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.

Soper: Shane Jones' harsh words for Fonterra seem justified

COMMENT: Fonterra's a cash cow for the suits but little more than M bovis for the farmers.

Soper: Govt's plan to push green vehicles a no-brainer

COMMENT: It seems they've come up with a pretty good way to do it but it'll take time.

Soper: What happened to tackling bottled water exporters?

COMMENT: Is it too much to ask that we all own the water for the purposes of export?

Soper: Govt steps up to farmers' plate usually served up by Nats

COMMENT: Farming is a business like no other.

Soper: No love lost for China from the misguided

The Key Government's management of the global financial crisis has been lauded.

Soper: Thank Trump for pausing South African land grab

COMMENT: Trump has used the power of his office to do something good.

Barry Soper: Mycoplasma bovis outbreak will get worse before it gets better

The dairy herd, despite all the the environmental critics, is vital to this country.

Soper: M. bovis could be storm cloud waiting to burst

COMMENT: Eradicating disease is a costly exercise but it's certainly worth trying.

Barry Soper: Winston Peters drove a hard bargain

Comment: The NZ First and Greens deals came at a fairly hefty cost to Labour.

Barry Soper: The lesson we should be teaching our kids

COMMENT: Anzac Day should be used to talk about what it means to be a New Zealander.

Soper: Peters little more than an irritant

COMMENT: At the moment Winston Peters is a little more than an irritant for PM contenders.

Soper: The matador and the bull on Chinese trade

There was plenty on offer to bolster the trade between our two countries.

Barry Soper: The chicken and the egg

As you crack that egg into the pan to spit away with the bacon, spare a thought for the hen who produced it and the porker who grew