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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods

February 17, 2023

By Sally Murphy, RNZ News reporter Widespread damage has hit farms across Aotearoa New Zealand’s North Island with those in parts of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay particularly hard hit and forestry slash is once again a huge problem. Tolaga Bay farmer Bridget Parker told how forestry slash has caused a huge amount of damage to ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/cyclone-gabrielle-tolaga-bay-farmer-seething-over-forestry-slash-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the rural revolt

July 23, 2021

Analysis by Bryce Edwards. It’s nearly a week since the “Howl of a Protest” took place throughout the country, and we’re still talking about the rural revolt. What are the farmers’ concerns? Are they legitimate? Has the rural-urban divide has become too deep, and will any of this have an impact on politics in Wellington? ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the rural revolt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-seriousness-of-the-rural-revolt/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the rural revolt">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The contentious “historic consensus” for farmers on climate change

July 23, 2019

The supposed end of the 20-year standoff between environmentalists and farmers was announced last week, with the release of the Interim Climate Change Committee’s report on “Action on agricultural emissions”. It was celebrated as an “historic consensus” between farmers and environmentalists, as the agricultural sector was agreeing to pay for part of their methane emissions. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The contentious “historic consensus” for farmers on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-contentious-historic-consensus-for-farmers-on-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The contentious “historic consensus” for farmers on climate change">Read more</a>