Rick's Beef: Environment now a focus for many sectors
When I joined the Mid Northern Beef+Lamb Farmer Council the environment was not mentioned.
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Jens Pick: Big crowds at Avocado Food and Wine Festival
Jen Scoular was one of 3000 people enjoying the Katikati Avocado Food and Wine Festival.
Andrew Curtis: Let ideas flow on managing water
COMMENT: Weather extremes show we cannot rely on Mother Nature alone.
Editorial: Showing our better side
People shouldn't always believe the media, says Peter Jackson.
Fran O'Sullivan: Fonterra has to face up to debacle at Beingmate
OPINION: Spierings and Wilson will have some tough questions to answer.
Opinion: Freedom campers - money makers for rural NZ?
Opinion: Are freedom campers defecating drifters or a source of revenue for rural NZ?
Opinion: Confessions of a devout recycler
I would highly recommend you non-believers try a spot of recycling for at least a month.
Laws: Rodeo, a great rural sport, is not cruel
Comment: Rodeo critics ignore findings that it is not cruel.
Rachel Stewart: Boy racer noise drowns quiet country life
COMMENT: Why do we have to put up with these stupid antics?
Jamie Mackay: Goats send me off the deep end
Jamie Mackay takes a trip down memory lane via goat shearing and a dodgy diving board.
Todd Muller: Climate change a big challenge
Guest view: Todd Muller talks climate change and its challenges
Dr Doug Edmeades: Confessions of a climate change sceptic
Opinion: Dr Doug Edmeades explains why he is a climate change sceptic.
Katie Milne: Treat your farm as a fortress
Farmers need a game plan to repel harmful substances that hurt your livelihood.
Opinion: The day our rural idyll went to the dogs
Steve Hart laments the loss of a plucky family member named Henrietta.
Ewan McGregor: Who owns the rural landscape?
Political opportunists prevailed when it now appears the public supports the Te Mata track
Conservation Comment: Are chooks smarter than us?
We humans are laying waste to our planet, At least chooks lay eggs -- something useful.
Walter Breustedt: Report delivers overdue recommendations
The report delivers recommendations which have been overdue for a long time.
Editorial: Wastewater plant legal action settled
The payment in March 2016 coincides with council acquiring $8 million for debt reduction.
Addison: Trains cannot do everything trucks do
Trains in New Zealand cannot take over the diverse tasks of trucks.
Year in Review: Who is the greater polluter, cows or people?
Year in Review: Malcolm Lumsden's opinion piece on the great cow v human pollution debate.
Editorial: Unwelcome pests need firm response
EDITORIAL: Valuable primary sector requires protection, at border and inside farm gate.
'I can't wait for when we don't have possums'
Life in the country is better without pests.
Rural Ramblings: Girls are back in town
Our two girls are home from university for the summer and the house is full to overflowing
Editorial: The silly season
The right to privacy is wielded like a shield, though not always for the greater good.
Mark Ross: Managing pests to help eradicate global hunger
In NZ, the economic damage caused by pastoral weeds is estimated at $1.2 billion per annum
Lake Taupo water toxic to people and dogs
In 1963, all NZ waterways were drinkable. What, oh what are we doing to our world?
Brian Rudman: Douse the water deniers
COMMENT: You do have to despair at what the democratic system can throw up.
2017: The good, the bad, the ugly, Trump and Winston
Jamie Mackay gives his review of the year that was and announces his Ag Person of the Year
1080 crucial to saving our native species
Mistaken views of 1080 lead to destruction, writes conservation volunteer Sue Boyde.
Mills gave pioneers their daily bread
Flour shipped into the Bay wasn't cheap in the early days so mills sprang up.