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Claire Trevett: The 2022 Politician of the Year is.....

PM Jacinda Ardern deserves more credit than she will get - but she isn't the winner.

Sir Ian Taylor: 'All gone wrong' - the Labour Party I used to know

OPINION: PM's magazine cover 'tone-deaf' during a cost of living crisis.

'Cheerleader-in-Chief': PM explains her role in ramping up trade after Covid

OPINION: Trade missions have given us greater resilience in turbulent times, the PM writes

Claire Trevett: The PM takes on the farmers, crime and the Sisyphean task of getting a good week

The PM was never going to win over the farmers but is Hamilton West closer than expected?

Jamie Mackay: How will Fieldays receive the PM and Labour this year?

OPINION: Fieldays will be a litmus test for the Government.

Bruce Cotterill: Three Waters - where is the outrage?

OPINION: Cynical late Friday afternoon Three Waters news dump went unreported on TV news.

Simon Wilson: National’s approach to climate is a massive failure for farmers

National's complaints about the Government's farm policies show very poor leadership.

Opinion: Why this forester says convert fewer farms to forestry

Opinion: Two simple things NZ can do to reduce farm-to-forestry conversion.

Opinion: Our farming sector shouldn't be the world's guinea pigs

I'm not buying the Government's big sell job on this plan, writes John MacDonald.

Rowena Duncum: Cue the trolls - it's Māori Language Week

OPINION: The Country's executive producer is saddened by Te Wiki o te Reo Māori backlash.

Shane Jones: Less climate puff, more economic realism

OPINION: 'Climate Change Commission must not become an echo chamber for prophets of doom.'

Fran O'Sullivan: 'Shameless' PM spruiks NZ

OPINION: A jet setting Jacinda Ardern is clocking up the kilometres and trade deals.

Ray Smith: Food and fibre sector at forefront of NZ's economic Covid recovery

The sector's performance throughout the pandemic has helped to keep the economy growing.

Ryan Heneghan: 'A nuclear war cannot be won'

OPINION: Conflicts between nuclear-armed powers a concern in multiple parts of the world.

Nicola Shadbolt: NZ's role in feeding the world needs to be recognised

Understanding our place on the global food map

Barbara Kuriger: Food and fibre has a strong future despite the challenges

Farmers and growers have made good progress towards NZ's environmental goal.