David Schnauer: Pain in the provinces
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Jeremy Helson: Recreational fishing limit move brings amateur and professional systems closer
OPINION: The move should be welcomed by the commercial fishing industry.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: How globalisation affects food choices
Opinion: Decisions about eggs, pork and palm oil can have knock-on effects worldwide.
David Schnauer: Is 2050 children's make-believe or serious policy?
OPINION: David Schnauer says Government's aspirational zero goals cloud policymaking.
Zizi Sparks: Labour shortage a wave we can only ride and wait for tide to turn
Opinion: An estimated 50,000 Kiwis will leave the country in the next year
Jamie Mackay: Love for a brother and his Anzac story
Opinion: If Covid has taught us nothing else, it's that family is everything.
Carmen Hall: Some Kiwis just don't fancy physical work
It is the industries where you might break a sweat that are suffering the most.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: The plant-based diet myth
Opinion: Avoiding animal protein to save the planet is not the correct food choice.
Thomas Coughlan: Treaty bubbling into Three Waters debate
OPINION: Labour faces an electoral challenge over its co-governance reforms.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: How do we grow more food without using more land?
Opinion: Farmers and scientists working on how to close the "yield gap".
Summer's abundance of kikuyu grass is the stuff of nightmares
Kikuyu grass, like never before, is haunting the dreams of Vaughan Gunson.
Offsetting only makes sense if there are genuine benefits
Hill country farming as we know it is under serious threat, Rick says.
Opinion: Stratford mayor remains unconvinced by water reforms
To say the reforms are controversial would be an understatement, writes mayor Neil Volzke.
Gardening: Perfect time for winter planting
Gareth Carter has advice on planting vegetables and flowers in the cooler weather.
From the mayor's desk: The ups and downs of dairying
Stratford mayor Neil Volzke says all ratepayers benefit from the Council farm.
Opinion: Don't forget farmers when it comes to fuel prices
Opinion: Cost of fuel on-farm is yet another pressure on the agricultural sector.
Jamie Mackay: Winston Peters - if the MAGA cap fits, wear it
Is it fair to label Winston Peters Trump-like?
Bruce Cotterill: 2600km, but how far have we come?
A journey through NZ shows just how much we owe to the people who built this country.
Gardening: The grass is greener ... in a well-prepared lawn
Few can deny the aesthetic appeal and draw to a nice lawn, writes Gareth Carter
From the mayor's desk - user pays or we all pay?
Should all ratepayers bear the cost when it comes to rural roads?
Shane Jones: Labour's murky ploy - dragging the Treaty into policies where it doesn't belong
OPINION: Calling time on how the Treaty of Waitangi is being dragged into policy areas.
Ele Ludemann: The perils of being 'rural by marriage'
Opinion: Marrying into farming is a bit different to begin rural by birth.
From the mayor's desk: Forestry's impact on land use
In the first of a two-part series, Stratford mayor Neil Volzke talks about forestry.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why we don't need to reduce livestock numbers
Opinion: Digging deeper uncovers the reality behind agricultural GHG emissions.
Jamie Mackay: From Russia to Wellington - here's what I'm thinking
From a Russian megalomaniac to protesters in tin foil hats.
Liam Dann: Where Kiwis will pay the price for Putin's war
We will feel the shock of war at the petrol pump, on our investments and interest rates.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: The marbling myth
Opinion: Recent research into marbling in meat is confusing and not actually all that new.
It takes a village to keep pests in check
It's up to all of us to protect a unique and special biodiversity
Bruce Cotterill: Guys, we need to talk — about you
Men aren't great talkers about things that matter and that's not good for their health.
Opinion: NDCs key for small countries like NZ
Opinion: Prof Frank Griffin outlines strategies in developing an ETS for NZ agriculture.
John Roughan: Is there something dirty in the Three Waters plan?
There's something dirty about the Three Waters plans, says John Roughan
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: How farmers support NZ's money-go-round
Opinion: NZ needs primary sector to pull in overseas dollars to keep money turning over.
Hooton: Luxon is even-stevens to become PM - could he mend divided NZ?
National leader should aim to heal a nation polarised as never before.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why Utopia is still a long way off
Opinion: Futurists' goals for New Zealand lack detail and strategy.