Papal visit
OPINION: European farmers are going to extreme lengths to have their message heard.
The rising cost of diesel on the Chatham Islands is threatening the profitability of the island's main economy of farming and fishing.
Global shortages of AdBlue, the diesel exhaust fluid used in trucks to meet New Zealand's strict anti-pollution standards, could bring the domestic transport industry to a standstill.
Large passenger vehicles seem to lost favour in suburbia, giving way to utes as the macho movers and shakers.
While the modern farm tractor runs almost exclusively on a diet of diesel, over the years we have seen derivatives running on bio-diesel and one unit out of Germany that ran on pure rapeseed oil (Canola).
OPINION: European farmers are going to extreme lengths to have their message heard.
OPINION: The hustle and bustle of one of Bangkok's most popular fast food outlets may feel a world away from…