Rachel Stewart: BigAg must wake up to synthetic threat
COMMENT: Artificial milk and meat pose huge risk to farming industry.
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John Blackwell: Challenges ahead
October has gone from one of our wettest winters to suddenly a drying-out spring
Opinion: What you need to know about winter fisheries closures
Fish and Game responds to Rural Advocacy Network's "loose-cannon approach to reporting."
Jamie Mackay: Good luck Jacinda - well, sort of.
Jamie Mackay puts a rural perspective on the Prime Minister.
Conservation: Care, kōrero and connection
This year, we have more reasons than ever to celebrate the river.
Editorial: Regions have waited long enough
The lolly scramble that is a general election has come and gone
Dr Doug Edmeades: Today's media replaces science with sensationalism
Dr Doug Edmeades has a bone to pick with the state of journalism.
Get advice before you go out farming
It is important to seek advice before you buy a farm.
Barry Soper: Winston Peters drove a hard bargain
Comment: The NZ First and Greens deals came at a fairly hefty cost to Labour.
Rural Ramblings: Swimming phone a winner for teen
Phone takes a dive resulting in a late-night swim - and a scheme
Mike Finlayson: A year in retrospect
Mike Finlayson takes an opportunity to reflect on the last year of council.
Ray Geor: We all want cleaner waterways
Clean rivers and a thriving agriculture industry are not mutually exclusive.
Steve Carlé: Fast track gorge process
Relief packages needed for businesses while new route is developed.
Jamie Mackay: Time and tide wait for no man, except Winston
Jamie contemplates the major events in his lifetime while waiting for Winston...
Nature's goodness key to life
It's Conservation Week. Take a walk outside and reconnect with a bit of your backyard.
Mark Ross: Protecting people and livestock from disease
Vaccination will continue to be a fundamental tool to meet future health challenges.
Farmers see land ownership as a privilege
Most farmers see land ownership as a privilege, not a right.
Bruce Bisset: Getting over divide and rule
The only one spinning a line is Peters, flanked by his sycophantic cabal.
Federated Farmers: Tell our good stories, don't feed the trolls
There are certainly challenges ahead for improving water quality, says Katie Milne.
Bala Tikkisetty: Plan before you fertilise
MetService is already describing 2017 as "the year it didn't stop raining"
Opinion: 'We can't afford to lose 50 farmers a year'
OPINION: Don Fraser takes a look at the troubling statistics of New Zealand rural suicide.
Dom 'Furious' George: Helping others to help yourself
Dom George finds taking time out to help others in the community is good for the soul.
Rachel Stewart: We're all feeling the squeeze
Opinion: Perfect potpourri of planetary problems is upon us.
Spring crops good news, bad news with potatoes
The warmer spring weather is finally rewarding us with improved supply and price
Conservation: Unique party fit for challenge
The Greens' voice on the environment in Parliament is now more important than ever.
Rivers need to be protected for all
WCO needed for Hawke's Bay rivers, says freshwater ecologist.
We need a commission to police climate plan
All parties bidding to form a government could agree on a Climate Commission.
Opinion: Spierings must be worth staggering salary
Opinion: Why pick on Spierings? It's his good fortune to be NZ's highest paid executive.
Conservation Matters: Focus on Predator Free NZ a priority
Predator Free NZ has targeted possums, stoats and rats, but there are many more.
Mike Finlayson: Big decisions to make
The issue of water quality is looming large, locally and nationally.