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  • Russel Norman

    60 minutes and freshwater - by Russel Norman



    60 Minutes did a pretty good job covering the freshwater issue tonight. Interesting that Fonterra were willing to concede that they have made some pretty significant errors. Mike Joy, as usual, was out there trying to get central and local govt to take the action needed. It was cool that he got a chance to [...] read more
    August 17, 2009 11:54 pm - 27 Comments
  • frog

    Food Price Hikes: Less Lunch To Munch - by frog



    Much like a monkey aboard a 1960s Space Rocket it appears food prices don’t want to come back down to earth either.  A brand of chocolate that is now banned at Auckland Zoo seems to be partly responsible. Apparently the increase in Grocery Sub Group One was driven by a price increase for chocolate that [...] read more
    July 16, 2009 4:19 pm - 6 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    It’s not the fishing; it’s how we’re fishing - by Metiria Turei



    Dolphin down: it’s not a good look for our international reputation or our tourism industry, let alone our most iconic dolphin. DOC notified on Friday that another Hector’s dolphin has been killed by a commercial fishing vessel with an observer on board: H182/09 – A Hector’s dolphin capture was reported from a commercial fishing vessel [...] read more
    June 15, 2009 4:37 pm - 29 Comments
  • frog

    Have your say on electoral finance reform - by frog



    The Government is currently consulting on a review of electoral finance, while it may sound a bit boring, at heart it’s about how we stop the corrupting influence of big money on politics.  Stopping big business from influencing politics is probably not Nationals strongest suit …. So its really important that they hear from the [...] read more
    June 9, 2009 3:48 pm - 19 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Seeing the forest and the trees - by Catherine Delahunty



    RadioNZ reported this morning that forest plantings in NZ are at their lowest level since World War II. The report shows that just 1000 hectares of new forest was established during 2008 – down from 2400ha in 2007. New planting peaked at 100,000ha in 1992. Deforestation (not replanting forest after harvesting or converting forest to [...] read more
    May 21, 2009 3:30 pm - 5 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    Russel checking out the new digs - by Russel Norman



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    May 16, 2009 6:57 pm - 12 Comments
  • frog

    Foreign Affairs is a million shades of grey - by frog



    I was wading through the agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia New Zealand Free Trade Area a few weeks ago – a little light reading for a Frog. Looks like New Zealand will be doing business with Burma (or Myanmar as the military dictators refer to Burma). Green MP Dr Kennedy Graham spoke about this in the [...] read more
    May 6, 2009 2:58 pm - 8 Comments