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Frank Greenall: VR goggles for election MooTube

It's great to be a Kiwi after the Tooth Fairy has waved her wand in the Year of Delivery.

Are whitebait doomed or will new rules save them?

Whitebaiting rules are set to change in a bid to save the species, but it is enough?

The fake-meat marketing lies exposed

Beyond the hype, fake meat has some bare bones.

Pattrick Smellie: Fish farm objections smell like seabed mining

Huge difference between salmon farm and undersea mining op, but parallels are emerging.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: The moral dilemma facing vegans

Comment: Animal welfare or climate change? Dr Rowarth and Dr Coles investigate.

Game fishing holds a place in NZ culture

Catching a marlin doesn't come around very often and should be celebrated.

Simon Wilson: This broken country (and the Govt that says it wants to fix it)

COMMENT: Why has Govt done so much less than promised? Simon Wilson's election challenge.

Editorial: Right to protest is no license to threaten or abuse

Editorial: Conservation staff should not have to tolerate threats from 1080 opponents.

Comment: Will protein technology actually restore balance to the global food system?

The way consumers understand food is evolving

Brian Fallow: Trees, yes — but not too many

Planting is needed to absorb carbon dioxide, but ETS must strike a balance.

Gavin Evans: Smelter review a wake-up call on energy policy

Another two-year band-aid - won't cut it.

Ron Frew: Freshwater proposals are much pain for minimal gain

Comment: Potential for social and economic distress on a scale not seen since the 1930s.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour backdown is a Govt win

COMMENT: And it neutralised the National Party at the same time.

Liam Dann: Farmers riding to NZ's economic rescue ... again

COMMENT: Commodity prices are likely to keep NZ ahead of the pack as global economy slows.

Simon Wilson: the good and not-so-much of the new methane emissions rules

Comment: Always expect more from Government, never rely on it.

Peter Lyons: Govt should tell Rio Tinto where to stick its smelter

Comment: Blatant corporate blackmail should be treated with the contempt it deserves.