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Todd Muller: Give farmers the tools and they will respond
Comment: ETS plan has sound aspects, but Govt needs to stop focusing on taxing farmers.
Gavin Evans: Smelter review a wake-up call on energy policy
Another two-year band-aid - won't cut it.
Ron Frew: Freshwater proposals are much pain for minimal gain
Comment: Potential for social and economic distress on a scale not seen since the 1930s.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour backdown is a Govt win
COMMENT: And it neutralised the National Party at the same time.
Liam Dann: Farmers riding to NZ's economic rescue ... again
COMMENT: Commodity prices are likely to keep NZ ahead of the pack as global economy slows.
Horse ownership - it can be a wild ride
My trajectory stayed the same. Only the altitude changed.
Comment: How the freshwater plan could ruin my town
Comment: Sheep and beef farmer Dani Darke is worried about her small community in Aria.
Simon Wilson: the good and not-so-much of the new methane emissions rules
Comment: Always expect more from Government, never rely on it.
Peter Lyons: Govt should tell Rio Tinto where to stick its smelter
Comment: Blatant corporate blackmail should be treated with the contempt it deserves.
Farm tales take a break as Japan beckons
This was a school trip and we were parent helpers so there was little time to relax.
Audrey Young: Is that purring coming from the Beehive?
James Shaw's patience pays off handsomely, writes Audrey Young.
Comment: Rural does it again for local government
Comment: Statistics suggest rural voters are more engaged than their city counterparts.
Editorial: Freshwater reforms a concern on the farm
Editorial: Still waters run deep and cleaning the waters can cause deep resentment.
Simon Yarrow: Time is right to target UK and Ireland agritech markets
Comment: Agritech exports of around $1.5 billion a year but flat for past decade.
Freshwater reforms show a better world is possible
COMMENT: Combined initiatives could achieve something greater than the sum of their parts.
Should we sell our water?
Is Whanganui wise to sell its water, or is it a resource we should be exploiting?
Sam McIvor: Freshwater proposals need to be fairer to farmers
Comment: Proposals will penalise farming systems with the lightest environmental touch.
Comment: Urban folk also face hard freshwater questions
Comment: Urban or rural, it's important to realise swimmable rivers come with a price tag.
Comment: Time to modernise our Biotech laws
Comment: There is actually more risk in not changing the law says Dr Parmjeet Parmar.
Rowarth: Economists urgently needed in freshwater plans
Comment: How much are people prepared to pay for clean waterways?
Middle NZ: Lab protein turns my stomach
Can't think of anything more processed than food produced in a lab.
Soper: Coalition cardigan starting to unravel
COMMENT: Coalition Govts are a bit like the Fair Isle cardie mum used to knit for you.
Editorial: Time to get serious about protein technology
EDITORIAL: Food industry can't afford to close eyes to disruption
Comment: Jane Smith's protest list
Comment: North Otago farmer has her own list of things she thinks Kiwis should protest.
Sir Graham Henry: Stay on the ball for kiwi survival
COMMENT: The kiwi population has been declining at a rate of 2 per cent every year.
Comment: Freshwater changes will come at significant economic cost
Comment: Water quality needs improving, but don't pretend it won't cost.
Regenerative agriculture - context is everything
Comment: When it comes to regenerative agriculture, one size very rarely fits all.
Comment: Bank capital skirmishes drawing to a conclusion
Comment: Farmers need the confidence that their banks will continue to support them.
Daisy Abraham: All aboard the climate action bandwagon
Comment: Waters are rising, people are starving, forests are burning.
Damien O'Connor: Why this Government doesn't 'hate' farmers
Comment: Freshwater policy is not about Government trying to destroy farming.
Elizabeth Soal: Why freshwater plans have shocked farmers
COMMENT: It's clear planning changes need to happen quickly, and rules imposed swiftly.
Soper: Ardern impotent on NZ First's bad behaviour
COMMENT: The Prince of the Provinces is taking a few days off to study the Cabinet Manual.
Editorial: Shane Jones' blunt words short on propriety
EDITORIAL: 'There must be a limit to brandishing our money while uttering ultimatums.'