Opinion Archive
RSS- Monday December 17, 2018
- Opinion: Napier Port issue being muddied
- Opinion: Act now to stamp out Yellow Bristle Grass
- Saturday December 15, 2018
- Fran O'Sullivan: Act now to save the seeds of NZ's future
- Friday December 14, 2018
- Opinion: Collaboration will get you everywhere
- Wednesday December 12, 2018
- Stuart Nash: Rate increases for port beyond reach for many
- Monday December 10, 2018
- Clive Bibby: Ruantaniwha Dam needs pioneer spirit
- Opinion: Storm clouds gather against trade 'golden weather'
- Saturday December 8, 2018
- Rachel Wise: Pest season in the vege garden - green veges no match for orange and white mini horse
- Wednesday November 28, 2018
- Nanaia Mahuta: Overhauling water regulation
- Neil Holdom: Govt should support gas for power generation
- Tuesday November 27, 2018
- Opinion: Resource Management Act - two sets of rules?
- Saturday November 24, 2018
- Joe Bennett: According to the man on the radio we need to tax meat
- Friday November 23, 2018
- China's slump - is the dragon running out of fire?
- Thursday November 22, 2018
- Federated Farmers: Almost carbon neutral now
- Sam McIvor: We must not allow Brexit to split our agreed EU quotas Video
- Tuesday November 20, 2018
- Opinion: Solutions, not taxes, needed in CO2-cuts countdown
- Opinion: Where to now on capital gains tax?
- Robin Gwynn: History, geography ignored in port debate
- Editorial: Time to reap positive benefits from cannabis and its cousins
- Monday November 19, 2018
- Comment: Government is choking NZ King Salmon with red tape
- Friday November 16, 2018
- Matthew Hooton: Caution dooms billion-tree plan Video
- Tuesday November 13, 2018
- Opinion: DIRA review tackling dairy impediments
- Monday November 12, 2018
- Conservation comment: Slips follow poor land use
- Sunday November 11, 2018
- Rae Roadley: Ethereal moment with previous Melbourne Cup winner
- Tuesday November 6, 2018
- Opinion: Oh joy, another rule for farmers
- Opinion: Make your voice heard - every submission counts
- Opinion: Fonterra out of step with water
- Sunday November 4, 2018
- Opinion: Roadside rubbish frustrates house-proud farmers
- Saturday November 3, 2018
- Opinion: Developing nations need farmer advocacy groups
- Thursday November 1, 2018
- Opinion: Everyone needs to take part in keeping NZ green
- Tuesday October 30, 2018
- Opinion: Let's move on from medieval rates system
- Sunday October 28, 2018
- Opinion: Animal welfare regulations not just for farm animals
- Saturday October 27, 2018
- Rae Roadley: Great whites in the Kaipara Harbour
- Opinion: Rural people need to start interacting again
- Friday October 26, 2018
- Opinion: How GM technology can help us
- Thursday October 25, 2018
- Editorial: Pear or pohutukawa?
- Saturday October 20, 2018
- Rick Burke: Weighing up deferred grazing benefits
- Friday October 19, 2018
- Rex Graham: Growers playing with fire
- Thursday October 18, 2018
- Editorial: Shut the gate ... it's common sense
- Tuesday October 16, 2018
- Mark Ross: The environmental benefits of glyphosate
- Cameron Bagrie: It's a momentum shift, not a downturn
- Monday October 15, 2018
- Steven Cranston: Good news for farmers on emissions
- Saturday October 13, 2018
- Rex Graham: Port inaction will cost jobs
- Friday October 12, 2018
- Editorial: Pest control is natural justice
- Thursday October 11, 2018
- Ian McKelvie: Soaring fuel price hits rural areas hard
- Tuesday October 9, 2018
- Opinion: Government in the spotlight as pain at the pump increases Video
- Thursday October 4, 2018
- Back to the land: Rural living offers simple pleasures
- Wednesday October 3, 2018
- Rachel Stewart: Drums of water war echoing in pipeline
- Monday October 1, 2018
- Jamie Mackay: 12 lessons from the Future of Farming Dialogue
- Friday September 28, 2018
- Opinion: The tahr debate and our native fauna
- Tuesday September 25, 2018
- Editorial: Strawberry sabotage serious, upsetting, shows food security vulnerability Video
- Monday September 24, 2018
- Dr Mike Joy: Clean, green New Zealand? Yeah, nah!
- Saturday September 22, 2018
- Rachel Wise: Hopping mad when beasts prove burden
- Brian Gaynor: What Fonterra needs — radical reform
- Thursday September 20, 2018
- Ewan McGregor: Blanket forestry sweeps aside pastoral traditions
- Editorial: 1080 angst unhinged and ill-informed
- Wednesday September 19, 2018
- Jacinda Ardern: Within the ordinary sits the extraordinary Video
- Tuesday September 18, 2018
- Editorial: Juken NZ upgrade something to be grateful for in Northland
- Opinion: Taking on meat industry big task
- Sunday September 16, 2018
- Rae Roadley: The Country Side - Something fishy in the soup
- Thursday September 13, 2018
- Opinion: Logic lacking at 1080 protest
- Ian McKelvie: Rural outlook encouraging
- Wednesday September 12, 2018
- Talking Point: Let people decide on port
- Tuesday September 11, 2018
- Editorial: Predator free NZ an unwinnable war
- Opinion: Rich returns from afforestation
- Saturday September 8, 2018
- Rachel Wise: Wet hens and sodden sheep - ah the joys of spring
- Friday September 7, 2018
- Opinion: Limits needed for forestry
- Michael Guerin: Why harness racing may never be the same again
- Monday September 3, 2018
- Conservation Comment: Call to embrace change
- Bryan Gould: Farewell to my good friend Doug Short
- Saturday September 1, 2018
- Rachel Wise: Let sleeping dogs lie ... somewhere else
- Friday August 31, 2018
- Opinion: The waste in our wastewater
- Kate Hawkesby: Check the box - the alarming truth about some health foods Video
- Thursday August 30, 2018
- Barry Soper: Thank Donald Trump for pausing South African land grab Video
- Wednesday August 29, 2018
- Beef feedlots in NZ – Expert Q&A
- Opinion: Know your history to forge a better future for our rivers
- Katie Milne: Country of origin labels muddy waters
- Friday August 24, 2018
- Editorial: Farmers face a tougher climate
- Thursday August 23, 2018
- Rural Ramblings: Don't pooh-pooh joys of farming
- Wednesday August 22, 2018
- Rachel Stewart: Animal cruelty – a storm is coming
- Saturday August 18, 2018
- Fran O'Sullivan: Why we need grown-ups to lead Fonterra
- Opinion: When did farmers stop being heroes?
- Thursday August 16, 2018
- Fed Farmers: M. bovis fallout challenges continue
- Wednesday August 15, 2018
- Editorial: Anti-dairy farming drive unfairly tars all farmers as environmental vandals
- Tuesday August 14, 2018
- Opinion: Anti-1080 hysteria helps no one Video
- Monday August 13, 2018
- Editorial: Commercial whitebaiting should cease
- Thursday August 9, 2018
- Letters: Dogs can be kiwi killers
- Editorial: Billy, the greatest goat of all time
- Wednesday August 8, 2018
- Jacqueline Rowarth: Do palm oil pros outweigh the cons?
- Opinion: Don Fraser - 8 things you need to do
- Rachel Stewart: Let's have more understanding of animal attacks Video
- Tuesday August 7, 2018
- Opinion: Aim accounting method might not suit all farmers
- Monday August 6, 2018
- Jim Rose: Why environmentalists should endorse Rogernomics
- Friday August 3, 2018
- Opinion: Euro pest control red tape bad news for NZ
- Thursday August 2, 2018
- Rural Ramblings: There's no escaping dogs
- Wednesday August 1, 2018
- Editorial: Horizons need to be consistent in regulation
- Thursday July 26, 2018
- Opinion: Is this the great nitrogen fix?
- Editorial: Our kiwi, our dogs and a need for honesty
- Mike Hosking: There's no downside to Matt Lauer deal Video
- Wednesday July 25, 2018
- Rachel Stewart: Signs of a stressed-out dairy industry
- Thursday July 19, 2018
- Ross Verry: How to keep decline at bay
- Monday July 16, 2018
- Editorial: Hawke's Bay kaka sighting a winter-warmer
- Saturday July 14, 2018
- Opinion: Impossible burger a kick in the teeth to farmers
- Tuesday July 10, 2018
- Opinion: Ruataniwha Dam failed to consider alternative options
- Monday July 9, 2018
- Bryce Edwards' Political Roundup: The existential threat of a meat-free burger Video
- Friday July 6, 2018
- Talking Point: Support for new Ruataniwha Dam proposal
- Thursday July 5, 2018
- Opinion: Potential of plant-based protein
- Letters: FNDC responsible for kiwi death
- Wednesday July 4, 2018
- Opinion: What next after the EU neonicitinoid ban?
- Opinion: Rural women and empathy essential to farm life
- Tuesday July 3, 2018
- Ed Chignell: Predator Free 2050 crucial push
- Monday July 2, 2018
- Matt Heath: Bringing pie down from the sky for July Video
- Sunday July 1, 2018
- Liam Dann: Predicting the end of money is bananas
- Friday June 29, 2018
- Lashing Out: Where are the characters in NZ rugby?
- Wednesday June 27, 2018
- No need for New Zealand to take sides in US-China trade war
- Tuesday June 26, 2018
- Roger Bootle: Donald Trump's trade threats could prove catalyst for next global downturn
- Monday June 25, 2018
- Robin Grieve: The Methane Mistake
- Friday June 22, 2018
- Lashing Out: Online trolls are the worst kind of people
- Thursday June 21, 2018
- OPINION - Claire Trevett: Shane Jones, the cat of many hats Video
- Tuesday June 19, 2018
- Opinion: Oil and gas ban all costs, no benefits
- Mycoplasma bovis will affect us all - look after each other Video
- Monday June 18, 2018
- Conservation comment: We can't match French artisan cheeses
- Saturday June 16, 2018
- Talking Point: Why one rule for farmers, another for landlords?
- Rachel Wise: A pack of dogs can be quite alarming
- Friday June 15, 2018
- Brian Fallow: Carbon cuts we can bank on Doc
- Thursday June 14, 2018
- Harete Hipango: Anxious wait for farmers
- Wednesday June 13, 2018
- Mike Hosking: Just add water for a xenophobic political 'scandal' Video
- Thursday June 7, 2018
- Editorial: Logging pesticide use outmoded
- Scott Simpson: Mycoplasma bovis a challenge for farmers
- Tuesday June 5, 2018
- Peter Lyons: Why our most profitable industries pay miserable wages
- Sunday June 3, 2018
- Liam Dann: Cold facts don't diminish need to look after farmers Video
- Thursday May 31, 2018
- Frank Greenall: Nature's call on dairying
- Wednesday May 30, 2018
- Lashing Out: Is there really a drinking culture in rugby?
- Rachel Stewart: Why I love cows and you should too
- Tuesday May 29, 2018
- Jamie Mackay: A Fieldays roadie and a farewell to an old friend
- Friday May 25, 2018
- Lashing Out: Time to red card the ref
- Thursday May 24, 2018
- Rural Ramblings: Anyone looking for a puppy?
- Wednesday May 23, 2018
- Opinion: Mycoplasma bovis - an open letter to MPI
- Opinion: Stop culling cows with mycoplasma bovis
- Tuesday May 22, 2018
- Steven Carden: Farm changes only way to go
- Monday May 21, 2018
- Lashing Out: Hey Auckland - this is real New Zealand
- Barry Soper: Mycoplasma bovis could be storm cloud waiting to burst Video
- Thursday May 17, 2018
- Wilma's Whey: Cow condition, feed targets are key after dairy dry-off
- Wednesday May 16, 2018
- Rachel Stewart: Ministry's cunning plan fails to stop M. bovis cattle disease Video
- Monday May 14, 2018
- Jamie Mackay: Is Labour anti-farming?
- Saturday May 12, 2018
- Rachel Wise: Some goats should remain nameless
- Friday May 11, 2018
- Lashing Out: The harsh truth about women's rugby
- Wednesday May 9, 2018
- Opinion: How to manage your farm in the face of uncertainty
- Tuesday May 8, 2018
- Letters: Kumara growers struggling to get seasonal workers
- Saturday May 5, 2018
- Rachel Wise: Scrapping it out over the scrap bin
- Saturday April 28, 2018
- Rachel Wise: Perils of the first frost
- Tuesday April 24, 2018
- Mike Hosking: Bad for business - Government's gas, oil exploration ban a pig of an idea Video
- Thursday April 19, 2018
- Bala Tikisetty: Decide on winter practices for farms now
- Wednesday April 18, 2018
- Fran O'Sullivan: Jacinda Ardern's exploration ban short-sighted Video
- Tuesday April 17, 2018
- Dr Doug Edmeades: Should methane be included in the ETS?
- Saturday April 14, 2018
- Rae Roadley: Better to be late
- Rachel Wise: Don't ask for whom the ball bounces ...
- Friday April 13, 2018
- David Broome: Plastic virtue signalling deserves a supermarket bagging
- Tuesday April 10, 2018
- Letters: Raw milk has benefits
- Saturday April 7, 2018
- This month in the garden - the return of the slime mould
- Thursday April 5, 2018
- Letters: Stop poisoning the land with chemicals
- Meka Whaitiri: Taking action on climate change
- Roz Holland: Cow cull is a chance to evaluate our farming Video
- Editorial: Action needed to preserve ocean's bounty
- Wednesday April 4, 2018
- Frank Gibson: Taming climate change not cheap
- Tuesday April 3, 2018
- Bill Dalton: Conference Centre lures Big Apple
- Saturday March 31, 2018
- Rae Roadley: The Bexel sheep has landed, long live the terminal sire
- Thursday March 29, 2018
- Rural Ramblings: Chickens come home to roost
- Muriel Newman: Climate change policy a recipe for disaster
- Lance O'Sullivan: City move needed for growth
- Wednesday March 28, 2018
- Jamie Mackay: Why farmers need an Obama
- Tuesday March 20, 2018
- Editorial: Autumn fare is the best as harvests ripen
- Monday March 19, 2018
- Jamie Mackay - A tribute to Robin Archer
- Thursday March 15, 2018
- Opinion: Reusing cow urine as foliar fertiliser
- Friday March 9, 2018
- Brian Fallow: Putting NZ on the path to zero carbon
- Thursday March 8, 2018
- Opinion: Eruptions have risks and rewards
- Mike Hosking: Deary me - what's going on at Fonterra? Video
- Wednesday March 7, 2018
- Opinion: $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund has potential to generate equitable growth across New Zealand
- Tuesday March 6, 2018
- Andrew McGiven: Waterways challenges for flora and fauna
- Bryan Gould: Creating new money for the good of the country
- Xan Harding: Time for community catchment boards?
- Opinion: Warning - Mycoplasma bovis may affect property sale
- Jamie Mackay: Speed climbing trees and the rungs of power
- Saturday March 3, 2018
- Rachel Wise: Making a point about shooting arrows
- Friday March 2, 2018
- Roger Alexander: Puketapu Lake's history engaging
- Thursday March 1, 2018
- Winston Peters: Power to the regions
- Jen Scoular: Many opportunities for avocados in China
- Wednesday February 28, 2018
- Brian Rudman: Turn our defence arsenal on the stink bugs
- Saturday February 24, 2018
- Martin Williams: Ruataniwha dam is an option that must be considered
- Editorial: Paua thieves poaching culture from future generations
- Rachel Wise: Please remind me again why I have horses?
- Thursday February 22, 2018
- Rhea Dasent: Time to collar farm dog fees
- Mike Joy: Chlorinating water is admitting environmental failure
- Tuesday February 20, 2018
- Rachel Rose: Herbicide resistance rising - let's adapt
- Opinion: Noose should be around rodeo's neck
- Friday February 16, 2018
- Judy Lawrence: Getting climate-change retaliation in early key to success
- Tuesday February 13, 2018
- Chris Allen: Throwing some light on question of shade
- Monday February 12, 2018
- David Hughes: Beyond city limits of safety
- Mike Chapman: Linking compliance to expectations
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