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OPINION: As the round of He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) farmer 'consultation' meetings continue around the country, cracks seem to be appearing in the voices tasked with promoting its options of tackling farm emissions.

OPINION: When it comes to hedging between the world's two superpowers, the US and China, no one does it better than the New Zealand Government.

OPINION: The politics of science or is it the science of politics that is driving research in New Zealand?

OPINION: The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has delivered a sobering assessment of our planet's future.

OPINION: The message was clear to Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and other government ministers seated at the main table at this month’s New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

OPINION:As the dry begins to really bite around different regions of the country, farmers really need to take action to mitigate its affect - both on their livestock and themselves - especially heading into winter.

OPINION: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivered a ‘nice’ speech at last week’s Primary Industry Conference, organised and run by Federated Farmers.

Greenpeace is known for pulling stunts that land it on newspaper front pages and prime time news.

In many ways the Government's new regulations on animal welfare should not be necessary.

It has begun a communications offensive, first by inviting journalists – many from outside the rural media – to attend its annual conference in Oamaru earlier this month.