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Brian Rudman: Douse the water deniers
COMMENT: You do have to despair at what the democratic system can throw up.
Hosking: The cost of restricting land sales
COMMENT: Here's what I know. When you list your house, you want top dollar - from anywhere
Brian Gaynor: Focused a2 shows how it's done, who's next?
COMMENT: Successful companies are all about strategy and execution and a2 has excelled.
What makes farming so special?
COMMENT: In fighting emissions, should agriculture get a better deal than others?
Fonterra's spin makes me want to throw up
COMMENT: Fonterra's waterways plan requires a bucket, writes Rachel Stewart.
We could get a new consensus on trade agreements
Business should help to build a new consensus on NZ's trade agreements.
Meat exports still gain from revised TPP
Opinion: The agreement on TPP at Da Nang will be good for New Zealand's beef exports.
Fran O'Sullivan: No TPP glory for Trump
OPINION: While US President was flattered, other nations worked on a trade deal.
The TPP done deal that turned out not to be
How Trade Ministers from 11 nations made a blunder of Oscars Best Picture proportions.
Super Fund's farm buys look good value
Farming is totally unrepresented on the NZX making access difficult for most Kiwis.
Rachel Stewart: BigAg must wake up to synthetic threat
COMMENT: Artificial milk and meat pose huge risk to farming industry.
Jamie Mackay: Good luck Jacinda - well, sort of.
Jamie Mackay puts a rural perspective on the Prime Minister.
Barry Soper: Winston Peters drove a hard bargain
Comment: The NZ First and Greens deals came at a fairly hefty cost to Labour.
Rachel Stewart: We're all feeling the squeeze
Opinion: Perfect potpourri of planetary problems is upon us.
We need a commission to police climate plan
All parties bidding to form a government could agree on a Climate Commission.
Kerre McIvor: Let's show farmers we care
COMMENT: Protesters worrying about lambs born in the cold Spring weather take it too far.
Marvelly: Fonterra a cash cow - for some
OPINION: You can pay 170 and a half people an average salary - or pay Theo Spierings.
Rachel Stewart: I'm not afraid of big bad Winston
COMMENT: Peters has always demonstrated a willingness to do a deal, says Rachel Stewart.
Fran O'Sullivan: 'Fat cats' in Peters' sights
COMMENT: So what else is on NZ First's corporate reform agenda?
Political Roundup: The emotional Maori Party demise
The shock departure of the Maori Party was the only real upset of the election.
Be prepared for a Labour-NZ First government
COMMENT: Winston Peters could go either way, here's why it will likely be Labour.
Richard Prebble: Ardern's tax call huge blunder
COMMENT: While Jacinda saved Labour, she and she alone, is responsible for their defeat.
Editorial: Rural voices call for understanding
EDITORIAL: Farmers deserve better than to be cast as environmental villains.
Two tracks to lower emissions
COMMENT: Labour and the Greens offer different ways to put a price on carbon.
Rachel Stewart: Don't feel sorry for farmers
COMMENT: National is talking up the urban-rural divide to get votes, says Rachel Stewart.
Basil Sharp: Labour's water tax flawed
Labour's proposed water tax is economically flawed and unfair to some farmers.
Rachel Stewart: That's right polluters, it's time to pay
COMMENT: There is overwhelming public support for a water royalty, says Rachel Stewart.
Hide: Labour keeps quiet its tax policy
COMMENT: What's Labour's tax policy? Don't know? Don't feel bad. Neither does Labour.
Come clean on tax? Let's do that
COMMENT: Voters deserve better than Labour's 'trust us' approach.
Farmers: We vow to protect waterways for our children
COMMENT: Farmers promise to protect rivers and streams for future generations.
Rodney Hide: Don't tax water, trade it
Farmers are right to be worried about Labour's plan to tax water
An immigrant's guide to Kiwi food
From chip sandwiches to cheese rolls, Ben Mack takes on the best of Kiwi tucker.