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Julia Jones: Why Kiwis need to see the big picture

Comment: While there's nothing wrong with improvisation - will it really be enough?

Sirma Karapeeva: Why it's critical for NZ to reject protectionism

The red meat industry is New Zealand's second largest goods exporter.

Water rules: Is life in future New Zealand only for the wealthy?

Comment: We're looking at impractical and expensive regulations, for rural and urban alike

Comment: Foreign worker crisis needs a private and collaborative solution

Comment: The primary sector desperately needs workers for New Zealand's economic recovery.

Comment: Why food comes first in NZ

Comment: Food is important and it is what New Zealand does best.

Tootie fruity never stop picking me

Wouldn't it be great to be able to eat off the land and know what goes into your food?

The delicate issues around whitebaiting

Whitebait season looms.

Jamie Mackay: I challenge anyone to visit Hiroshima museum and not shed tears

Comment: Beirut blast brings back memories of Hiroshima visit.

Ella Jensen: Embracing tech to reduce the farming footprint

It is time to re-open a nation-wide dialogue on the use of genetic technologies.

Dr Rowarth: Rethinking the use of technology in food production

Comment: Technological development in sustainable food production is important.

Have a go – plant some broad beans today!

Broad beans are very easy to care for, suffering very few pests and disease.

Comment: Is it time Reserve Bank went into bat for farmers?

Comment: It's time farmers get the lowered interest rates they deserve.

Brian Fallow: Lake Onslow hydro storage scheme is no pipe dream

$30m is worth paying to investigate scheme that would help decarbonise energy.

Comment: Why we need more women in agri-sector boardrooms

Comment: There is no reason why we can't see more women directors in the agri-sector.

Comment: Thoughts from a rural dinosaur

Comment: Pete Fitz-Herbert worries his idyllic, rural life may be making him a dinosaur.

Keeping pest animals and plants in check

Weekly column by Kāpiti's Greater Wellington Regional Council representative Penny Gaylor.

What the world still needs and we can provide

For decades agriculture and horticulture has been the back bone of our economy

Comment: Emissions comparison needs to be on level playing paddock

Comment: Stats NZ emissions report needs a different approach says Feds' Andrew Hoggard.