I recently received a copy of a statement released by Vaughan Payne CEO of the Waikato Regional Council, which was headed: Clarity needed in water discussion This discussion paper was…
Problems with Stock Exclusion On hill country farms The National Policy Statement on Fresh Water Management requires the exclusion of stock (deer, cattle, horses and pigs) from all land with…
The Absolute Necessity for Aggregates A new research paper co-authored by: Ames Hughes, Katherine Cowper-Heays, Erica Olesson, Rob Bell & Adolf Stroombergen warns that floods, seawater and “fatbergs” may increasingly spew…
A Dangerous Precedent A proposal by the Timaru District Council (TDC) to extend setbacks in rural areas is raising eyebrows. The proposal seeks to increase the size of setbacks from…
Being a Member of Parliament So Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick, a staunch advocate for legalising cannabis, has been reported as sarcastically congratulating her opponents on their apparent victory in the…
The Me’s Over recent times we seem to have become a society that is focussed on our own viewpoints without any reference to others. (The Me’s) Some only want to…
Stock Exclusion Rules The new stock exclusion rules for wetlands and waterways more than one-metre wide come into force in 2023 and the stock exclusion rules for slopes less than…
Benefits of compliance Overstated While I agreed in my previous article that the costs of compliance with the new water quality rules seemed to be very understated and that could…
Farmer’s lives matter We have heard many times recently the saying that lives matter and we should add that farmer’s lives matter for if we don’t have farmers then we…
Where is New Zealand headed? Over the past few years the New Zealand public have been brainwashed to think that our food production needs radical change. This has been focused…