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Thursday, 09 March 2023 07:55

Editorial: Maybe rural is important

OPINION: The importance of rural and provincial roads has suddenly and dramatically come to the fore with the advent of cyclones Hale and Gabrielle and other massive storms that have hit Northland and along the east coast of the North Island.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 01 March 2023 09:55

Editorial: Work begins!

OPINION: As the initial shock of the devastation to large parts of the rural landscape in the North Island by Cyclone Gabrielle eases, attention now turns to the recovery and rebuild.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 16 February 2023 08:55

Editorial: Adapt and thrive

OPINION: By the time Auckland mayor Wayne Brown made the symbolic act of declaring a ‘state of emergency’ during recent flooding, the actual emergency response – everyone from council and emergency services to citizens helping each other – had been underway for hours. Nobody was sitting on their hands waiting for a sign from on high.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 12:55

Editorial: M. bovis relief

OPINION: The latest independent review into Mycoplasma bovis outbreak will be a relief for farmers.

Published in Opinion
Monday, 06 February 2023 14:25

Editorial: Altogether unique

This long lean country, with its fringe of beaches, spine of mountains and korowai of cloud, is altogether unique.

Published in Editorial
Thursday, 02 February 2023 09:55

Editorial: Cosmetic change!

OPINION: The sudden resignation of Jacinda Ardern and installation of Chris Hipkins as Prime Minister will see many in the farming sector looking to the old maxim about 'putting lipstick on a pig' - which means making superficial or cosmetic changes to a product in a futile effort to disguise its fundamental failings.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 19 January 2023 07:55

Editorial: Interesting year ahead!

OPINION: 2023 will be an interesting year in both the farming and political spheres.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 15 December 2022 07:55

Editorial: Time to control rates

OPINION: Local Government rates have always been a bone of contention for farmers.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 08 December 2022 10:55

Editorial: Where's the Māori caucus?

OPINION: Of all the submissions that Rural News has seen from the primary sector on the Government’s response to agricultural emissions proposal, none is so profound and damaging to Labour than that of the Māori Trustee and chief executive of Te Tumu Paeroa, Charlotte Severne.

Published in Opinion
Monday, 05 December 2022 16:25

The highs and lows of 2022

After two years of Covid chaos, many growers and wineries will have entered 2022 hoping for a better, more ‘normal’ 12 months ahead.

Published in Opinion
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