Almost alone amongst New Zealand political observers, Winston Peters predicted that Donald Trump would win the presidency of the United

Sitting at my desk surrounded by ever-growing mountains of paperwork, a full email inbox and an extensive to-do list, I'm wondering

It has been an upsetting week. Expectations got turned upside down, uncertainty about the future now abounds and (in the opinion of

Napier's first town planner, Alfred Domett, created a Lighthouse Reserve on Bluff Hill, however a lighthouse was never built there

It appears to me we are living now in a society surrounded by various agencies hell bent on running our lives for us. WorkSafe

If there was one single event that impacted more people and businesses throughout Hawke's Bay this year, it was the gastro crisis

The first casualty of war is truth. The same can be said of politics, bureaucracy and government. That's what makes the Havelock

Domestic violence is not an easy subject to discuss, but this does not mean that we should simply let it lurk in the shadows of our

President of the United States, Donald Trump. An outcome much of America, and the world, refused to believe was possible - but it's

It is good to see that the newly elected Hawke's Bay Regional Council has come to a unanimous agreement on a review to be conducted

A couple of motoring stories tickled my fancy recently (yes, of course I have a fancy). That means it's time to put this trusty

It needs to be clear that I support water storage. In fact, I am in the camp that water storage will be absolutely vital to the future

A couple of fine Englishmen are lined up to enlighten and entertain this weekend - and in the case of the one who has spent more time

The state of the "Quarry Hill" section of Waimarama Rd has been a hot topic among locals living along the route to one of our most

I am unable to grasp why so many people are against the dam. In his Talking Point (Thursday, November 3) Brian Anderson, a retired

Slowly but surely this year there has been quite a remarkable story developing in Hawke's Bay. If you pull all the strands together

This week's literary lecture is titled 'Fire and Rain'...which I suppose is quite fitting in the wake of James Taylor getting signed

I had such a busy weekend that I forgot to buy a Lotto ticket. Can you believe that? I have never forgotten to buy a ticket, I have

Art installations can be tricky things to get right, but, like cooking from a complex recipe, rewarding when it all comes together

In early 2009 I resigned as president of the New Zealand Labour Party. The party had lost the election in 2008 and I had consulted

Lotto's a cunning outfit. I'm convinced that while appearing nondescript, the little yellow tickets are based on the golden passes

One of the problems we face in an increasingly interconnected global society is that bombarded as we are by competing opinions it

There really isn't anything like a delicious ice cream on a hot Hawke's Bay day. And just like thousands of other locals, the first

The debates about the appropriateness of the resource consent process and the potential impact on the aquifer and the value of these

If you regularly read this space, you might remember a column from a few months back about my (rather successful) rose hospital. Well

I write this to help Tim Gilbertson and others understand how they have been duped by selective and misleading information regarding

Has the newly elected anti-dam Hawkes Bay Regional Council bitten off more than it can chew? It has certainly grabbed a big

Guy Fawkes was a bit of a rebel. He did after all try to kill the King of England. The fact that he and the other Gunpowder Plotters

Getting children interested in agriculture is important if we want our future agriculture workforce to come from within New Zealand.

Two of my daughters and their families live in the same suburb as Dreamworld. You can see the giant drop from my youngest daughter's