Mike Hosking: The Government is shafting rural New Zealand

We have the sort of logic only the Prime Minister can use when she largely isn't on top of the subject she is talking about.

She tells us that farmers will benefit by leading the world once the Government's new "tax farmers more to save the world” scheme gets under way. Small news flash, we already lead the world.

It’s been a good trick. You create the problem, in this case farming emissions.