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On Wednesday Labour released its freshwater policy. In short they aim to have all rivers and lakes swimmable, fishable and suitable for food gathering by 2025. As part of their plan to achieve this, Labour would also put a price … Read More

If we really were to maintain or improve the quality of every waterway, what would happen to dairy conversions?  At a first glance, they would have to stop. To maintain or improve the quality of our water, we have to … Read More

It can be easy to vilify farmers. But no farmer sets out to create pollution, and the evidence suggests that many farmers are either already acting responsibly or that they are lifting their game. In particular, dairy farmers are acting. … Read More

A common reaction to our clean rivers initiative is that we are anti-dairy farming. This is completely untrue. The truth is that many dairy farmers, with a little cajoling from Fonterra and Dairy NZ, are doing a lot to improve … Read More

Fresh water quality is the latest area to be in the sights of Gareth Morgan and his research organisation The Morgan Foundation. They enlisted a group of 16 scientists to help them review the government’s new fresh water policy. “We … Read More

With the challenge New Zealand is facing with increased nitrogen leaching that has come with intensifying of dairy, there is understandably a tendency to ‘look over the fence’ and see how we compare with others. New Zealanders have applied our … Read More

Conor English’s valedictory article in the Dominion Post the other week provides ample evidence for why we won’t be sad to see the back of the former Federated Farmers CEO. His consistent advocacy for dirty economic growth has not only unfairly … Read More

The Government has confirmed that following the mast season in our southern beech forests – and the plague of rats and stoats it is unleashing – it will proceed with the Battle for our Birds. I support this move. No one likes to … Read More