Displaying items by tag: the hound

Your canine crusader picked up on a recent statement from Agriculture O'Connor claiming how wonderfully the country's honey sector is doing.

A mate of the Hound reckons a certain high-profile director of one of the country's big meat co-ops and recent addition to the board of a NZ wool company is living up the mantra of: "Do as I say, not as I do."

Currently it's the seasonal round of half-yearly financial reporting by NZ companies.

OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons something smells really iffy about the move by Beef+Lamb NZ directors to sack the independent committee set up to decide their remuneration and then award themselves a big pay rise this coming year.

OPINION: This old mutt has always thought the people who inhabit the nation’s parliament are a weird bunch with very little in common with the average New Zealander.

OPINION: The Hound sees that the Australian National University in Canberra has taken ‘going woke’ to the next level.

OPINION: Your old mate notes that MPI was recently sued by WorkSafe in relation to the health and safety of its contractors.

OPINION: Your old mate has long argued Landcorp’s farming business – Pamu – is a bigger dog than he is.

OPINION: Your canine crusader shakes his head at the complete lack of practical and real-world knowledge in both government and the bureaucracy.

OPINION: A mate of the Hound’s suggests there is an easy solution to farming sector concerns about more trees being planted to meet the country’s carbon emissions targets.