Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
The dairy sector has once again come to the rescue of New Zealand Inc by earning a record $22 billion for the year ended June 2022 and is set to earn an additional billion dollars in a year's time.
The Government has announced a series of new investments through its Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund (SFF Futures) in a move designed to kickstart sustainable and high-value wool and food and fibre.
OPINION: Over the coming weeks, government officials will start going through the raft of submissions on their bosses’ proposal to tax farmers on agricultural emissions.
New Zealand's free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom are now a step closer with the passing of two Bills.
Minister for the Environment David Parker has introduced new legislation to Parliament aiming to reform the country’s resource management system in the form of two bills: The Natural and Built Environment Bill and the Spatial Planning Bill.
OPINION: Claims by Damien O'Connor that his government's crazy plan for pricing and taxing farm emissions is "now open to consultation with the sector before a final decision is made" should be taken with a large grain of salt.
OPINION: This old mutt notes that at the recent release of the Government's response to agricultural emissions, there was only the PM, Ag Minister, Climate Change Minister and local Labour MP - a non-descript, little man with a beard - fronting up to media.
Agricultural sector organisations and the Government have signed a memorandum of understanding as part of a plan to reduce agricultural emissions.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
OPINION: Your canine crusader is not surprised by the recent news that New Zealand plant-based ‘fake meat’ business is in…