Warming water closes three salmon farms
Primary Sector

Warming water closes three salmon farms

Three Pelorus Sound fish farms will be "fallowed" while King Salmon grapples with high rates of fish death caused by persistently high summer water temperatures.

Pattrick Smellie 28 Jun 2022
Big risk to three waters in regulator delay
Policy Free

Big risk to three waters in regulator delay

The three waters reform will not prove its worth as quickly as it could if economic regulation is delayed until 2030, says the head of the water regulator for Scotland, the template for NZ's reforms.

Pattrick Smellie 27 Jun 2022
Long-serving Nats president stepping down
Politics

Long-serving Nats president stepping down

The writing was on the wall for Peter Goodfellow at last year's post-election conference but he will serve on the board through to the 2023 election.

Pattrick Smellie 23 Jun 2022
Kiwis trust in China wanes
World

Kiwis trust in China wanes

Since 2019, New Zealanders' views of China's trustworthiness and responsibility as a global citizen have shown a marked negative shift, according to annual polling for the Asia-NZ Foundation.

Pattrick Smellie 22 Jun 2022