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24 March 2021
The Government announced a housing package on 23 March designed to get New Zealanders into their own homes.
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.
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...
4 March 2021
The apple harvest is underway, the kiwifruit harvest is starting, and winter pruning is approaching.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
