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Open letters

OPINION: Your old mate isn't really a fan of the recent trend toward collective whinging, otherwise known as an 'open letter'.

OPINION: While The Hound reckons it's great to see Shane 'I'm-a-red-blooded-male' Jones boiling over about the energy crisis - so much so that he's dropping f-bombs in the daily rags - your old mate hopes we'll see more than his usual bluster and get real action on this critical issue.

Editorial: Putting more lamb on Kiwi plates

Australia’s much higher domestic consumption adds resilience to their lamb market, as strength in domestic retail trade can help balance out global demand dynamics and associated price volatility.

OPINION: Putting more lamb on Kiwi dinner plates is one way to boost returns to farmers.

Full steam ahead with clean energy from forestry waste

The Mackwell A35 features a unique biomass-fired water tube boiler.

While the vehicle industry is addressing the future by developing engines that run on waste oil, hydrogen, or indeed electricity, one Christchurch-based company is looking at things in a different direction with the use of steam.

EPA aware of concerns around paraquat use

In Australia, debate is raging around paraquat and a potential risk of Parkinson’s disease.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) says it is aware of the concern around paraquat use being linked to a potential risk of Parkinson's disease.

Low methane genetics by 2026?

LIC is trying to breed more climate-friendly cows that produce less methane.

New Zealand farmers could have access to low methane elite genetics by 2026.

'China and' strategy

Trade Minister Todd McClay says the Chinese market remains soft and consumers are more cautious in their buying patterns, but he says there are still many opportunities for New Zealand.

Major shift in trade deal focus

Todd McClay says the notion of an FTA is a “fairly old” concept.

The days of high quality, ambitious comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are over, says Trade Minister Todd McClay.

Farmer woes

Damage to a road post-Cyclone Gabrielle.

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little says things are still not back to normal for farmers in his district and they are still suffering from problems caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Seeking apology

The small east coast township of Wairoa is still waiting for an apology from the Hawke's Bay Regional Council (HBRC) following the devastating floods which hit the town in June and damaged hundreds of houses.