Elbow Deep

Twitter has given me the opportunity to write a monthly column for my local paper. This blog is a collection of those articles. @dairymanNZ

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Time To Stop Killing Cows -- May 2018

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The clearest indication for me that the government is about to change tack on its response to mycoplasma bovis came not from the horrifyin...
Monday, 16 April 2018

Six Dollar Coffee -- April 2018

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It makes a nice change to see a coffee chain in Wellington being excoriated on social media for raising the price of a flat white by ten c...
Sunday, 18 March 2018

Pick Up The Damned Phone -- March 2018

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I was recently enjoying a drink with my wife and my employers at the Ashburton Hotel; we had just finished a fun day at the races courtesy...
Sunday, 28 January 2018

A Government Department In My Pocket -- January 2018

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One of my favourite things about social media is the easy access it gives me to information from government departments: WINZ, IRD, Customs...
Thursday, 14 December 2017

Opportunity Knocks -- December 2017

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I recently spoke at the Senior Prizegiving for our local college, I did this partly because I’m the Board Chair and it was expected of me a...
Sunday, 24 September 2017

A Sigh Of Relief -- September 2017

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I imagine there was a collective sigh of relief from farmers up and down the country at about 11pm on Saturday night. I imagine this becau...
Saturday, 16 September 2017

That Water Meeting -- September 2017

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Last month I attended a water meeting in Ashburton hosted by David Parker, Labour’s spokesman for water and the environment. The meeting h...
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