Tag Archives: Local Development

Are GMOs New Zealand’s Agricultural Future?

Posted on February 22, 2016 by cjkperley

The debate about the future of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Hawke’s Bay (and NZ agriculture) is heating up.  A number of opinion pieces are reacting to this government’s attempts to take legislative decision making out of the region’s hands. … Continue reading →

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Industrial Farming: The Deeper Roots of Animal Cruelty

Posted on December 3, 2015 by cjkperley

My father was a gentle stockman, and he cared for people the same. He taught us how to hunt up and how to use presence and eye when mustering, and how not to push cattle too hard. He had a … Continue reading →

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The Trans-Pacific ‘Partnership’ and Our Environment

Posted on October 31, 2015 by cjkperley

The very idea that the Trans-Pacific ‘Partnership’ (TPP) is good for the environment (Craig Foss MP Hawke’s Bay Today 26th October) is arrant nonsense.  More than that, it is wilful distortion. While Mr Foss might have the privilege of knowing what clauses … Continue reading →

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We do not need a Resource Development Act

Posted on January 27, 2015 by cjkperley

New Zealand has a comprehensive piece of legislation (Resource Management Act 1991) by which the use and development of ‘resources’ is managed.  The current government is attempting to reform this legislation to make it more amenable for development interests.  Corporate lobby … Continue reading →

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Alternatives to Conventional Economic Development: And the Philosophy of Not Realising our Potential

Posted on September 7, 2014 by cjkperley

More than 20 years ago a deep thinker, Richard Norgaard, wrote a book called Development Betrayed.  What he wrote wasn’t particularly new.  Other beautiful minds from Leopold Kohr, E. F. Schumacher to the still living treasure, Wendell Berry, made similar … Continue reading →

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