Everything Micro Nothing Macro
Lately I’ve been thinking about about land use. As we’ve covered in previous articles, NZ is set to fall short of its emissions trading targets by about 218 million tonnes of excess carbon by 2030.
Continue reading “Alternative to the Kiwi Sausage Sizzle: Omelette Stands!”
If you haven’t read The Opportunities Party tax policy yet, you are probably unaware that they are proposing a tax on imputed rent as a core part of their tax policy, to ‘fix’ the housing market.
The NZ Government’s decision to commit to the ETS and fulfil their obligations under the Paris Agreement will require the purchase of at least $1.7 billion NZD worth of international carbon credits by 2030. But is the Government’s commitment truly inescapable?
Over the past few years, Lyndia Wood has quietly built a formerly abandoned milk factory in Ōtaki into a destination venue for weddings and events.
In part to suit the Italianate design style of the refurbished Milk Station, Lyndia cultivated figs and olives (which she now sells to restaurants and supermarkets), thanks in part to the superb microclimate in Ōtaki.
Continue reading “Making the Most of the Ōtaki Microclimate”
Each year, the revenue for organic certified exporting companies increases. It seems almost that New Zealand is built for organic production – the methodologies tie in well with New Zealand’s clean green farming image and can offer a point of difference for exports. For those reasons, an understanding of organic certification is probably quite critical to contemporary primary producers (small just as much as large).
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It always used to bug me as a kid when I’d go to the local dairy and spot the soft drink that had once costed $1.40 now gone up to $1.60. As a kid, on a fairly limited income (called “pocket money”), these not-too-subtle price changes could easily cut into my purchasing potential.
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Approximately 80% of NZ forestry grown for commercial use is managed by large scale commercial operations. The remainder is managed by an estimated ten to fourteen thousand individual growers. Individual growers are some of the more exposed parties in forestry, as they lack some of the information that can help them to mitigate their risks and avoid the common pitfalls associated with forestry investments.
Continue reading “10 Critical Factors to Consider When Investing in Forestry in New Zealand”
Greener Neighbourhoods is a competition that has been running through the Kāpiti Coast District Council for the past seven years. What is interesting about the programme is not only has it galvanised a large number of local neighbourhoods to reduce their environmental footprints, but it has also spiralled outwards into a wide range of unrelated ecological initiatives that have stood the test of time and appear to have gained a high level of community engagement.