Denis Hocking: Don't write off forestry
The forestry industry is about more than log exports, writes Denis Hocking.
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Comment: Professional fishers' wellbeing on the line
In recent years, those in the fishing sector have come under increased challenges.
Pete Fitz-Herbert: The C word, change and the cyclone
Opinion: Sometimes change is gradual and sometimes times like a flood.
Opinion: Time for primary sector companies to revisit their margins
Opinion: Nobody wins if processors or suppliers are strong, but farmers are struggling.
Martin Williams: Can mānuka heal the land?
Opinion: Mānuka wouldn't just be a band-aid, but a whole new layer of skin.
Shane Jones: Māori theatrics versus economic realism
Opinion: It's time to drop the 'woke' ideologies and get to work.
Government rush to 5G trips up rural broadband
And why it will be a long time to wait to see if things were set up correctly in 2023.
Marty Verry: Forestry wants our carbon, not your debt
Opinion: Kiwi wood processors compete using world's costliest logs, so what's the answer?
Opinion: Govt can’t keep skimping on rural mental health in cyclone recovery plan
Rural communities have persistently been delivered poorer mental health services.
Opinion: Freshwater report can be an ‘own goal’ for NZ
Opinion: There is more to the Our Freshwater 2023 report than alarming headlines suggest.
We need help in Waiohiki as Cyclone Gabrielle recovery work lags
Waiohiki was hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Opinion: Taking the guesswork out of our climate change response
Opinion: Systems we rely on to reduce emissions should be robust.
Thomas Coughlan: Bye Three Waters - welcome, ‘Affordable Water Reform’
The policy to replace Three Waters will be announced today.
Opinion: Productivity growth essential for our future wellbeing
Opinion: Only through productivity gains will NZ be able to pay for everything it wants.
Simon Wilson: After Gabrielle, the challenge of rewilding
Rewilding sounds like such a good idea, so why don't we fund it and plan it properly?
David Chin: Dairy farmers adapting to change
Opinion: LIC chief says dairy is facing big challenges and change.
Opinion: Why we need to restore Aotearoa's native forests at scale
Opinion: Native forest restoration is the largest weapon we have in the climate fight.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why farmers are like the All Blacks
Opinion: New Zealanders should back farmers the way they back the All Blacks.
Opinion: A rare sheep breed with unusual characteristics
Opinion: Other breeds are either white or coloured, but a Gotland is always coloured.
RMA war heads towards final battle
OPINION: Thomas Coughlan says the RMA reforms face more challenges than ever.
Opinion: Climate change - the problem with mitigation and adaptation
Opinion: Farmers focus on mitigation and adaptation - time for all Kiwis to do the same.
Kiwis are open to GMOs but is the Govt?
OPINION: Poll shows 72 per cent believe farmers should be able to plant GM ryegrass.
Comment: 'Bloody hell, what's next?'
Marcus Musson looks at the forestry industry post-Cyclone Gabrielle.
Corporate co-operation and iwi hold keys to rebuilding devastated communities
OPINION: The key to supporting communities devastated by floods was collaboration.
Opinion: A locally grown alternative to almonds?
Could this locally grown tree be an alternative to almonds?
Opinion: It's time to act on trees, before another disaster hits
Stratford Mayor Neil Volzke says there is no time like the present to make needed changes.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Lessons learned from Cyclone Gabrielle
Opinion: Cyclone showed the unintended consequences of some policies that affect rural NZ.
Simon Wilson: The folly of arguing against emissions reduction
OPINION: Sudden popularity of "only adapt" climate advocates threatens our entire future.
Labour - out of the Covid frying pan and into the Gabrielle fire
OPINION: Observations from the Milford Track.
Fran O'Sullivan: Logging inquiry must be just the first step
Scale of damage on East Coast demands a Royal Commission.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Poachers just one more worry farmers don’t need
Councils should also show leeway on the usual RMA red tape and consents.
Opinion: Govt risks losing rural Kiwis left to fight Gabrielle on their own
Rural communities have gone days without support.