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Housing and horticulture taxed

24 March 2021

The Government announced a housing package on 23 March designed to get New Zealanders into their own homes.

Learning to live with Covid

18 March 2021

New Zealand can’t just keep printing money and paying out wage subsidies. We need to adjust our border settings to secure our future.

International Year of Fruits and Vegetables

12 March 2021

The International Year of Fruits and Vegetables is a United Nations initiative, developed before Covid struck, to focus policy attention on good growing practices and fruit and vegetables’ contribution to…

Where are the workers?

4 March 2021

The apple harvest is underway, the kiwifruit harvest is starting, and winter pruning is approaching.

Climate change – time to support our own

26 February 2021

Whether or not it is the advance of climate change, we are seeing an increase in extreme weather events and an increase in their intensity.

Climate change reality: time to empower growers

22 February 2021

It no longer matters whether or not you believe in climate change.   Across the world corporates and governments, recently re-joined by the United States, are taking action.

Watch Mike's Blog: Land for vegetables and fruit as well as houses

11 February 2021

We must ensure productive land is not lost to fast-track housing. With the proposed replacement of the Resource Management Act, safeguards are needed so we have land to grow vegetables & fruit.

Land for vegetables and fruit as well as houses

10 February 2021

Today the Government has announced a major overhaul of the Resource Management Act. We must add growing healthy food to feed New Zealand and earn valuable overseas dollars to the list of priorities.

Watch Mike's Blog: The price of our future

5 February 2021

With the Commerce Commission investigating supermarket pricing, the real issue is transparency. If prices rise, don't we need to know what we're paying for? And who's benefiting, the environment or...

The price of our future

4 February 2021

The Government has asked the Commerce Commission to undertake a study of the prices that supermarkets charge us. In this digital age, what is required are information and transparency.