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Childish petulance!
YOUR OLD mate was a bit shocked to see financial advisor Gareth Morgan embark recently on a childish name-calling rant against Federated Farmers. In a typical Morgan commentary piece – long on bluster...
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Harden up!
THE HOUND notes the proposed merger between rural supply companies South Island CRT and North Island Farmlands is hitting a bit of resistance among shareholders. It’s even become a major factor in the...
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Pain in the asset sale
SO SOLID Energy has managed to flog-off its biodiesel business. Your old mate wonders what price the state-owned enterprise actually got for it. Predictably, both vendor and buyer say that’s...
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Tenuous link
THE HOUND could not be bothered with all the hype that recently engulfed the country – especially in Wellington – over The Hobbit movie premiere. However, it seems the silly, hairy-foot fever that...
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Horizons help ‘green Jafas’
THE HOUND hears that the ‘Green Rig’ – a mobile environmental display owned by Horizons Regional Council – has been sold to Auckland Council. The rig cost $1.2 million, but was sold for $185,000....
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Not so open-minded
ORGANICS ADVOCATES are among the first to claim they have open minds. However, a recent tirade by a Soil and Health Association Organic NZ spokeswoman – sorry, spokesperson – makes your old mate think...
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What do they do in Wogistan?
THE HOUND was surprised to discover that NZ First’s spokesman on primary industries is none other than its best-known Dick – aside from Winston that is – Richard Prosser! Prosser claimed there are...
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Dying region?
THE HOUND sees that controversial regional council Horizons Regional Council recently trumpeted the release of its latest ‘State of Environment’ report. According to HRC, this report provides a...
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Feel the hate!
THE HOUND has noticed a real upping of ante – and the ‘anti’ – between Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and his Labour counterpart Damien O’Connor over the past couple of months. O’Connor has...
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Sisterhood
A MATE of the Hound had a giggle when he heard Associate Minister for Primary Industries and Minister for Women’s Affairs Jo Goodhew commenting on the Labour Party’s latest PC proposal to implement a...
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Poor example
YOUR OLD mate hears Horizons Regional Council is causing consternation in more than the rural sector with parts of its controversial One Plan. Apparently, the Manawatu/Wanganui regional council has...
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