Freshwater reforms show a better world is possible
COMMENT: Combined initiatives could achieve something greater than the sum of their parts.
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Sam McIvor: Freshwater proposals need to be fairer to farmers
Comment: Proposals will penalise farming systems with the lightest environmental touch.
Unique home links two worlds
Unique coastal Whanganui home in rural setting links two worlds.
'Despicable': Struggling farmers gutted after thieves take $10k of calf feed
Keep an eye out for stock feed going cheap in Taranaki - it could be stolen.
Comment: Govt's freshwater policy is latest jab at farmers
Whanganui MP Harete Hipango says freshwater policy is a jab at farmers.
Elizabeth Soal: Why freshwater plans have shocked farmers
COMMENT: It's clear planning changes need to happen quickly, and rules imposed swiftly.
Enjoy that sunshine - there's a wintry snap looming
Snow flurries down to 100m are possible in Southland and Otago, Weatherwatch says.
Focus Live Earlier: Fonterra Chairman John Monaghan, CEO Miles Hurrell and CFO Marc Rivers front the media over the latest $605m loss
Focus Live Earlier: Fonterra Chairman John Monaghan, CEO Miles Hurrell and CFO Marc Rivers front the media over the latest $605m loss.
Farmers praised for growth in rural recycling
Record-breaking volumes of plastic recycled through Agrecovery program.
Why NZ's rivers are still in a worrying state
Fresh data reveals worsening levels of E.Coli and nitrogen across 1400 NZ river sites.
Robin Grieve: Why target methane?
NZ has good case for ringfencing the greenhouse gas, says Northland grower.
Rachel Stewart: Farm leaders in dance over freshwater plan
COMMENT: Finally long-delayed "action plan for freshwater" discussion document has arrived
Comment: Turakina and Whangaehu backbone of the farming community
Turakina is more than one of those places which you pass through on the way to somewhere.
Take our climate change test: How much do you know?
The first in a series to see how well you know New Zealand's climate change numbers.
Kerre McIvor: Anguish and despair - why have we made farmers feel ashamed?
COMMENT: If farmers don't see a future, then the future of New Zealand Inc looks bleak.
Niki Bezzant: Mistrust of farmers is misplaced
COMMENT: My experience of growers of our food is that they love what they do.
Watch: Calf-handling video prompts farm investigation
NZ Superannuation Fund dairy farm video further fuels public row over winter grazing.
Audrey Young: Why Jacinda Ardern's stuck in a rut
COMMENT: It was a week of big moves but few results writes Audrey Young.
Opinion: Forestry's climate change 'collateral damage'
New research on methane has implications for our Zero Carbon Bill.
Tim Mackle: Time to recognise real progress made by dairy farmers
Comment: Farmers are only part of the environmental problem but can be part of a solution.
Fonterra's new financial headache, as FMA moves in on NZ's biggest company
Beingmate's rollercoaster financial ride continues.
'We're at the brink of an environmental catastrophe'
Comment: We have a chance to turn atmospheric carbon from a threat into a resource.
New chief executive to lead Primary ITO
Experienced education leader Nigel Philpott will join Primary ITO as chief executive.
Federated Farmers say Kiwis lead the way in low-emission farming
Feds say New Zealand is much better at low-emissions farming than other countries.
Extra grazing is money in the bank
Cows love it but chicory also draws up excess nitrogen, reducing leaching.
Couple bank on clean waterways
Efforts by the finalists of a national award to plant along a river recognised by PM.
'The worst day of my life': Faces of quad bike deaths
Most of those killed were crushed or suffocated by a quad bike landing on top of them.
Ian McKelvie: Let's celebrate our farmers, not condemn them
Our agriculture sector stand accused of being climate and environmental villains.
Rachel Stewart: Fate of Fonterra - don't say you weren't warned
COMMENT: Years have been spent ignoring fact Fonterra was heading toward the rocks.
Kerre McIvor: The land needs our protection
COMMENT: Good on the Government for recognising that some land is more than real estate.
Fonterra's ugliest performance right here at home: Shareholders
Biggest shock of ugly Fonterra news right under Kiwi farmers' noses.
Gaynor: Fonterra needs to get out of its rut
COMMENT: Flawed from the beginning, Fonterra must now adopt a new structure.
'He deserves a medal': The farmer who turned down huge forestry offers
Farmer turned down 'significantly' higher offers to keep the land as a farm.