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Fracking for Virginity
Priceless that the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce representative claims a happy co-existence between fracking and farming on the day Chinese news media report concerns about the impact of the petroleum...
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Gigtopia
Gisborne/Tairāwhiti is fighting hard to win the Chorus Gigatown competition that ends this month. Like many around the country, I’ve been a bit cynical about the way Chorus decided to start Gigabit...
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Where did all the farmers go? Or how much useful energy is stored in human...
In his 1979 essay “Energy in Agriculture” the American farmer, author and activist (some say prophet) Wendell Berry reflects on a memoir by Donald Hall of life on his grandparents’ New England farm...
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Māori Land &‘Utilisation’ Issues
Plenty has been written by central government agencies, local government authorities, legal experts and economic development consultants on ‘unlocking the potential of Māori land. I’m definitely no...
View ArticleReactions to the Land Use Inquiry Report
The report from the Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use in Tairāwhiti (and Wairoa) was released yesterday. It’s fair to say there has been a mixed reaction and that is my response too. I helped with the...
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