Water Quality & Dairy Conversions

Gareth MorganEnvironment

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

Farmers don’t set out to pollute our rivers

Gareth MorganEnvironment

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

We Are Not Anti Dairy

Gareth MorganEnvironment

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

Dairy Farming in Brazil :Nitrogen Management

Gareth MorganEnvironment

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

So long, be on your polluting way

Gareth MorganEnvironment

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

National Minister Muddying the Waters

Gareth MorganEnvironment

The Government’s recently announced approach to fresh water is indeed a step forward and Ministers are to be congratulated for that. But don’t be fooled by Environment Minister Amy Adam’s effusion – we still don’t have a water management policy … Read More

Dunne and Dusted

Geoff SimmonsEnvironment, Fisheries Management

United Future underlined its dinosaur status yesterday with its “Outdoors” spokesperson’s response to our blog on Labour Party hopeful Janette Walker’s idea of licensing recreational fishers. The press release was full of falsehoods but the real question is whether United … Read More