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Opinion: Why the Decarbonising Fund will have no impact on NZ's emissions

New Zealand already has a system for reducing emissions. It is called the ETS.

Opinion: Why NZ must reject protectionism

Ayesha Verrall is seen as a good choice as Minister for Food Safety.

Why Ngāi Tahu's guardianship case holds water

Sasha Borissenko: Ngāi Tahu lodges statement of claim over freshwater.

Opinion: NZ healthcare's 6.6m-tonne emissions reporting hole

Why are there no Sustainability Officers in any of our 20 DHB executive teams?

Jamie Mackay: A farmers' guide to voting

Opinion: Jamie Mackay offers his thoughts on the runners in the election race.

Teuila Fuatai: Orchard scheme needs a thorough prune

OPINION: We have fantastic fruit pickers. Why don't we look after them properly?

Farm land bill row: Minister hits back

An outline of what the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill actually does and doesn't do.

Comment: Why Eugenie Sage's proposed land Bill beggars belief

Bill threatens the economic future of a collection of farms that embody Brand New Zealand.

Rowena Duncum: The one day I enjoyed politics

Comment: Politics is becoming a steady progression for the exit door.

Audrey Young: Ardern v Collins must force election rethink

COMMENT: National and Labour will need to rethink their election strategies and messages.

Another move in the long Tiwai Pt chess game

Comment: Instead of a deal that's best for the smelter, how about what's best for NZ?

Peters: Tiwai smelter must be saved

Comment: Why are we importing junk aluminium while making some of the best in the world?

Gavin Evans: Smelter jobs sacrificed to confused energy policy

It would be laughable if it wasn't so shameful.

Roger Partridge: Greens guilty of gilding the lily

Nothing illustrates this problem better than the Green Party's Clean Energy Plan.

Soper: Collins should have been elected Nats leader two years ago

COMMENT: National MPs have done what they should have done on February 27, 2018.

Farmer: Planting farms a 'skinny sheep' idea

Politics shouldn't be the driving force in the farming industry, writes Kerry Worsnop.