Time for action
OPINION: If David Seymour's much-trumpeted Ministry for Regulation wants a serious job they need look no further than reviewing the rules and regulations governing members of the so-called House of Representatives.
OPINION: The watermelon party (AKA the Greens) try to portray themselves as an upright, self-righteous, caring bunch of woke, bicycle-riding socialists, free of even the smallest venial sin.
But once again they've shown that they are anything but that with Julie-Anne Genter's bizarre outburst of crossing the floor of Parliament and yelling and threatening another politician.
Very occasionally politicians cross the floor of the house to support an opposition party on some matter of principal - not to start a fight.
'JAG' has given new meaning to the term 'crossing the floor'.
Inappropriate behaviour now seems endemic in the Greens.
Think allegations of shoplifting, benefit fraud, migrant exploitation, bullying and some intemperate squawking by the co-leaders.
All far from the true Green Party founded by Jeannette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald which had real mana.
They must be turning in their graves.
Legal controls on the movement of fruits and vegetables are now in place in Auckland’s Mt Roskill suburb, says Biosecurity New Zealand Commissioner North Mike Inglis.
Arable growers worried that some weeds in their crops may have developed herbicide resistance can now get the suspected plants tested for free.
Fruit growers and exporters are worried following the discovery of a male Queensland fruit fly in Auckland this week.
Dairy prices have jumped in the overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, breaking a five-month negative streak.
Alliance Group chief executive Willie Wiese is leaving the company after three years in the role.
A booklet produced in 2025 by the Rotoiti 15 trust, Department of Conservation and Scion – now part of the Bioeconomy Science Institute – aims to help people identify insect pests and diseases.

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