Opinion

21 Sep 2024

‘Better Off’ funds from 2022 used for new climate project post-Gabrielle

Simin Williams is a concerned Tairāwhiti resident who is interested in democratic processes Simin Williams. The previous Labour Government created a $2 billion “Better Off” fund for local councils, in support of its Three Waters proposal...

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19 Sep 2024

Shirt doesn’t fit anymore: Pine monoculture on highly erodible land

Aimee Vickers is a freelance writer whose work has been published in local, national and international magazines, newspapers and books. Aimee is a member of environmental group Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti. Aimee Vickers I’ve got a cheap old flannel...

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18 Sep 2024

Compulsory te reo classes a simple solution to greater understanding

Clive Bibby is a farmer, consultant and commentator who lives in Tolaga Bay. Clive Bibby While watching news broadcasts and reading transcripts of what happened at the King’s tangi last week, l found it difficult to contain my frustration. I have...

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12 Sep 2024

Land use change could be permanent ... if we let it

Ewan McGregor is a Central Hawke’s Bay farm forester, former deputy chairman of the HBRC, and a former president of HB Federated Farmers. Ewan McGregor. The advance of the pine army of occupation is like the weather; it seems everyone complains...

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05 Sep 2024

Fast-track backdown not a cave-in, more noise on way

Claire Trevett is the Herald’s political editor Claire Trevett The Government has responded to criticism over the Fast-track Approvals Bill by taking the power to decide which projects are fast-tracked out of ministers’ hands — but it was more...

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27 Aug 2024

Overweight new ministry set to slash under Seymour’s reign

Takoda Ackerley is a postgraduate student at Massey University who is concerned about the Government’s actions and its repetition of past mistakes. Takoda Ackerley It perhaps comes as no surprise to some of us to see that the new Ministry for...

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27 Aug 2024

Māori voters have electoral power even without own ward

Roger Handford is a journalist and a commentator. Roger Handford Māori representation is a major issue following the Government’s decision to impose a referendum on local bodies’ Māori ward decisions. The question has rapidly become clouded by...

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24 Aug 2024

Editorial

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Editorial

Is Sotutu part of long-term plan for impact?

The most interesting All Blacks selection didn’t come among the 36 names that Scott Robertson put forward on Monday. Blues and Counties star Hoskins Sotutu had been the most notable omission from the All Blacks’ first squad of the season. He had...

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NZ Herald

11 Oct 2024

Editorial

Wellington quake shows WFH needed

Public servants have been under intense scrutiny in Wellington this year as the coalition Government continues its drive to cut costs and find efficiencies. The latest expectation placed on their shoulders: save a “dying” Wellington by returning...

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NZ Herald

10 Oct 2024

Editorial

A Defence Force in dire straits

The sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui couldn’t have come at a more fragile time for our Defence Force. Seventy-five crew and passengers were rescued by Samoa’s Fire and Emergency Services Authority after the $100 million Navy vessel ran aground...

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NZ Herald

09 Oct 2024

Letters to the Editor

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Grey St woes

OPINION Reading Conrad Lewis’ letter (Nightmare on Elm St, November 2) was amazing and joyful, and I hope others follow his example to rid Grey St of this mess. From the day it was implemented, I couldn’t believe the council approved the design...

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Environmental impact of meat works closure

OPINION The pending closure of a significant South Island meat works is a worrying sign of Government failure to control the environment in which our major export industries operate. The stated reason for this disastrous Mid Canterbury decision is...

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Investing in sustainable jobs

We were once told that farmers were the backbone of our economy and essential to our survival. Now, we’re told that extracting minerals is crucial for wealth and job creation. Are we being fooled again? Surely, we can invest in research and...

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Nightmare on Grey St

It beggars belief that the Gisborne District Council has approved the design of the chaotic, ideologically heterogeneous, multicoloured maze of speed bumps and concrete blocks now clogging Grey St. This erudite, verbose, crapulous nonsense is...

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Take Health and Education out of politics

OPINION Doctors Art Nahill and Maple Goh have shone with their focus on health promotion and early intervention (Opinion, October 22). I have felt for so long that we must take health and education out of the political arena and let someone like...

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30 Oct 2024

CO₂-driven climate change

*(The study referenced in this letter was published in Communications Earth & Environment on October 14, 2024, under the title A recent surge in global warming is not detectable yet)

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30 Oct 2024

Look beyond wealth

Opinion Let’s create a world of abundance for everyone, where we reconnect with each other and our potential. Addiction harms us, and while methamphetamine’s damage is obvious, excessive wealth can be equally harmful. Money, unlike meth, can be...

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30 Oct 2024

Minister Shane Jones a refreshing change

OPINION For those of us farmers here in the East Coast provinces – many of whom have just been through the most dreadful experience of our lives – listening to a Cabinet minister who has our back is a refreshing change from all the broken...

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