by Vincent Heeringa | Nov 3, 2022 | At Home
James Smith started his working life as a night-shift worker in a small butcher shop. Thirteen years later he’s won multiple awards, including the 2020 NZ Butcher of the Year, Beef + Lamb Ambassador and was selected for the New Zealand Sharp Blacks team – that’s...
by Vincent Heeringa | Oct 21, 2022 | Opinion
The latest outing of enraged farmers has turned out to be less a swell than a ripple. No surprises there. Groundswell and its ilk have lost the public relations battle before they even started their engines. The momentum for action on agricultural emissions...
by Vincent Heeringa | Oct 12, 2022 | Opinion
We live in a schizophrenic country. On Tuesday, the primary sector raged against the government’s response to He Waka Eke Noa, the industry-government-Maori consortium charged with creating a mechanism to reduce agricultural emissions. Sheep and beef farmers say it...
by Vincent Heeringa | Aug 19, 2022 | News
Perhaps Cameron Slater was hangry when tweeted about Whittaker’s homage to Māori Language Week. Or maybe he’s just ignorant. Whatever the reason, it has backfired, with Whittaker’s fans, chocolate fans and te reo Māori fans going out of their way to support the Kiwi...
by Vincent Heeringa | Aug 4, 2022 | News
Consumers the world over love our pure, safe and ethically produced food. And they’re prepared to pay – New Zealand has a track record of generating ever-growing value from our primary products. Indeed research shows that in the last 20 years, growth in the value of...
