DOC) have launched a new National Wild Goat Hunting competition.
Police in the Waitematā North district are urging landowners to ensure their fences are secure after several complaints about wandering stock.
For many North Island maize growers, the 2022/23 season has been one to forget and for some, it has been a financial disaster.
A container of dead tarantulas and 28 mangoes are among the items found by Biosecurity New Zealand quarantine officers at the border as passenger arrivals climb.
OPINION: The Hound is bitterly disappointed to learn that the Ministry of Education has awarded an American company the contract to install nylon carpet in 800 rural schools around the country.
OPINION: Your old mate understands that there is quite a bit of discontent among farmer shareholders about two of the country's biggest dairy and meat co-operatives over their 'behind the scenes' lobbying actions on ag emissions.
Mark Ross has started in his new role as chief executive of the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association of NZ (WPMA).
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Farming company JB Thomas and Sons Limited has been convicted and fined $71,250 for unlawfully discharging dairy effluent into the environment at its Reporoa farm in November 2021.
The National Party’s recently announced hunting and fishing policy is getting support from hunters and fishermen.
Rural Communities and Local Government Minister Kieran McAnulty has added yet another portfolio to his list.
Land restoration and investment company, Tāmata Hauhā, is calling on the Government to stop its review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
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OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your…
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