From the CEO: Our Good Reputation
OPINION: Harvest begins, and almost immediately we start to get media enquiries about how the vintage is going and whether it…
OPINION: To ensure beef and sheep farmers get more than heart-warming platitudes out of the new Government, they'll need to hold their feet to the fire whenever they get the chance.
OPINION: A recent survey revealed that farmers are feeling excessive and undue pressure from their banks.
OPINION: "The treaty is our past, present and future. It has shaped the country we have become, and the obligations it imposes on both sides will always be with us. However, we must aspire to go forward not as two sides, but together as New Zealanders because there is more than unites us than divides us."
OPINION: James Shaw is the last of the real Greens – a person who until the end has lived up to the ideals of the original NZ Green Party, which first entered Parliament in 1999 when one of its founders, Jeanette Fitzsimmons, historically won the Coromandel seat. Rod Donald and Mike Ward were the other key founding members.
OPINION: The New Year is now well underway and appears to have started promisingly on the weather front, with lots of warm, dry days.
OPINION: Witnessing the relentless growth of agritech in New Zealand vineyards and wineries is somewhat "bittersweet" for Tahryn Mason, who loves the hands-on traditions of winegrowing.
OPINION: The regional field days that kick off in February are often used as a bellwether for sentiment in the industry – a more solid sounding of farmer sentiment than confidence surveys, because it can be measured in actual dollars spent.
OPINION: The first two Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions have delivered good news for dairy farmers.
OPINION: As pointed out in our review of the year, 2023 has been one of extremes in almost every way – from weather to costs.
OPINION: Harvest begins, and almost immediately we start to get media enquiries about how the vintage is going and whether it…
OPINION: Rachael Cook is the smiling grape grower on this month’s cover, tending vines on the miniscule, beautiful and dream-driven vineyard…
New Zealand wine enthusiasts have a deepening understanding and growing appreciation of sparkling wine, says Mel Skinner, Chair of Méthode Marlborough…
One of the biggest mistakes wine marketers make is in assuming consumers are as passionate and knowledgeable about wine as…
Taking two sustainability awards at two events on a single evening felt like "true recognition" of the work Lawson's Dry…