Mike's Blog

Healthy food for all for ever

11 December 2020

As we come to the end of a most extraordinary year due to the ravages of Covid, the importance of healthy New Zealand grown food has never been more important. 

Time for unity

4 December 2020

Unity is needed the most when we are facing a crisis. Today we are facing both a health and economic crisis.

Watch Mike's Blog: Automation will not save New Zealand

1 December 2020

Automation will not save New Zealand

1 December 2020

There is a belief that the way to get New Zealand out of the economic recession we are in is automation: robotics and artificial intelligence.

How to recover from Covid

19 November 2020

Eight months ago, New Zealand went into Covid Level 4 lockdown, and our world changed.

Watch Mike's Blog: Have we learnt the lessons from Psa?

5 November 2020

The 10-year anniversary of the kiwifruit Psa outbreak reminds us that we must not cut back on biosecurity preparation and funding. We always need to be ready for biosecurity threats.

Have we learnt the lessons from Psa?

4 November 2020

This week 10 years ago, the kiwifruit industry found out that it had a bacterium called Psa that rapidly killed kiwifruit vines.

Watch Mike's Blog: What does sustainability mean?

30 October 2020

"My definition of sustainability is not a passive dictionary definition. When it comes to the environment, it is each of us on our land proactively making positive environmental changes," says HortNZ.

What does sustainability mean?

29 October 2020

"My definition of sustainability is not a passive dictionary definition. When it comes to the environment, it is each of us on our land proactively making positive environmental changes," says Mike.

Watch Mike's Blog: NZ’s sustainable environment

24 October 2020

The government has two paths to choose from: prescribe rules and regulation, or empower landowners to make changes that will lead to greater environmental sustainability.