The end of the world is coming, eventually
22 October 2019
The Eschaton is coming.
There is little doubt.
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FROM THE RIDGE: And now for the weather report
14 October 2019
The spring is sprung, the grass is riz.
I wonder where the birdie is.
FROM THE RIDGE: Don’t worry, all’s well with Brexit
7 October 2019
From the Ridge (RTR); Prime Minister Johnson, it’s very good of you to find the time to talk to a rural columnist from the other side of the world.
FROM THE RIDGE: There’s no need for live sports broadcasts
2 October 2019
Time and tide wait for no man.
FROM THE RIDGE: I want to give a townie a big hug
23 September 2019
Time for a more uplifting piece methinks. We have plenty to grizzle about it is true but I think we are in danger of putting ourselves into a blue funk. A what, I hear anyone younger than 60 ask?
FROM THE RIDGE: A compromise must be found on water standards
18 September 2019
Last week Environment Minister David Parker released the National Environment Standard on Freshwater Management and the Government’s new National Policy Statement, which aims to improve water quality for rivers, lakes and wetlands within five years and fix them within a generation.
FROM THE RIDGE: More needed to help prevent suicide
9 September 2019
This column deals with suicide so some might wish to bypass if the subject is too raw or distressing.
FROM THE RIDGE: Free speech has big cost
2 September 2019
There were a lot of us pretty annoyed last week when we read the piece Mike Joy and David Larsen wrote for the New York Times.
FROM THE RIDGE: It’s not as big as appears to be
26 August 2019
The fine line between fact and satire became increasingly blurred with news last week United States President Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland.
FROM THE RIDGE: A cunning plan to pay Spierings
19 August 2019
It was in the wind that Fonterra was going to announce some bad news but the scale of what came out last week was shocking.
Dairy farmers have every right to be disappointed and angry with their co-operative.
