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Richard Prebble: Ardern's tax call huge blunder
COMMENT: While Jacinda saved Labour, she and she alone, is responsible for their defeat.
Opinion: Decent gorge alternative needed
If we look at the bigger picture it is clear the region is very vulnerable.
Smell of an Oily Rag: Slugs and snails
Ways to control slugs and snails in the garden without having to resort to poison.
Dominic 'Furious' George: How farmers can bridge the rural-urban divide
This week's farming protest in Morrinsville was a damp squib. Why preach to the converted?
Towns may be smashed, farmers ruined: Ron Mark
Water big issue for farming community in Wairarapa electorate.
Editorial: Rural voices call for understanding
EDITORIAL: Farmers deserve better than to be cast as environmental villains.
Jamie Mackay: Once upon a time, when farming was legal
Opinion: Jamie Mackay wonders what the future holds for farming - will it be extinct?
The Country Side: When Lady Luck is on your side
I'd have skidded off our drive had the farmer not yelled at the crucial moment.
Rachel Rose: Vancouver leading the way
Vancouver has an ambitious goal: to be the greenest city in the world by 2020.
James Palmer: Beneath the surface of our water debate
Heretaunga's water resources are the lifeblood of our region.
Rachel Wise: My Aladdin's cave with a handle
Life is like my junk drawer - you never know what you're going to get
Dom 'Furious' George: Come join the Great Kereru Count
Dom praises the seed dropping, fruit quaffing, drunken 'gardener of the sky' - the kereru.
Barrie Ridler: Bay could be wonderful environment
Change must be encouraged and allowed room to flourish.
Two tracks to lower emissions
COMMENT: Labour and the Greens offer different ways to put a price on carbon.
Cheap politicking unfair on farmers
Politicians blame water pollution on farmers, despite their best efforts to combat it.
David Haxton: Time to beef up check for pests
For too long the biosecurity check-in process on the mainland has been a shambles.
Opinion: Dairy could be hit with trifecta of taxes
Climate change is too complicated for each sector to attempt to address on its own.
There's a choice when it comes to emissions
How we plan to meet our climate change obligations and reduce emissions is important.
Wellbeing of rural community important
Rural Support Trusts offer free and confidential advice and support for rural people.
Rachel Stewart: Don't feel sorry for farmers
COMMENT: National is talking up the urban-rural divide to get votes, says Rachel Stewart.
Editorial: Voting in the dark
Politicians seem to believe if you repeat a lie often enough it will become true.
Opinion: Will we be taxed back to the 80s?
OPINION: Farmer fears "biggest drop in agricultural economic confidence since the '80s."
Campylobacter complacency
Latest Whanganui Science Forum event saw Professor Michael Baker talk about campylobacter
Mike Finlayson: A Saturday well spent
It was great to see farmers keen on doing the right thing to keep stock out of waterways
Rick's Beef: Closet chums equal murky water
Why have we got deteriorating water quality in many of our rivers across New Zealand?
Basil Sharp: Labour's water tax flawed
Labour's proposed water tax is economically flawed and unfair to some farmers.
Bill Sutton: Water a hot topic for good reason
It's no coincidence that water lobby groups have become vocal in lead-up to the elections
Muriel Newman Water, water everywhere
The export of bottled water has become the focus of an emotional debate
Jamie Mackay: A eulogy for Sir Colin Meads
Jamie Mackay shares the eulogy he gave at Sir Colin Meads' funeral.
Derek Daniell: Farmers an easy target in the Blame Game
Leading sheep breeder writes on whether farmers are whipping boys over water quality.