It makes environmental and economic sense to be proactive, not reactive. Fix the cause rather than focus on the effect. Currently

If you weren't alert, you might have missed Maori Language Week. I didn't. I added two new sentences to my Maori arsenal: "One language

To be honest, I don't know what all the fuss is about this Pokémon Go craze that is sweeping the world and has even had an impact

On October 12, 1866, the Superintendent of Hawke's Bay, Donald McLean, drafted an ultimatum that led to bloodshed. It was a seminal

The U-Turn Trust oversees a number of projects - mainly those suggested by our Flaxmere community. True community development, derived

You would think that Barack Obama must be counting down the days until his term as United States President comes to an end later this

Recently i spent 18 days in Hawke's Bay Hospital. The only indication that I had a problem was during my annual medical. With this

I read a slightly disconcerting story the other day. It was a sort of medical/scientific story about how some people in white coats

So, the feared education hiatus is upon us. The cold gap we speak of in hushed tones - the two-week nether world of winter school

There is no question that Bay people, especially many in Napier, are concerned about policing numbers and deployment in our province. We

YET ANOTHER political peacock is possibly facing the feather-duster fate; this time it's the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. The

The Hastings District Council has finalised its 2016/17 budget with a proposed rate increase of 3.1 per cent for RA1 the urban area

Today's Hawke's Bay Regional Council meeting will be asked to release $80 million in public monies towards construction of the Ruataniwha

Burglaries are rife in Hawke's Bay as they are all over the country. I've read many stories where victims have complained about the

A recent rescreening of the QI game show featured a translation which amused me. A panellist said he knew how to say something quite

It takes courage for victims of crime to fight back and then to speak out about their ordeal. On Saturday we ran an interview our

Tomorrow, I and other regional councillors will be asked to confirm that all pre-conditions necessary for the release of $80 million

With the ongoing and ever-increasing cry and even cajoling to better customer service you'd be forgiven for thinking "customer service"

Organisational crises are a little like spilt milk. Most people want to swish away the spill and move on. But that could be a costly

I saw a brief promo clip thing on Sky the other night about the upcoming Olympic Games which are set to be staged in Rio de Janiero

Call it entrapment if you like, but something's not quite right about the Lotto fever. With Powerball's first division expected to

I was at a 6-year-old's birthday party on Saturday. There were little girls in party dresses, long pants and skirts. There were ponytails

Federated Farmers and Irrigation NZ (INZ), as co-promoters of the Ruataniwha dam, have much to answer for, environmentally and ethically. Their

There is a strong divide between cat people and dog people. I grew up with a family cat and was quite content when the cat would

Mother Nature sent all her least-loved offspring outside to play today. It's well established that weather has a major impact on

I often say to people, if I had a magic wand, and could magically fix one thing to enhance the future of New Zealand sport - it would

Despite their best efforts to reject its existence, the housing crisis is now impossible to deny and causing serious problems for

Bizarre farce, corporate heist, democratic dysfunction - call it what you will, but despite six years in development the facts attempting

The farmers would have been buoyed by the sight and sound of steadily falling rain during the mid to latter stages of the week. The