by Vincent Heeringa | May 3, 2023 | Opinion
Every so often the bowels of the public service blows out the kind of data analysis and insight you just hope someone in government is doing. Last month MPI released the first of its once-every-three-year Long-term Insights Briefings. All ministries must do this now....
by Vincent Heeringa | Apr 26, 2023 | Opinion
This week’s draft advice from the Climate Change Commission has achieved a rare win: it’s given farmers, foresters and environmentalists all reason to cheer. The document, out for consultation, is the second formal advisory from the Commission and is designed to help...
by Vincent Heeringa | Apr 20, 2023 | At Home
Mid-autumn, mid-week and militantly mordant, could Anzac Day be more miserable? Yes it could, thanks to Anzacs and Afghans, both sad excuses for national biscuits that not even Griffins can bring itself to name. In 2020 the company declared the Afghan as racist and...
by Vincent Heeringa | Apr 19, 2023 | News
The Hawke’s Bay landscape could one day see almond trees popping up beside the apple trees and grapevines it’s more traditionally known for. Research conducted by Plant & Food Research and AgFirst has shown that almonds could be a viable crop for the Hawke’s Bay...
by Vincent Heeringa | Apr 6, 2023 | Opinion
It’s the time of year when the pedants moan about the pagan origins of Easter and the arrogance of imposing a northern European religious rite on this proud South Pacific nation. Holy heck, not even the crosses on hot cross buns are authentic. It seems they’re Saxon...
