Many involved in farming livestock or crops in Hawke's Bay will have memories of a particular drought or droughts - that is a period

I guess it has been the week of the caretaker. Those hardy folks who keep the grounds of schools looking fine and dandy. It has

If you happen to be one of the top 10 per cent who now own most of the country, you probably don't care that life for the "average"

It seems implausible, in this age of worldwide connectivity and immediate access to information, that councils, district health boards

David Low, the famous anti-appeaser British (though New Zealand born) cartoonist of the 1930s and 1940s, had a character called Colonel

Laura Letts-Beckett's family are still waiting for answers. Their daughter was taken from them too soon. On August 18, 2010 the

Online shopping generally works well for me and often the goods arrive the very next day. Even most of my many purchases from other

Mike Williams claims my analysis is badly off the mark. I completely disagree. My analysis is based on the very real fear that if

I was delighted to catch a short piece on the telly news a while back about a chap who was making cups and containers which he'd pay

With much sympathy for farmers battling with increasingly dry conditions, there's no escaping the fact that summer in Hawke's Bay

Too many locals accept the theories promoted by both Councils on why our beaches have eroded, says Napier City councillor Larry Dallimore.

Ratepayers of Napier will be disappointed to see that the city council has probably not been as transparent and upfront as it could

Recently the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union criticised councils, museums and art galleries for not showing more of their art collections

I was surprised to read that Hastings District Mayor Lawrence Yule was intending to seek the National Party nomination for the Tukituki

Slow motion catastrophe: Another massive Hawke's Bay drought is looming. Fifteen years ago climate scientists predicted that severe

Let's stop kidding ourselves: we are in the grip of a water crisis, and any government that fails to recognise and immediately work

The Hastings District Council solution to the current water crisis is primarily around the introduction of Ultra Violet Light technology

The world, and especially the United States, will be poorer with Barack Obama's departure from the White House tomorrow. Mr Obama

2017 holds an exciting opportunity for Hastings and Tukituki to move forward with new and greater leadership. It is time to put

Lawrence Yule, if selected by National, will be a formidable candidate in his own right, and very, very hard to beat as the National

Lawrence Yule's decision to throw his hat in the ring for the National Party nomination for the Tukituki seat in this year's general

I've joined the Fitbit Brigade. Yes, I'm now officially one of those people who walk round looking at their wrist every half an hour

I'm getting used to rolling past parched fields on my bicycle. As summer approaches, I watch the lush green hills fade to a golden

Athletics - Back to the Future Athletics, the original sport of the ancient Olympic Games thousands of years ago, and going through

During the 2016 presidential campaign, much was made of Hilary Clinton's experience in the diplomatic and foreign relations field

The West Coast is a colony of Canterbury. Think of all the gold, the beautiful timber, the coal, the fish. Think of the tourism

Writing for businesses around health and safety purposes last year led me to investigate a related question: How do we decide someone

Ngā mihi and Happy New Year! Many thanks to all staff who worked through the holiday period. This is always a busy time for police

Almost three quarters of a century since Auschwitz was liberated (the 72nd anniversary is January 27), there are still those who

I wonder just how well thought out UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (UNSC2334) was. Its implications are far reaching. The immediate