Current firearms law is wide of the mark
We need credible and workable firearms laws in New Zealand, says Alan Emerson.
Our new foreign policy is moving in the wrong direction
Cosying up to the US is not in New Zealand’s best interests, says Alan Emerson.
We happen to grow plastic’s natural enemy
As the world wakes up to the devastation wrought by microplastics, says Alan Emerson, our wool marketers are missing a trick.
Sheer bureaucratic bloody-mindedness
Alan Emerson takes issue with regional councils racing to install regulations they know are about to be changed.
Power play holds our profits hostage
Alan Emerson traces the roots of the soaring energy costs squeezing the primary sector.
Our gene technology blinkers are off at last
Alan Emerson applauds plans to lift New Zealand’s ban on the use of gene editing outside the lab.
Sugar crash and medal flash in Aus
Alan Emerson says he finds many of the same challenges facing rural New Zealand, on a visit to northern Queensland.
Cutting the ground from under our feet
Alan Emerson is alarmed at the pace and scale of land use change out of food production.
A debate that’s more fiction than fact
Some of the attacks on ag chemicals defy belief, writes Alan Emerson.
Clearer vision for NZ as party lines blur
Climate change is too important to be tied up in partisan politics, says Alan Emerson.