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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…
The three sheep and beef finalists for this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition have been named.
Most people who have farms dogs will have problems with them in some form or another; a dog will have either a bad habit or an irritating quirk.
The Hound sees that the temporary leader of the Labour Party, Andrew Little, is not averse to employing Trump-like tactics, i.e. making up political claims using ‘alternative facts’.
Your canine crusader is not surprised to learn that the huge, multinational, tax dodging, political lobby group Greenpeace does not allow the facts to get in the way of its worldview and fund raising efforts.
Your old mate sees that Auckland water and wastewater provider Watercare is making a big song and dance about its donation of $200,000 – over four years – to help clean up the Waikato River.
Today is World Water Day and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council has organised celebrations.
'Farm Smart, Farm Longer’ is the goal of the East Coast Farming expo, with two full days of seminars to help farmers achieve this.
Cow comfort is of prime importance in barn-based dairying, says a visiting British expert in cow housing systems.
A young dairy farming couple have increased their equity by at least $500,000 in two-three years on a less-than-ideal Far North farm and despite two years of low dairy payout.
It's still possible in NZ to do a lot of business at the farm gate over a handshake. But a handshake can’t give you protection against third parties when things start to go wrong for your debtors.
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Election year is the time to pitch for policies that will enable the continued growth and prosperity of New Zealand.
I only ever met Murray Ball once, in a bookshop in Gisborne, and he was every bit the nice bloke his work, and everything I’d heard about him, suggested he would be.
Mandatory labelling of fruits and vegetables is back on the public agenda.
Zespri chief executive Lain Jager has warned against getting carried away with the current good times in the kiwifruit sector.
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