Government

Sector keen to discover who will handle sensitive ag and trade portfolios.

Feds say this election was all about restoring that confidence, putting the fun back into farming, and getting our communities humming again.

Alan Emerson lists the many ways National and its likely coalition partner are at odds.

The surge of National support in rural areas represents something of a resumption of ‘normal programming’ for NZ’s political landscape, writes Richard Rennie.

Number of MPs with farming ties grows by 50%.

Alan Emerson looks beyond the result of the General Election.

Allan Barber remembers a beloved pet who cut his own path.

The way the two sections of society have united in the Netherlands should give politicians pause, says Nuffield scholar Kerry Worsnop.

Infrastructure projects get $11.2m from Budget vote.

We know more about what political hopefuls in the general election stand against than what they stand for, writes Bryan Gibson.

Provinces the ones to watch as country goes to the polls.

Alan Emerson is fed up with what he calls the ‘extreme whims’ of the regional council’s climate change approach.

Farmers Weekly asks New Zealand’s six biggest parties to spell out their policies for the primary sector.

Farmers Weekly asks New Zealand’s six biggest parties to spell out their policies for the primary sector.

Was the government’s glittering trade run achieved more in spite of Labour than because of it, asks Nigel Stirling.

Farmers Weekly asks New Zealand’s six biggest parties to spell out their policies for the primary sector.

Two important issues are being ignored in this election, says Central Hawke’s Bay farmer Tim Gilbertson.

Farmers have set out what they want political parties to think about leading up to the election.

Farmers Weekly asks New Zealand’s six biggest parties to spell out their policies for the primary sector.

We need a nature-based solution to meet two extremely pressing needs, says David Eade.

Basket of complementary policies proposed in Labour Party's ‘climate manifesto’.

Ben Anderson asks the next prime minister for less nostalgia about farming in NZ and more fresh thinking.

A live studio audience of 300 farmers, along with 35,000+ online viewers, got to see spokespeople from the major political parties go toe-to-toe discussing the big issues impacting rural NZ.

Polls are saying National will roll back the red tide in large rural electorates, writes Hugh Stringleman.

BLNZ has remade itself at board level – and this directors’ election may be dairy’s turn, Alan Emerson says.

‘If anything, other sectors of the economy have been asked to do the heavy lifting to compensate for the lack of action on agricultural emissions.’

Spectrum of policies laid out for voters in Hamilton election debate.

Watch politicians in Hamilton compete for the vote of their rural constituents.

Policy announcement welcomed by Irrigation NZ and Federated Farmers.

Having made the crazy decision to put synthetic carpet in rural schools, Education Ministry staff employed the bureaucratic jackboot, Alan Emerson says.

The polls say National may return to holding at least two-thirds of provincial electorate seats, writes Hugh Stringleman.

In this series, the Eating the Elephant columnists each write to the next prime minister. This week, Phil Weir puts pen to paper.

Agri leaders of six parties on the spot about plans for the sector.

Alan Emerson slows down the political spin long enough to interrogate the voting options.

Pledges to visit in first 100 days if elected PM.

Rural Issues Debate set for Mystery Creek ahead of October election.