March 7, 2024

The image we protray

Truck show season 2024 is in full swing, and we highlight a couple of the early shows in this issue. It’s been a great month to get together, and thankfully, there’s still more to come before winter…

Finding the force

by Gavin Myers

April 12, 2024

The spectre of an ailing workforce again reared its head this week. While Newshub and TVNZ have suffered catastrophic job losses, raising serious questions as…

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AVST

by Dave McCoid

April 5, 2024

Ignorant, liberal pressure groups often enjoy painting farming in a dim light, as they do road transport. Ironically, you’d be hard-pressed to find two…

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Missing the point

by Gavin Myers

March 28, 2024

It’s no April Fools’ joke … from Next Monday, 1 April, light electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) owners will need to join the rest of us…

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Keeping the Strait cooking

by Gavin Myers

March 22, 2024

Throughout 2023 a theme emerged that would dominate our editorial commentary in the lead up to the elections and beyond – the increasingly poor state of the…

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