True Reflection?
A fair question has been raised about how member-funded organisations should conduct themselves when taking a public position on any given issue.
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.
Esther Guy-Meakin has been announced as the new chief executive of the New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB).
According to a progress report on the Aotearoa Horticulture Action Plan (AHAP), New Zealand's horticulture sector is making real progress on the big issues facing growers.
A team effort that is paying dividends for the wider New Zealand economy.
A strong sense of community involvement is what propelled the Federated Farmers' North Canterbury president Bex Green to the honoured title of the Feds' Advocate of the Year 2026.
The country's second largest milk processor is warning against 'complacency' during a review of competition regulations in the dairy sector.
Oamaru-based livestock handling specialist Te Pari has bought Combi Clamp, the New Zealand manufacturer of Combi Clamp manual sheep handlers.

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