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Barry Soper: Winston Peters drove a hard bargain
Comment: The NZ First and Greens deals came at a fairly hefty cost to Labour.
Rural Ramblings: Swimming phone a winner for teen
Phone takes a dive resulting in a late-night swim - and a scheme
Mike Finlayson: A year in retrospect
Mike Finlayson takes an opportunity to reflect on the last year of council.
Ray Geor: We all want cleaner waterways
Clean rivers and a thriving agriculture industry are not mutually exclusive.
Steve Carlé: Fast track gorge process
Relief packages needed for businesses while new route is developed.
Jamie Mackay: Time and tide wait for no man, except Winston
Jamie contemplates the major events in his lifetime while waiting for Winston...
Nature's goodness key to life
It's Conservation Week. Take a walk outside and reconnect with a bit of your backyard.
Mark Ross: Protecting people and livestock from disease
Vaccination will continue to be a fundamental tool to meet future health challenges.
Farmers see land ownership as a privilege
Most farmers see land ownership as a privilege, not a right.
Bruce Bisset: Getting over divide and rule
The only one spinning a line is Peters, flanked by his sycophantic cabal.
Federated Farmers: Tell our good stories, don't feed the trolls
There are certainly challenges ahead for improving water quality, says Katie Milne.
Bala Tikkisetty: Plan before you fertilise
MetService is already describing 2017 as "the year it didn't stop raining"
Opinion: 'We can't afford to lose 50 farmers a year'
OPINION: Don Fraser takes a look at the troubling statistics of New Zealand rural suicide.
Dom 'Furious' George: Helping others to help yourself
Dom George finds taking time out to help others in the community is good for the soul.
Rachel Stewart: We're all feeling the squeeze
Opinion: Perfect potpourri of planetary problems is upon us.
Spring crops good news, bad news with potatoes
The warmer spring weather is finally rewarding us with improved supply and price
Conservation: Unique party fit for challenge
The Greens' voice on the environment in Parliament is now more important than ever.
Rivers need to be protected for all
WCO needed for Hawke's Bay rivers, says freshwater ecologist.
We need a commission to police climate plan
All parties bidding to form a government could agree on a Climate Commission.
Opinion: Spierings must be worth staggering salary
Opinion: Why pick on Spierings? It's his good fortune to be NZ's highest paid executive.
Conservation Matters: Focus on Predator Free NZ a priority
Predator Free NZ has targeted possums, stoats and rats, but there are many more.
Mike Finlayson: Big decisions to make
The issue of water quality is looming large, locally and nationally.
Editorial: The hills have eyes on rustlers
The hills are alive with the beady eye of electronic surveillance.
Forums keep growers informed
Our annual grower forums are a great opportunity for us to update growers
Jamie Mackay: Broken foot highlights broken health system
A stint in Dunedin's emergency ward causes Jamie to doubt his political leanings...
Kerre McIvor: Let's show farmers we care
COMMENT: Protesters worrying about lambs born in the cold Spring weather take it too far.
Kevin Hague: Water corridor protection important for all
Conservation order includes rivers' environmental, cultural and recreational values .
Marvelly: Fonterra a cash cow - for some
OPINION: You can pay 170 and a half people an average salary - or pay Theo Spierings.
Rural Ramblings: It's all go on the farm
Dog drama, new highways, broken pipelines ... and then there's the weather