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Anzac Day: We don't know how lucky we are – Glenn Dwight
OPINION: We remember the young Kiwis, fighting for a world they might never live to see.
Opinion: Why healthy animals mean healthier communities
OPINION: This year's World Veterinary Day theme was Animal Health Takes a Team.
Richard Gaddum: ‘Economic vandalism’ - Harvests not homes on our fertile soils
OPINION: 'We don’t want highly-fertile food producing soils destroyed forever.'
Top dog? My search for a new best friend
Opinion: Dogs are loyal, drooling little legends, but is there an alternative out there?
Vege tips: A little piece of paradise at the bottom of your garden
Opinion: A garden retreat in winter? Why not build a shed close to your vegetable patch?
The prickly history of boxthorn and Taranaki's inventive solutions
Opinion: Kem Ormond looks into the boxthorn hedge and the inventive methods to tackle it.
Easter feasting has nothing on this farmer's appetite
By one o’clock, what a man needs is viscera, innards, guts, offal.
'We’re a cautious country': What's stopping NZ's food innovation?
Opinion: NZ has everything it needs to be a global food powerhouse. So what's the hold-up?
No room? No worries. Top veges to plant in your tiny garden
OPINION: Make the most of your limited patch with high-return vegetables.
'Enormous potential': Three opportunities for NZ food innovation
Opinion: 'We have enormous potential. Where is our thought process on that as a country?'
Marcus Musson: No tariffs for timber but NZ forestry not out of the woods
OPINION: The tariff roulette wheel has been spinning furiously for the past few weeks.
Can NZ become a food innovation powerhouse?
Opinion: "I think there’s some exciting opportunities happening in New Zealand now."
The great feijoa divide: NZ's enduring love/hate relationship
Opinion: Like it or loathe it, the feijoa is here — and it’s not going anywhere.
Opinion: Is focusing on low-heritability traits valuable when making breeding decisions?
Sponsored content: High-heritability traits like liveweight show faster genetic gains.
Opinion: Why traditional feasts still matter in today's world
OPINION: Traditions change but the importance of sharing food hasn't.
Vege tips: Why red cabbage is the star of my garden
Opinion: Red cabbage has always been a firm favourite with me.
April vege tips that won't leave you in the dark
Opinion: Daylight saving means less time to potter in the vegetable garden in the evening.
Opinion: Time to invest in our young farmers
Opinion: New Zealand needs young farmers just as much as most other countries.
Reasons to be positive about red meat's future
OPINION: Is there a food equivalent of the Lord of the Rings?
Garden tips: The dwarf v standard fruit tree dilemma
OPINION: Kem Ormond on the benefits of both varieties and which is best for your garden.
Heavy weather ahead, the four storms facing red meat
OPINION: It's a tough business farming cattle.
What Trump’s tariff turmoil means for NZ’s economic recovery
OPINION: Good, bad or ugly, here's hoping US tariff announcement brings some certainty.
Can red meat recover its glorious past?
OPINION: New Zealand could tap into a hungry market – after all, the world loves meat.
Winter is the perfect time to grow your gardening knowledge
Opinion: Time to curl up by the fire with a good pile of gardening books by your side.
Matthew Hooton: Luxon’s India trade push could secure second term
OPINION: The PM might gain from trying the same approach he used in New Delhi back home.
Food for thought: Could you eat only food produced near you?
Opinion: “Locavore March” is promoted as the new way of eating with the mind engaged.
Citrus trees: A fruitful addition to your garden
Opinion: I have always had this saying, “A house is not a home without a lemon tree".
NZ forestry faces winter challenges amid stable log prices - Marcus Musson
Opinion: Summer has been forest-owner-friendly in both weather and prices.
Ryan Bridge: Billions on the line if Kiwi diplomats can't work their magic on Trump
OPINION: In a cruel twist of irony, our exporters have been diversifying away from China.
Vege tips: Preserving your garden's bounty for winter
Opinion: Kem Ormond is stripping her garden of produce before winter arrives.
Opinion: Stoat trapping is crucial to saving NZ’s native birds
Without stoat control, 94% of kiwi chicks don’t survive to adulthood.
Opinion: Why the Government needs the rural sector
Opinion: The government is emphasising the role of rural areas in economic recovery.
Vege tips: Rhubarb, a very confusing vegetable
Opinion: Usually used in desserts, I can’t imagine serving rhubarb up with my peas.