Vanessa Winning

How good is that! For agriculture, science, and looking for solutions. Proud to call this lady a friend. The work is not done but she’s an inspiration to many of us.

Great weekend in Hawkes Bay! Do the mahi, get the treats!

The Waimea Dam project is now complete, and fully operational. The immediate cost is significant, however the long term benefits will outweigh the cost by some exponential margin. We need more water storage and more support for community projects. Not less nzherald.co.nz/the-country/n…

Ridiculous! #blackcaps

How can you not like test cricket? #IndiavsAustralia India all out for 150, I turn away for a couple hours and then Aussie 5-38… At this rate will we get past day 3? Who’s your money on NZ?

Am I tempting fate by saying anything about the @blackcaps? It’s a good batting line up to come too…

How good is Sydney’s credit card tap on and off service for transport! I’ve got 4 different cards in NZ (Queenstown, Chch, Wellington and Auckland) - can’t wait for them to be none with a max daily limit.

InfrastructureNZ Building Nations. James Shaw - how we can decarbonise and build resilience through private capital. IMHO him leaving politics is the biggest loss for the Greens & environment bipartisanship in decades. Perhaps he’ll be more successful supporting business directly

Who writes this? We are in a cost of living crisis &TVNZ focus on term deposits being ‘slashed’ rather than lending rates being ‘reduced’. The ‘reduced rates’ for 3,4,5 year loans are more than the ‘slashed’ rate quoted? This is good news - have they forgotten what that is?

Not since Marina Erakovic has NZ had a tennis athlete do so well. Sun goes one better at Wimbledon reaching the quarter finals. Well done to her and her family who have sacrificed so much to come so far. I think she may now be the local crowd favourite.

Win big and go out well. PNG have some strengths and a few NZ coaching tips. I’m disappointed to say the least that we bow out so soon, but I’m loyal. Let’s look at this closely and rebuild for the future. Maybe a warm up game of two before the next tournament would help?

Growing food offers opportunity. Young people can get ahead with support from whanau. I see it with pākehā and Māori alike in farming. Such an opportunity for changing careers or building your first one. This award is awesome at highlighting incredible young talent!

Awesome recognition &support for @SLSNZ & @coastguardnz today with a further $63m in funding over 4 years. This will help our incredible 18000 volunteers &back up the philanthropic NZers who already keep our beaches safer. Proud to be part of this movement nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/g…

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums out there! A special one for me, as it’s the first one I’m going to miss with my mum x Hold them close while you’ve got the opportunity x

Love this! Such an undervalued amazing sustainable, natural product!

Thanks @ShayneCurrieNZH for calling this out in mainstream - not the first time ‘the hound’ has belittled women in agriculture and their importance to the sector. It’s disgraceful in this day that advertisers are still supporting this rubbish.