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Comment: Professional fishers' wellbeing on the line
In recent years, those in the fishing sector have come under increased challenges.
Martin Williams: Can mānuka heal the land?
Opinion: Mānuka wouldn't just be a band-aid, but a whole new layer of skin.
Shane Jones: Māori theatrics versus economic realism
Opinion: It's time to drop the 'woke' ideologies and get to work.
Government rush to 5G trips up rural broadband
And why it will be a long time to wait to see if things were set up correctly in 2023.
Marty Verry: Forestry wants our carbon, not your debt
Opinion: Kiwi wood processors compete using world's costliest logs, so what's the answer?
Opinion: Govt can’t keep skimping on rural mental health in cyclone recovery plan
Rural communities have persistently been delivered poorer mental health services.
We need help in Waiohiki as Cyclone Gabrielle recovery work lags
Waiohiki was hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Thomas Coughlan: Bye Three Waters - welcome, ‘Affordable Water Reform’
The policy to replace Three Waters will be announced today.
Simon Wilson: After Gabrielle, the challenge of rewilding
Rewilding sounds like such a good idea, so why don't we fund it and plan it properly?
RMA war heads towards final battle
OPINION: Thomas Coughlan says the RMA reforms face more challenges than ever.
Kiwis are open to GMOs but is the Govt?
OPINION: Poll shows 72 per cent believe farmers should be able to plant GM ryegrass.
Corporate co-operation and iwi hold keys to rebuilding devastated communities
OPINION: The key to supporting communities devastated by floods was collaboration.
Labour - out of the Covid frying pan and into the Gabrielle fire
OPINION: Observations from the Milford Track.
Simon Wilson: The folly of arguing against emissions reduction
OPINION: Sudden popularity of "only adapt" climate advocates threatens our entire future.
Fran O'Sullivan: Logging inquiry must be just the first step
Scale of damage on East Coast demands a Royal Commission.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Poachers just one more worry farmers don’t need
Councils should also show leeway on the usual RMA red tape and consents.
Opinion: Govt risks losing rural Kiwis left to fight Gabrielle on their own
Rural communities have gone days without support.
Bruce Cotterill: Getting on our bikes for mental health, prostate cancer
A ride from Cape Reinga to Bluff is a way to help men facing some big issues.
Opinion: Floods prove need for resilient supply lines
OPINION: A Maritime Union secretary says Ports of Auckland must remain where it is.
Kate MacNamara: How to reform the Three Waters Reform
Reforming the Three Waters Reform will take more than a new(ish) ministerial face.
Gord Stewart: Farming for a brighter future
OPINION: A recipe for thriving rural communities and healthier people.
Editorial: Time to stump up on forestry slash
OPINION: Our editorial on the lasting impacts of wood industry.
John Robertson: Three Waters - the debt is in the detail
OPINION: Waitomo Mayor says ratepayers may be exposed to debt recovery.
Jamie Mackay: Farming, footy and politics - the 2022 rural award winners
Here’s the year through my lens.
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.