by Vincent Heeringa | Mar 31, 2023 | Opinion
Imagining the future used to be the job of miserable sci-fi writers. Think killer robots, toxic fungi, alien probes. But stand aside, Asimov. Thanks to new government rules, all New Zealand industries must now engage in some crystal-ball gazing to imagine how they...
by Editor | Feb 28, 2023 | Opinion
Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand’s main fruit-growing region hard – now orchardists face critical climate choices. To recover or to reinvent, asks Anita Wreford, of Lincoln University Hawke’s Bay, one of New Zealand’s most productive regions and the hub of the...
by Editor | Aug 8, 2022 | News
The Government is partnering with Ngāi Tahu Farming and Ngāi Tūāhuriri on a whole-farm scale study in North Canterbury to validate the science of regenerative farming, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today. The Government is investing $8 million...
by Vincent Heeringa | May 4, 2022 | Opinion
New Zealand households throw out 230,000 tonnes of food waste annually, of which 54% was avoidable – that is, still edible. That’s enough to feed two cities the size of Dunedin or to provide lunches for all school-aged children for three years. Yikes. Where doe...
by Peter Wright | Nov 12, 2021 | News
Kiwis wanting to help the environment can now enjoy Waitoa Free Range chicken – the first carbon zero free range chicken in Aotearoa New Zealand to be accredited by Toitū’s independent certification. ‘’We know our customers appreciate the good things in life. Now that...
