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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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

I am often asked whether it's difficult whether it's difficult to find enough wine stories to fill a magazine.