Soper: The matador and the bull on Chinese trade
There was plenty on offer to bolster the trade between our two countries.
There was plenty on offer to bolster the trade between our two countries.
The GM debate is heating up in Hawke's Bay, writes Chris Perley.
Jamie Mackay loves modern technology. So why does he yearn for the simplicity of 1950?
Hawkes Bay has the good fortune to be the greatest place on earth to grow many crops.
COMMENT: If we are charging for water, farmers probably should pay for it, too.
Hawke's Bay featured in Television One's Sunday programme last week.
NZ Rugby' campaign to break down barriers around public perceptions of mental health.
You know you're having one of 'those' days when your poo-fork snaps, mid-scoop.
There are nearly 200 species of earthworms in NZ but only a few benefit agriculture.
The February burst of rain made for a pleasant start to autumn, writes Julie Paton.
The goat fibre industry has a long way to go - but it has plenty of potential.
Agricultural titles are far too long to appeal to the mainstream writes Dom George.
Nick Smith seems to have borrowed Trump's idea for a Mexican border wall, writes Peters.
The lifestyle property market was growing strongly leading up to Christmas.
Dairy is playing its part in reducing its impact on the environment says Dr Tim Mackle.
Consumers are being left with egg on their face, writes Linda Hall
MP for Taranaki-King Country Barbara Kuriger's gives us a rural round up.
Don't you just love being sold down the river?
Reading this now, in relatively fine weather, last week's storms don't seem as much of a threat. Images of the Hunua Falls raging
There's clean, pure fresh water, water everywhere, but somebody else is getting to drink it.
What do you do when a national pest is also an increasingly favourite pet in New Zealand homes? Dom George investigates.
OPINION: The principle that nobody owns our water hasn't stopped water bottling companies from gaining ownership for free.
The aim of the rural games is to give back something of our legacy to the next generation.
As you crack that egg into the pan to spit away with the bacon, spare a thought for the hen who produced it and the porker who grew
It's all shearing and superannuation in this week's From the Lip.
Contrary to claims, about 80 per cent of NZ's waterways have stable or improving water quality.
Baby boomer bashing won't solve the problems, says Liam Dann.
Craig Cooper is extraordinarily badly qualified to write about fishing but has caught the same 73cm kingfish twice in two weeks. Or so he thinks.
I'm shooting backwards over rocks while clutching a thin rope in a PVC raft. A white water symphony fills my ears as our guide's voice
Nick Smith's myth about making waterways "swimmable" is turning out to be a bigger slice of preposterousness than even I at first