Ever wondered why, when you know what the "correct" thing to do is, that you take no such action? Say we recognise that the best

I was saddened to hear of the death of Helen Kelly, the former Council of Trade Unions president, of lung cancer yesterday. She was

Getting older is something most of us struggle to come to terms with to varying degrees. But whether you believe, like Mark Twain

The voter turnout nationwide has been recognised as being the worst. It has encouraged the comment that we should be using web-based

As heartening as the election of a revisionist majority to Hawke's Bay regional council may be, I believe the new broom councillors

"Are we babies?" asked Donald Trump. It was a cosmic question, and he was just the man to ask it. Others have pondered the proposition

Public universities should deliver on the public good - or at least that is the theory. But in New Zealand and Australia, the definition

If you've travelled quite regularly on the London tube, you will probably have experienced the unwritten conversation rule. It has

After low voter turnout across the country in last Saturday's local government election, it surely must be time we started agitating

The dust is settling on an intense, and at times, bitter local government election in the Bay and now it is time for our new, fresh-faced

The people of Napier are to be congratulated for electing a very good team to guide their city for the next three years. Clearly

Have you noticed how many product safety recalls there have been recently? Food, cars, small appliances and in yesterday's Herald

There will be many election candidates marvelling at how they got elected while others will be pondering what more they could have

One thing about ratepayers is that when they get agitated about a particular issue, they use the next available election to make a

Steve "Shag" Hansen is usually pretty quick to remind any of the Super Rugby franchises about the expected standards of a professional

Voting polls for all districts are now closed and at 11.24am this morning below half of the total residents had cast their vote from

In a few years Aaron Smith has made the All Black halfback spot his own and this season he confirmed that, without doubt, he is the

As a citizen of Napier I believe I have been well informed by contributors to Hawke's Bay Today about the cost-benefits of the Ruataniwha

The likely loss of jobs in the courts and tribunals sector of the Ministry of Justice is nearing the pits when it comes to the way

Planning for future large infrastructure projects needs to include measurement of embodied carbon if we are at all serious about our

It is a long-established fact that everyone is looking for the Next Big Thing. It doesn't matter how fabulous something is, if it's

I am delighted to report that, based on your responses to a couple of recent columns, I can safely say that pedantry is alive and

I find it disingenuous that at a time when there is a push to raise the age of the Youth Court based on so-called research that a

On the face of it, the announcement by acting Youth Minister Anne Tolley yesterday of a $50,000 youth leadership and mentoring programme

One of the current Hawke's Bay regional councillors who has strongly opposed the Ruataniwha Dam and, party to many comments regarding

When are we going to have the conversation about adding value? Many, years ago I worked at the Whakatu Freezing works and some clever

During the recent election debates here in CHB, it was claimed by some that the Ruataniwha Dam was not an issue for the District Council

Kudos to Hawke's Bay Today for taking up the cause of council secrecy. Council "secrecy" can take many forms - public-excluded meetings

Very often the popular view on prisoners is that they have been let out too soon, the justice system has failed or that they need

With reference to Bruce Bisset's column of Sept 23rd (Biggest shingle pile in the bay), he highlights just how much of the information