dailytelegraph.co.nz The former MP for Northland has been a farmer for more than 30 years and is a vehement supporter of the agricultural sector. “New Zealand’s farming and rural communities are being hung out to dry,” Matt says. “Under the government’s proposals released this week, farming
Fred Too Information Opinion NIWA, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, is a Crown Research Institute that, amongst other things, looks after our national climate database. It releases regular climate publications including a monthly climate summary. NIWA seems to take every chance it can to push the idea
John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been an overall small warming trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from, at times, milder temperatures since about 1999, but with three significant warm periods associated with the El Nino events in
The farming consultation strategy document, He waka eke noa, announced by Jacinda Ardern in yet another dress-up photo-op, this time with puffer jacket and red bands at a podium of hay bales, will see the destruction of the farming industry as we know it. Farming is our largest overseas export
Robin Grieve Owen Jennings Facts About Ruminant Methane F.A.R.M Newsletter You will undoubtedly have been shocked Tuesday to learn of the Government’s proposals for dealing with agriculture‘s Greenhouse Gas emissions. After 30 years of demands, discussions, Parliament’s failure to create a sensible framework, months
The economic wizards of the Labour Party have launched their farms emissions scam, where it is their stated goal to start taxing cow and sheep farts, burps and wees, as well as to reduce herds by 16-20%. Apparently, this will have minimal impact on prices and lead to the world
Christopher Luxon National Party Leader You might have seen Labour and the Greens yesterday announce how they plan to reduce farmers’ carbon emissions. I’m very concerned by the massive impacts these proposals could have on our rural towns and communities – which could see sheep and beef farming reduce by
#BREAKING We are ending agriculture’s free ride – but Cabinet’s plan for doing it doesn’t go far enough. NZ Greens & James Shaw have a *different* solution that will guarantee agriculture plays its part. Bold climate action is needed, now. pic.twitter.com/5Hqd8YYNkj — Green Party NZ (@NZGreens)
The European political landscape has been shifting for some time, with Brexit leading to a rising tide of discontent with the administrative state that is the EU. After Brexit, bureaucracy in Brussels moved quickly to reassure remaining states that it was an unfortunate aberration; that all was well with the
Boots Information Opinion This whole commotion about a 16-year-old trying to protest about an issue and being caught up misspeaking is a shame. It was not long ago that another protest in Wellington was being smeared in the MSM and being denied a voice. By jumping on a kid who
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. The pandemic traffic light system
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A quarter of a century ago I wrote a comic novel “Full Circle.” Last week I re-read it for the first time in at least a decade and came across this passage. The speaker is a young oceanographer. “I’ve decided the global warming hysteria
Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods expects Lake Onslow will contribute to NZ’s 100 per cent renewable energy system. MBIE has spent over $8m on the feasibility study of pumped hydro at Lake Onslow. If the scheme proceeds, it will be NZ’s largest hydro project ever and
John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum’ is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots – ‘storms’ on the sun – became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851-1928), who was working at The Royal Observatory at Greenwich when
John Maunder The weather of the past : July 27 1863, July 28 1939, and July 1993 Each day the New Zealand Herald publishes “On this day” which relates to the weather on that day in the past. In view of recent weather events, these excerpts over the last 160 years
