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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…
OPINION: Just as the entire country’s health system moved into a new structure last week, a fresh Rural Health Network was also launched.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's has pointed out a key fact missing from the letter to the editor, in the last issue (June 21), heavily criticising yours truly for having a crack at the latest Beef+Lamb NZ overseas junket - or 'fact finding mission' to the EU and UK.
OPINION: This old mutt is never surprised by the stupidity of local councils and their bylaws.
OPINION: The Hound's reckons something has seriously gone wrong with the 'luck of the Irish' with news that Trevor Mallard is retiring from Parliament and will become New Zealand's Ambassador in Ireland.
OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons genuine muck-ups made by bureaucrats can often be right on the money.
One of the big issues relating to the current supply of fresh vegetables has been the weather.
Resilient global demand for dairy and a weaker New Zealand dollar are pushing this season’s forecast milk price towards a record $10/kgMS.
A US plastic surgeon’s research into wound repair is providing a boost for New Zealand’s struggling strong wool exports.
Wairarapa-based Clinton Carroll refers to the new agrichemical standard - NZS 8409:2021 - as the spraying contractors' bible.
Farmers who are also online gamers may be among the first to appreciate the New Zealand Merino Company's (NZM's) new partnership with Silicon Valley data analysis and visualisation company Actual.
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Despite rising prices, it appears that farmers haven't stopped top dressing.
With almost all 2,900 orchards picked, the country's kiwifruit harvest is now largely complete, according to the New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI).
Kiwis have until 8 July to have their say on controversial changes to pig farming practices in New Zealand.
A Canterbury farmer has been disqualified from owning calves and fined $26,000 following the death of a large number of calves he was raising.
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