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Claire Trevett: Why PM Jacinda Ardern is charming the farmers
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Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why Boomers are OK
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Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why NZ's Covid recovery needs dairy
Opinion: Not utilising the dairy industry in our economic recovery defies logic.
Opinion: Why freshwater regulations need a fresh start
Opinion: Freshwater rules need more than a few tweaks.
Jane Kelsey: Free trade deal all secrecy, no substance
Opinion: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is all mouth and no trousers.
MacNamara: Thorny issues for NZ's new Trade Minister
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Opinion: Hard to escape from climate change
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Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: What's your 'why'?
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Why Ngāi Tahu's guardianship case holds water
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Opinion: It's time for an adult conversation about water
Opinion: Water is a precious resource, but it is one we do not think about strategically.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: The implications of organic and regenerative agriculture
Opinion: The big issue for organics and regenerative agriculture is yield, cost and price.
Is food too cheap? Unpacking the problem of the seasonal worker
Opinion: Are our expectations unrealistic when it comes to what we pay for produce?
Historic Hawke's Bay: The butcher who owned a freezing works
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Gareth Carter: Lovely lawns and how to banish pesky prickles
Gardening guru Gareth Carter on creating luxury lawns with a welcome absence of prickles.
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Jane Smith: Urban New Zealand - you have been lied to
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Jamie Mackay: A farmers' guide to voting
Opinion: Jamie Mackay offers his thoughts on the runners in the election race.
Teuila Fuatai: Orchard scheme needs a thorough prune
OPINION: We have fantastic fruit pickers. Why don't we look after them properly?
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Working smarter, not harder
Comment: New Zealand farmers are showing the way. We can all feel proud.
Goat number 5 - confronting the amazing mystery of life
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From the mayor's desk: Farmers deserve praise
There is a big disconnect between the reality of good farming practice and urban opinions.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Is PKE use in NZ really causing problems for orangutans?
Comment: Dr Rowarth says the PKE myth can be busted easily with facts.
Comment: Can we sell dairy milk to vegans?
Comment: Turns out vegans are not as homogeneous as our blue-top milk.
Comment: Bee health debate needs balance
Comment: Conclusions about a matter as important as bee deaths must be non-biased.
Comment: What I think is troubling farmers most
Comment: "We need to act decisively, and with unity," says farmer Andrew Stewart.
Comment: How fat and protein is shaping 'the dairy cow of tomorrow'
Comment: Dietary battle between fat and protein is shaping the dairy cow of the future.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Don't accuse Kiwi farmers of 'green-washing'
Comment: Regenerative agriculture proponents don't know farms the same way farmers do.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why innovation needs fresh thinking
Comment: The right people with the right mindset will create the workforce of the future