How the summer drought brought a sheep dairy company to its knees

Despite being in its infancy, Thorvald had won multiple awards and could barely keep up with demand for its sheep’s milk cheese and yoghurt. But Tasman’s devastating drought has effectively put the company out of business.  For many, particularly those geographically and socially removed from rural life, it was hard to come to grips with … Read more

The Bulletin: How National plans to take back power in 2020

Good morning, and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: National plans approach to regaining government in 2020, fishing industry letter about onboard cameras to Stuart Nash revealed, and unemployment up.  The National Party are off on their caucus retreat to start the year, and are already promising more policy will be rolled out well before … Read more