Articles by Wayne Langford, Federated Farmers of New Zealand
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Opinion
Sandra Faulkner: Rising stronger from the cyclone
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 3:25PMAs farmers, we love what we do and we're privileged to enjoy a life working on the land. On a good day, when you're out...
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Wayne Langford: Rural advocacy is a team sport
Friday, 2 February 2024, 1:40PMWe’ve all seen rugby sides overflowing with individual stars that somehow can’t come together as a team. Despite all their...
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Richard McIntyre: High time for inquiry into rural banking
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 9:37AMFarmers expect challenges like bad weather and fluctuating commodity prices, but shouldn’t have to worry about getting a...
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Mark Hooper: Time to get RMA reform right
Friday, 15 December 2023, 2:00PMNew Zealand farmers are on the brink of a significant shift, with the new Government planning a much-needed rewrite of the...
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Wayne Langford: Greenpeace is anti-farmer and anti-science
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 10:45AMGreenpeace Aotearoa is nothing but an anti-farming lobby group that wants to see the end of productive agriculture as we...
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Max Salmon: New Zealand’s fiscal constraints
Monday, 27 November 2023, 2:26PMThe incoming government has been entrenched in drawn-out coalition negotiations. Across the table from National Party leader...
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Opinion
Michael Johnston: Abolishing NCEA science
Friday, 10 November 2023, 9:56AMEvery NCEA Level 1 assessment unit – the achievement standards – will be replaced from next year. The new standards were...
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Michael Johnston: Briefing for the incoming Education Minister; The teaching profession is in crisis
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 9:52AMNew Zealand’s teachers are operating under a lot of pressure. Our schools face an acute shortage of teaching staff, especially...
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Wayne Langford: Time for a national conversation about GE?
Thursday, 19 October 2023, 10:03AMThe world has changed a lot since New Zealand last had this discussion in the early 2000s, writes Wayne Langford. At Federated...
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Business
Elon Musk issues cryptocurrency warning
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 11:11AMDogecoin-booster Elon Musk warned investors to be wary of cryptocurrencies ahead of his Saturday Night Live debut this weekend. “Cryptocurrency...
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Lifestyle
Curse of Vaimaanga: Inside the Cook Islands ghost resort
Monday, 9 September 2019, 1:29PMThe warm, cerulean waters and pristine sandy beaches of Rarotonga seem like the perfect place for a holiday resort. Guests...
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National
PM on CNN: Leaping to NZ's defence on sexism claims
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 9:41AMPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended New Zealand after CNN's Christiane Amanpour said she was amazed at the "incredible...
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National
PM Jacinda Ardern on Today Show in New York
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 5:14AMPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appeared on NBCs Today show in New York, saying the difficulties of parenting had been...
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National
PM in New York: Ardern rejects Trump's call for war on drugs
Monday, 24 September 2018, 11:12AMPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will not join the countries that are signing up for a war against drugs that...
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National
Leopard seal shot dead on Northland beach
Saturday, 28 July 2018, 4:05PMThe Department of Conservation is investigating after a beachgoer found a protected leopard seal shot in the head. Shane...
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National
Man jailed for brutal murder over $800 car
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 9:04AMA Hamilton man who, with his son, brutally attacked and murdered Brent Brown so he could steal his $800 Ford Fairmont for...
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World
Why investigators insist the MH370 crash was an accident
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 9:58AMA despondent Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, troubled over the end of his marriage or some other unbearable sadness, was the...
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National
'They need to be able to have a life': Mother's plea after farmer son's death
Sunday, 7 January 2018, 7:09AMLast month Gail Harris spent a night with her sons watching movies, cooking dinner, and listening to them play video games...
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World
Indonesia rocked by 6.5 magnitude earthquake
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 8:13AMA strong 6.5 earthquake has rocked Indonesia's main island of Java, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings in the...
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Crime
New footage released in quarry attack case
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 3:13PMPolice have released new footage of a car that could hold the key to identifying a man who viciously beat a woman at a West...
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Crime
Two men jailed in NZ's largest bribery case
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 11:30AMTwo men convicted of corruption in New Zealand's largest ever bribery case, involving more than $1 million given by a roading...
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Politics
Little: English 'not a leader'
Sunday, 29 January 2017, 3:08PMLabour leader Andrew Little launched an attack on Bill English in his state of the nation speech today saying New Zealand...
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Emergency
Police release new images of missing woman
Sunday, 29 January 2017, 6:33AMUPDATED at 5:44pm A young Auckland woman missing since Thursday morning was photographed at a Hunting and Fishing...
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Politics
English refuses to push UK on immigration restrictions
Saturday, 14 January 2017, 2:29PMPrime Minister Bill English has caved in on UK restrictions on New Zealanders wanting to live in the UK but said he will...