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The PM was never going to win over the farmers but is Hamilton West closer than expected?
Jamie Mackay: How will Fieldays receive the PM and Labour this year?
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Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Where’s The Finance?
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Dr Shane Reti: Rural hospitals have highest ED nurse shortages
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Todd Muller: Time to celebrate Kiwi farmers
Opinion: This has been a bloody tough year for farmers.
Bruce Cotterill: Three Waters - where is the outrage?
OPINION: Cynical late Friday afternoon Three Waters news dump went unreported on TV news.
Ewan McGregor: Is the Overseas Investment Commission doing its job?
The corruption of our farm landscapes due to pines is too big a price to pay.
Simon Wilson: National’s approach to climate is a massive failure for farmers
National's complaints about the Government's farm policies show very poor leadership.
Opinion: Why this forester says convert fewer farms to forestry
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A dairy farmer's view: Govt emissions pricing proposal flawed
OPINION: There are many ways to reduce emissions and become more efficient.
Opinion: A farmer’s request for help from our urban friends
Opinion: Steve Schmack says all Kiwis should be concerned about emissions pricing scheme.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: New Zealand agriculture is steering the global waka
Opinion: Recent COAG meeting highlights NZ's world-leading approach to ag and climate.
Jim van der Poel: He Waka Eke Noa - seven significant setbacks
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Shane Reti: Public won't like it if Three Waters legislation is rushed through
MP Shane Reti has concerns over the haste of the Three Waters legislation.
Pete Fitz-Herbert: The problem with 'coconut milk’
Opinion: What's in a name? Can a nut be milked? Should I care?
Opinion: Emissions tax will make our food more expensive
The emissions tax will have the wrong effect, says Helen Craig
Mike Hosking: Cop this - no one on global stage cares what we do
OPINION: Climate change meeting No 27 will lead to nothing.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Is this our generation’s subsidy-free moment?
Opinion: Govt’s response to HWEN proposals results in misunderstanding, muddle and misery.
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
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Samantha Motion: Protests trump apathy as climate disaster looms
Opinion: Perhaps 'extreme' protests are needed to snap us out of our cognitive dissonance.
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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
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Graham Pinnell: One simple solution to farm emissions controversy
The obvious solution is to go back to where this all started.