Ending a tough year all facing forward
Alan Emerson takes heart from an upbeat Federated Farmers end-of-year gathering.
And then a step to the right for National
Alan Emerson welcomes the way the coalition negotiations have brought voters' choices into sharper focus.
The crude irony of UAE hosting COP28
Alan Emerson says the chances of meaningful climate action are slim as 70,000 people get ready to meet in a major oil-producing country.
An advisory service that flows both ways
As well as helping farmers with policy directives, the MPI’s On Farm Support performs the very valuable service of telling Wellington what’s on farmers’ minds, Alan Emerson says.
Fonterra’s an example to co-ops and corporations alike
Dairy giant could teach levy bodies and thing or two, says Alan Emerson.
NZ should consider building with BRICS
Alan Emerson on the rise of the five-country grouping that is beginning to flex its muscle.
This could prove a hard ACT to swallow
Alan Emerson lists the many ways National and its likely coalition partner are at odds.
The only certainty is nothing will change
Alan Emerson looks beyond the result of the General Election.
Let’s hear less from Greater Wellington
Alan Emerson is fed up with what he calls the ‘extreme whims’ of the regional council’s climate change approach.
Blaming the wrong flock for Queenstown
Alan Emerson is irritated by reporting that tries to pin the tourist town’s crypto outbreak on sheep.