Christchurch - The covid pandemic, and some empty supermarket shelves at various points of lockdown, has raised the issue of food supply moving forward. Some tech firms are turning to technology to help increase food production. Globally, the area of agricultural land is shrinking, and the world's population and demand for food
Opinions
General opinion pieces written by Make Lemonade personnel.
NZ economy can benefit from producing plant-based meat
Christchurch - New Zealand’s economy could benefit substantially if it listens to billionaire Bill Gates’ plea to countries, to shift away from environmentally destructive animal agriculture and toward plant-based meat. Livestock numbers will ultimately need to reduce over time if New Zealand is to meet its climate change targets. But fortunately, productivity
Protecting and growing the tiny takahē population
Christchurch - Department of Conservation’s takahē recovery programme is seeing some significant wins. Annual growth rates are at least 10 percent a year, as genetic management is reducing the level of inbreeding and establishing further wild sites. But DoC staff we still have a lot of mahi (work) to do before they
Trial work to better understand the pekapeka
Hamilton - Waikato University and the Department of Conservation are investigating native bats near the Pureora Forest, south of Rotorua, to understand more about them. The long-tailed bats or pekapeka, New Zealand’s only native land mammals, are absolutely no threat to humans, despite how they may be portrayed in films and
A landmark day in NZ’s climate change commitment
Christchurch - Sunday, January 31, must be seen as a red-letter day in New Zealand’s climate change history. Much is being speculated and anticipated about the work of the new Climate Change Commission. At 2pm on Sunday, He Pou A Rangi Climate Change Commission will release its draft advice to government,
Covid and sport
By former NZ cricket coach and captain Glenn Turner Wanaka - Sportspeoples' reactions to the covid-19 restrictions, has in many cases been regrettable. Governments the world over are doing everything possible to have some top-level sport played to occupy the masses through some tough times and for the players, team brands, broadcasters, advertisers
Climate change an economic issue; critical for the planet’s future
Christchurch - The Lord Mayor of Darwin, Kon Vatskalis, says climate change is an economic issue and is critical to their city’s future. He says they need to act as it is critical to avoid irreparable damage to more than $1billion of community infrastructure including aquatic and recreation centres and the
