Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Is this our generation’s subsidy-free moment?
Opinion: Govt’s response to HWEN proposals results in misunderstanding, muddle and misery.
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Jamie Mackay: Why this virtue signalling Govt is so reviled by the rural sector
The past two years have been the most divisive of my lifetime, writes Jamie Mackay.
Peter Berg: Why Aotearoa’s native forests are worth fighting for
Opinion: Tāne’s Tree Trust on his hard work to build national support for native forests.
Samantha Motion: Protests trump apathy as climate disaster looms
Opinion: Perhaps 'extreme' protests are needed to snap us out of our cognitive dissonance.
Opinion: Why farmers are protesting against the wrong people at the wrong time
Opinion: The rural sector has become dangerously polarised in New Zealand.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Climate change, confusion, and hot air
Opinion: There are no easy answers to New Zealand or the World’s GHG emissions.
Damien O’Connor: Emissions pricing scheme should be welcomed
OPINION: Agriculture Minister outlines the case for NZ's high-sustainability credentials.
Graham Pinnell: One simple solution to farm emissions controversy
The obvious solution is to go back to where this all started.
Simon Wilson: The fallout over Govt's unambitious, misguided plan to reduce farm emissions
The new farm emissions plan doesn't satisfy anything, but that doesn't make it right.
Paula Bennett: Burp tax will take meat, dairy off the family table
Those who are struggling to fill their pantry will suffer the increased prices most.
Luke Kirkness: Hindsight won't help us in the fight against climate change
OPINION: Surely we can all see the climate is causing chaos in New Zealand.
Owen Jennings: Farmers mired in confusion over emissions
OPINION: 'Do farmers get any credit? Not a word. What do you really want, New Zealand?'
Marcus Musson: Medium term forestry outlook pessimistic
Despite current concerns, the long-term outlook for the forestry industry looks solid.
Opinion: Our farming sector shouldn't be the world's guinea pigs
I'm not buying the Government's big sell job on this plan, writes John MacDonald.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Battling confirmation bias
Opinion: Confirmation bias is a big hurdle for myth-busting scientists to overcome.
Opinion: Setting the record straight on emissions pricing
Opinion: He Waka Eke Noa programme director says it's time to separate fact from fiction.
Comment: Extreme weather events make a new system for funding roads essential
We need to continue to advocate for properly funded roads as they're vital: Williamson
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Time to reopen the GE in agriculture debate
Opinion: Society deserves the gene editing debate to be reopened.
Dean Rabbidge: Time to scuttle the Waka?
Opinion: He Waka Eke Noa is completely unacceptable in its current form.
Pete Fitz-Herbert: He Waka Eke Noa - science fiction or non-fiction?
Opinion: Will He Waka Eke Noa turn rural New Zealanders into Ewoks?
Rowena Duncum: Cue the trolls - it's Māori Language Week
OPINION: The Country's executive producer is saddened by Te Wiki o te Reo Māori backlash.
Jason Herrick: Education over regulation
Opinion: Govt should leave winter grazing and FWFP to the experts - farmers.
Rob Morrison: Carbon mining - short-term gain, long-term pain
Opinion: Not excluding exotic species in ETS permanent forest category is a big mistake
Comment: Log price rise a flash in the pan
The outlook for the Chinese construction sector is about as rosy as Rotorua's motel strip
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: In defence of the Kiwi diet
Opinion: UK author George Monbiot is wrong about the impact of our meat-loving diet.
Opinion: Is climate change to blame for prevalence of potholes?
OPINION: Local roads, state highways, rural roads; none are spared the scouring forces.
Shane Jones: Less climate puff, more economic realism
OPINION: 'Climate Change Commission must not become an echo chamber for prophets of doom.'
Fran O'Sullivan: 'Shameless' PM spruiks NZ
OPINION: A jet setting Jacinda Ardern is clocking up the kilometres and trade deals.
Ray Smith: Food and fibre sector at forefront of NZ's economic Covid recovery
The sector's performance throughout the pandemic has helped to keep the economy growing.
Ryan Heneghan: 'A nuclear war cannot be won'
OPINION: Conflicts between nuclear-armed powers a concern in multiple parts of the world.
Nicola Shadbolt: NZ's role in feeding the world needs to be recognised
Understanding our place on the global food map
Time is ripe for re-shaping New Zealand's trade policy
OPINION: I have nothing but admiration for our primary sector.
Barbara Kuriger: Food and fibre has a strong future despite the challenges
Farmers and growers have made good progress towards NZ's environmental goal.
Jamie Mackay: The case for, and against, Labour winning election
Don't write off the Winston factor either.