The post-truth Trump phenomenon is spreading to New Zealand.
Over the summer break untruths about the alleged poor state of this country's fish stocks were published as if they were gospel.
The industry welcomes the publication this week of the Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Annual Review (AEBAR) for 2016. It is, as always, a monumental effort by Pamela Mace and the Ministry for
Auckland University academics renewed their efforts this week to discredit the Quota Management System that underpins the country’s commercial fisheries.