Does Hawke's Bay have climate refugees now?
Opinion: An email means some of the community may now meet that definition.
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Comment: Professional fishers' wellbeing on the line
In recent years, those in the fishing sector have come under increased challenges.
Pete Fitz-Herbert: The C word, change and the cyclone
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Opinion: Nobody wins if processors or suppliers are strong, but farmers are struggling.
Martin Williams: Can mānuka heal the land?
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Shane Jones: Māori theatrics versus economic realism
Opinion: It's time to drop the 'woke' ideologies and get to work.
Government rush to 5G trips up rural broadband
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Marty Verry: Forestry wants our carbon, not your debt
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Opinion: Govt can’t keep skimping on rural mental health in cyclone recovery plan
Rural communities have persistently been delivered poorer mental health services.
Opinion: Freshwater report can be an ‘own goal’ for NZ
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We need help in Waiohiki as Cyclone Gabrielle recovery work lags
Waiohiki was hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Thomas Coughlan: Bye Three Waters - welcome, ‘Affordable Water Reform’
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Opinion: Only through productivity gains will NZ be able to pay for everything it wants.
Simon Wilson: After Gabrielle, the challenge of rewilding
Rewilding sounds like such a good idea, so why don't we fund it and plan it properly?
David Chin: Dairy farmers adapting to change
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Opinion: Why we need to restore Aotearoa's native forests at scale
Opinion: Native forest restoration is the largest weapon we have in the climate fight.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why farmers are like the All Blacks
Opinion: New Zealanders should back farmers the way they back the All Blacks.
Opinion: A rare sheep breed with unusual characteristics
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RMA war heads towards final battle
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Kiwis are open to GMOs but is the Govt?
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