OPINION: While we're on the topic of lumberjacks, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard has no doubt used a chainsaw hundreds of times, but your old mate reckons he would’ve still been sweating on getting it right when cutting down a pine in front of the cameras, as he did above Queenstown…
OPINION: Humans are resilient. We are part of nature and have evolved for survival.
OPINION: The coalition Government’s plan to make about 9000 public servants redundant looms as a major election issue
OPINION: To a chorus of crying greenies, and not a minute too soon, the Government has moved to put the courts back in their place through proposed amendments to the Climate Change Response Act 2002, intending to limit climate litigation claims such as Smith v Fonterra, in the interests of…
OPINION: New Zealand's dairy sector has been a mainstay of this country's prosperity for generations.
OPINION: On the same day that pigs were reportedly seen airborne over the capital, a political journalist gave the PSA union a chip for being biased towards Labour – not the revelation of the year if you ask the Canine Crusader, but very rare to hear coming from a member…
OPINION: New economic modelling confirms what many of us in Hawke's Bay have long understood - getting water security right for this region is one of the most important decisions we face as a community. Not just for farmers, but for everyone who lives, works and builds a future here.
OPINION: Should I ever be asked to nominate someone I consider a true-blue, uniquely Kiwi icon entertainer from yesteryear, I would have a couple of names immediately come to mind. Yes, I would have to go for Fred Dagg and Billy T James.
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
OPINION: Farmers around the country are welcoming the proposed reform of local government.
OPINION: This old mutt went to school to eat his lunch, but still knows the future of the country, and the primary sector, depends on a conveyor belt of well-educated youth coming through the system.
OPINION: It's been an eye-opener watching the big media companies behaving exactly like the powers-that-be who the crusading hacks from the likes of One News and Stuff claim to be "keeping honest".
OPINION: Town and country find themselves on the same page when it comes to anger over price hikes from NZ Post.
OPINION: Is New Zealand ‘Godzown’ or the ‘Last bus stop on the planet’?
OPINION: After much wrangling, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between New Zealand and India is a step closer to fruition.
OPINION: Since the escalation of tensions involving Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, farmers have seen diesel prices pushing closer to $4 per litre.
OPINION: When Donald Trump returned to the White House, many people with half a brain could see the results for the world might be a bit average, and our boy has been busy trying to prove them right.
OPINION: Media trust has tanked because of what media's more woke members do and say.
OPINION: I have to admit I do miss the swallows when they leave our place for the winter months. And I always look forward to their return every spring.
OPINION: Political parties in New Zealand have a long history of supporting free trade agreements together.
OPINION: Bouquets this week from the old mutt for Fed Farmers and Groundswell for continuing to resist the proposed Gore District plan and its intention to apply costly "cultural values" across the district and a raft of land classifications that are unworkable and counterproductive.
OPINION: In what world does old mate Christopher Luxon live?
OPINION: If there's one thing farmers understand better than most, it's uncertainty.
OPINION: "The worst thing that agriculture does is take land from nature."
OPINION: While we're on the topic of lumberjacks, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard has no doubt used a chainsaw hundreds of…
OPINION: To a chorus of crying greenies, and not a minute too soon, the Government has moved to put the…
