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We need help in Waiohiki as Cyclone Gabrielle recovery work lags
Waiohiki was hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Opinion: Taking the guesswork out of our climate change response
Opinion: Systems we rely on to reduce emissions should be robust.
Thomas Coughlan: Bye Three Waters - welcome, ‘Affordable Water Reform’
The policy to replace Three Waters will be announced today.
Opinion: Productivity growth essential for our future wellbeing
Opinion: Only through productivity gains will NZ be able to pay for everything it wants.
Simon Wilson: After Gabrielle, the challenge of rewilding
Rewilding sounds like such a good idea, so why don't we fund it and plan it properly?
David Chin: Dairy farmers adapting to change
Opinion: LIC chief says dairy is facing big challenges and change.
Opinion: Why we need to restore Aotearoa's native forests at scale
Opinion: Native forest restoration is the largest weapon we have in the climate fight.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why farmers are like the All Blacks
Opinion: New Zealanders should back farmers the way they back the All Blacks.
Opinion: A rare sheep breed with unusual characteristics
Opinion: Other breeds are either white or coloured, but a Gotland is always coloured.
RMA war heads towards final battle
OPINION: Thomas Coughlan says the RMA reforms face more challenges than ever.
Opinion: Climate change - the problem with mitigation and adaptation
Opinion: Farmers focus on mitigation and adaptation - time for all Kiwis to do the same.
Kiwis are open to GMOs but is the Govt?
OPINION: Poll shows 72 per cent believe farmers should be able to plant GM ryegrass.
Comment: 'Bloody hell, what's next?'
Marcus Musson looks at the forestry industry post-Cyclone Gabrielle.
Corporate co-operation and iwi hold keys to rebuilding devastated communities
OPINION: The key to supporting communities devastated by floods was collaboration.
Opinion: A locally grown alternative to almonds?
Could this locally grown tree be an alternative to almonds?
Opinion: It's time to act on trees, before another disaster hits
Stratford Mayor Neil Volzke says there is no time like the present to make needed changes.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Lessons learned from Cyclone Gabrielle
Opinion: Cyclone showed the unintended consequences of some policies that affect rural NZ.
Simon Wilson: The folly of arguing against emissions reduction
OPINION: Sudden popularity of "only adapt" climate advocates threatens our entire future.
Labour - out of the Covid frying pan and into the Gabrielle fire
OPINION: Observations from the Milford Track.
Fran O'Sullivan: Logging inquiry must be just the first step
Scale of damage on East Coast demands a Royal Commission.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Poachers just one more worry farmers don’t need
Councils should also show leeway on the usual RMA red tape and consents.
Opinion: Govt risks losing rural Kiwis left to fight Gabrielle on their own
Rural communities have gone days without support.
Bruce Cotterill: Getting on our bikes for mental health, prostate cancer
A ride from Cape Reinga to Bluff is a way to help men facing some big issues.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Find a career the world needs
Opinion: Should you “follow your passion” or “follow your blisters”?
Hard to see upside for forestry until things dry out
Extreme weather in the North Island has had a big impact on forestry.
Opinion: Floods prove need for resilient supply lines
OPINION: A Maritime Union secretary says Ports of Auckland must remain where it is.
Kate MacNamara: How to reform the Three Waters Reform
Reforming the Three Waters Reform will take more than a new(ish) ministerial face.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: In defence of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser
Opinion: Examining debate surrounding how synthetic nitrogen fertiliser affects health.
Gord Stewart: Farming for a brighter future
OPINION: A recipe for thriving rural communities and healthier people.
Brent Barrett: Egg fit for a centenary
Opinion: It is 100 years since the modern conservation movement sprouted.
Editorial: Time to stump up on forestry slash
OPINION: Our editorial on the lasting impacts of wood industry.