For the past couple of years, I have called for our political leaders to unite behind a single regional economic development plan. Unfortunately

The Productivity Commission is two months away from delivering its draft report on the future of higher education in New Zealand

At a recent HBDHB Maori Relationship Board (MRB) meeting the DHB population health team presented their alcohol strategy. A major

I was about 10 years old when my brother shot me in the knee. The .22 calibre bullet ripped a small hole in my corduroy trousers

Last night there was a doco on Prime TV called Making Good Men. It featured former All Black Norm Hewitt and actor Manu Bennett, both

I came across a rather unsettling photograph the other day. It was a picture showing an enormous amount of work being done on 10

The national secondary schools kapa haka festival this week is much more than a festival of cultural performance and prowess. It's

Our two much-loved pet sheep were attacked and killed by dogs last weekend, in the dark of early last Sunday morning in our back section

Making lists has never been my thing. Some people make lists for all sorts of things. Mr Neat is one of those. He has lists everywhere

AT HAWKE'S Bay Prison, a gymnasium, initially designed to be a unit for prisoners, will be renovated to fit in an extra 60 men. In

Despite our understanding about the transmission and control of infections, they continue to present us with new challenges. Previously

Electricity is a commodity we simply cannot do without. Unfortunately, it's also the biggest contributor, at around one-third of total

My heart sang when I saw the gorgeous photos of all the children at the Hastings Library Holiday programme. Take that Pokemon-Go. The

As a UK citizen living in New Zealand, I have watched the media reaction since the vote for Brexit with bemusement. New Zealand is

This week I celebrated yet another birthday. Perhaps celebrated isn't quite the word though I did enjoy a beverage. Or two. You don't

If you're reading this today after 7.40am you'll know already whether freediver William Trubridge snared another world record. At

As I raise my glass of ginger beer to toast my friend Yvonne Stirling's 60th birthday, I reflect on how grateful I am to be able to

It is well known that literacy achievement in New Zealand has been slowly declining, as reported in a recent OECD economic survey

Oh I do enjoy that fine old saying "where did the time go?" Because it makes basically no sense at all because we don't know where

There are some people for whom the work they do is not just a job, it is a calling and a passion. Very often these people are in

Recently Hastings District Council arranged a "building industries forum on residential land supply". It seemed mostly to be a PR

I spent a few days in Wellington last week and, boy, it was cold - the wind on one of the days just about blew me off my feet. I

Some of us not enamoured with catching Pokémon managed instead to catch the Hurricanes' clash with the Crusaders at the weekend. We

LAST week I went to Wellington to take part in the Labour Party's 100th anniversary celebrations and to speak at a seminar on the

IT'S NATURAL, we all want to give our kids the chance to be the best they can be. The most common fundamental question is: what should

IT'S hard in today's connected, catalogued world to go off grid and be intrepid. Unless you're prepared to go to some fairly extreme

Earlier this week, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg told the New York Times that if Donald Trump became President

You know the story about how Maui slowed down the sun? Have you heard the modern tale about the electricity industry trying to slow

Before you decide not to enrol or vote these local elections, consider this: We're not just lucky to live in a democratic country;

Three or four decades back, there was a sort of hibernation approach to the months of winter because it was simply not suitable to