MAF Archive

  • Sue Kedgley

    NZ’ers want proper food labelling - by Sue Kedgley



    Survey results released today showing that nearly two thirds of New Zealanders can’t understand food labels and want better food labelling come as no surprise. Our food labels are pathetic and extremely poor by international standards. They are full of information we don’t need, but don’t contain information we do need –such as where food [...] read more
    September 1, 2011 10:42 am - 6 Comments
  • Sue Kedgley

    Is Parliament finally taking animal welfare seriously? - by Sue Kedgley



    After ten years of stony silence on animal welfare in Parliament, and MPs rolling their eyes and cracking jokes whenever I raised animal welfare issues in the House, it was great to hear MPs speaking passionately about the need to stamp out animal cruelty in New Zealand during a debate on the Animal Welfare Amendment [...] read more
    February 19, 2010 2:29 pm - 15 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    MAF warns Government - by Russel Norman



    In the paper this morning I referred to the MAF briefing to the incoming Government released yesterday.The Government’s press release chose to focus on bland reassertion of the fact that agriculture is the back-bone of the economy as if someone had forgotten. Far more topical is the briefing’s sage advice for our climate change negotiators [...] read more
    December 2, 2008 2:22 pm - 23 Comments
  • frog

    Agriculture Ministry fingered for pulling controversial chapter - by frog



    No Right Turn has unleashed the Official Information Act on the Ministry for the Environment to find out more about the controversially omitted Chapter 13 of the Environment 2007 Report.  No Right Turn’s conclusion; it was the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry that objected to the chapter. Apparently it as unhappy at the way farming [...] read more
    March 14, 2008 7:44 pm - 2 Comments
  • frog

    The growth of industrial dairy - by frog



    Another disgruntled Federated Farmer, Frank Brenmuhl, is unhappy that the Greens are not recognising the hard work the intensive dairy industry is already doing to clean up its act: Again dairy farmers through the environmental policies of DairyNZ are quietly working away in the background making incremental gains for all society and not making a [...] read more
    February 20, 2008 2:36 pm - 5 Comments
  • frog

    Cornering dairy - by frog



    The news this morning is full of stories about the 3rd major political event for the week – a State of the Environment report to be released at lunchtime today is likely to be highly critical of the impact of our dairy industry on the environment.  Radio New Zealand currently has a Morning Report debate [...] read more
    January 31, 2008 8:46 am - 31 Comments