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Settling on a scheme to charge for agricultural emissions has taken 20 years of consultation, compromise and scientific research - and agriculture’s leading lobby groups were partners in the process. But obstinate objections and contestable claims from loud outsiders got pride of place in some media this week.
Cameron Burnell/Stuff The Richard Seddon statue outside the Beehive has been the subject of regular pranks, but our parliamentary institutions have never suffered from the sort of anarchy witnessed in Washington DC last week. OPINION: Anarchy in the US! New Zealanders watched in horror as right-wing American thugs, incited by the president, invaded the Capitol. They were on a mission to hang the vice-president and were aided by some police and politicians. Even though his own vice-president was in danger, President Trump was apparently reluctant to take any action or send in the National Gua...