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David Cormack: The great climate change swindle
COMMENT: Climate change is our nuclear free moment! Or is it?

Talking Point: Is the plan to cosy up Napier Port with Tauranga?
COMMENT: Are options for Napier Port's future leaning toward a merger with Tauranga?

Is It time to introduce a wool levy?
Comment: New Zealand coarse wool needs some serious help writes Fed Farmers' Julie Geange.

Fast track Napier's sewage and stormwater issues
EDITORIAL: Napier's broken stormwater system needs urgent attention.

Plan ahead to lessen festive stress on farm
Comment: Planning can help alleviate festive stress around the farm this Christmas

War on sheep measles continues
Comment: Whanganui farmers organise BBQ to educate dog owners about sheep measles.

Lynley Tulloch: No reason for possum cruelty
There is no need to be unnecessarily cruel to possum pests, says Dr Lynley Tulloch.

Watch out for Black Mirror-like 'sextortion'
Comment: Not everyone is lucky enough to escape online criminals.

Nanaia Mahuta: Public safety priority with our water
Safe, clean water is a birthright of every New Zealander

Neil Holdom: Gas can give us emissions-free power
COMMENT: Taranaki is being offered a scheme to use gas for emissions-free power.

Opinion: Resource Management Act - two sets of rules?
Comment: Fed Farmers Grant Adkins takes a closer look at the RMA.

Should there be a tax on meat?
Before you tax something you need to define it. So what, exactly, is meat?

China's slump - is the dragon running out of fire?
China's economic growth has slowed this year. Will the fallout hit New Zealand?

Federated Farmers: Almost carbon neutral now
New Zealand is 87per cent of the way to being carbon neutral.

Comment: Brexit plan will hurt NZ meat exports
Brexit proposals will hurt New Zealand meat exports to Europe.

Simon Nixon: Airfare anomaly needs to be sorted
Airport board needs to be proactive and create new opportunities

Opinion: Solutions, not taxes, needed in CO2-cuts countdown
Comment: Taxes won't cut it, we need practical solutions to live in a zero-carbon world.

Comment: Government is choking NZ King Salmon with red tape
Investment specialist Mark Fowler argues that Government isn't helping the business.

Hooton: Why Govt's billion-tree plan is doomed to fail
COMMENT: Bureaucrats just can't deliver on big ideas.

Opinion: DIRA review tackling dairy impediments
COMMENT: Dairy industry needs a sound set of rules to succeed on the world stage.

Rae Roadley: Ethereal moment
Ethereal, one of Sir Tristram's progeny, has her horse racing record intact

Not everyone can ask for help
Comment: We all need to step up and play our part to help those with depression.

Opinion: Napier Port our biggest economic enabler - but at what cost?
Comment: Jim Galloway questions where funds to keep Napier Port running will come from.

Opinion: Legislation can be a fishy thing
Comment: Conservation (Indigenous Freshwater Fish) Amendment Bill needs questioning.

Talking point: Plan essential for water
Can our Bay community working collectively make a difference to our rivers?

At the crossroads: Why the economic outlook is so murky
COMMENT: Reserve Bank makes its forecasts tomorrow but even experts are hedging their bets

It's time to beef up NZ's meat industry
Comment: The challenge for the meat industry is whether they are prepared to listen.