I was very surprised that the local press recently failed to report on a major recommendation made to the Napier City Council Regulatory

Regardless of HBRC chairman Fenton Wilson's statements this week - that the Ruataniwha dam can't be stopped, but that there are still

A Havelock North resident - who contracted campylobacter twice in July and has Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Reactive Arthritis as a result - decries selling pure water while the public supply became contaminated.

I reckon that if a referendum was held in Hawke's Bay to decide whether local councils should be allowed to exclude the public from

COMMENT: Those who drop rubbish, damage property or race cars down streets need to be told they have failed the test of citizenship, says a mayoral candidate.

INSOMNIA is a cruel bed partner and one whose horrors can only truly be understood by those who've laid with the beast for an extended

I once planted some "seed" potatoes during a clement Labour Weekend about 15 years ago. This is not an unusual pursuit for the slightly

I spotted a piece of great news recently embedded in an advertisement by Hawke's Bay Airport Ltd for two new management positions.

By now most of you will have received your voting papers and some of you will have already ticked the boxes. It is important that

COMMENT: The fact the failure of the proposed Ruataniwha dam scheme was not foreseen before huge sums of ratepayers' money was spent is a scandal.

There were several highlights during the Magpies' first (and let's hope not the last) victory against Southland as part of the oddly

Poor Cynthia. Cynthia Bowers has suggested an Environmental Ombudsman for Hawke's Bay. Given the heated debates about water quality

After more than a decade here I've finally come to realise the majority of Hawke's Bay residents are right: Napier is so insular and

It's time to dust off the fascinator - race season is here. And for women it means co-ordinating the right outfit, applying the fake

Three things cropped up this week as brainstorming material in the intriguing bubble we call sport. No1: Stephen Kearney's appointment

The Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy (HPUDS) was formed in 2010 as a joint committee of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council

Yes, it's time once again to look at language misuse that irritates people. I know it irritates them because they write to me and

Hawke's Bay Today's two mayoral debates in Hastings and Central Hawke's Bay were huge successes with about 700 people attending over

No sooner had Hastings District Council contractors finished constructing four ineffective and badly designed concrete traffic islands

Well, here we are just 10 days away from the first day of spring. Winter is on the wane, although some of the temperatures over the

Work will begin this week investigating how more than 5000 people got sick from contaminated water. Attorney-General Christopher

A recent series of speaking engagements has motivated me to write this Talking Point. I have been asked a number of times questions

The Breast Cancer Foundation is calling for free breast screening to be available for women once they reach 40. The current age is

IF THERE were ever an exception to prove the rule, it would be the "start" of spring. September the first is a mental milestone for

"Process" - if they had given out medals at the Olympics for the most used word in the Olympics, then process would have been right

This time next year we will be enjoying or enduring, depending on your perspective, a full blown election campaign. Whatever happens

Last Friday's early morning earthquake off East Cape is a wakeup call for all of us here in Hawke's Bay. Around East Cape and Gisborne

While it was a solemn issue, the occasion was joyous as we marched with our families and friends from Havelock North to the Hastings

Political contests are strange beasts at the best of times, and those in rural areas where one big issue dominates thinking and confuses

The weather is meant to clear tomorrow just in time for the Hastings Blossom Parade. The parade has a long and colourful history