Displaying items by tag: Environment

OPINION: The current NZ farming system is no longer profitable and does not meet modern standards. It’s time for an entirely new system. 

It can only get harder to farm during the next 10 to 20 years. 

A Taranaki family have proved that profitable dairying and paying special attention to the environment aren’t incompatible.

While electric and hybrid vehicles gain traction on our roads, the concept is largely missing from the rural and off-road markets. But Hisun Motors New Zealand is ‘dipping its toes’.

Film maker James Cameron’s advice to New Zealanders hasn’t gone down well.

Dairy farmers Mark and Jennifer McDonald began beautifying their 138ha Methven dairy farm a decade ago.

OPINION: Your canine crusader finds it ironic that the pompously self-proclaimed ‘champion’ of the provinces and ‘first citizen’ of regional NZ, Shane Jones, is single handedly destroying the regions.

Farmers are working hard to help the environment, but the ‘quoted experts’ need to work hard too, explains Greg Jarratt, vet and director of Matamata Veterinary Services. 

Environment Minister David Parker recently told a Forest & Bird meeting about the Productive and Sustainable Land Use package unveiled in the Budget. Here are excerpts from his speech.

Farmers are being urged to have their say — via the internet — on the Government’s proposed Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill.