COMMENT: Moral implications seem a bridge too far in decisions on management of key resource, opines Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: The $80,000 bill for a Trump Inauguration Gala was money well spent.

Last week my sister and I had a good chat about her plans to buy a house. But we eventually came to the real reason for her call

Jamie Mackay reflects on politicians he has known and interviewed over his radio career. Even the ones who ignore him...

Deputy Mayor Tania McInnes touched a nerve when she suggested last week that perhaps the Far North should look for a new name.

Discussion around the state of water quality in New Zealand is not short of an opinion or two. Yet when it comes to the science, we're

We cannot keep growing our farming impacts indefinitely, writes John Hart.

In "clean, green New Zealand" just 72 per cent of rivers, streams and lakes are considered safe for swimming and it will remain that way for a while.

The Bay people and their environment have been through so much in the past few years, from Wairoa down to Waipawa. The disastrous

Last year many parts of the country suffered a very severe facial eczema season from January through to early May. It was so severe

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

A lot of areas of our life are governed by the clock and the calendar - especially our working lives. As a lawyer I am often asked

JB (Whangarei) has written about shopping smarter: "There are many different market places now other than shops and online. Think

Mohair is the fibre harvested from angora goats, and at more than $20 per kilogram it is significantly more valuable than wool from

I am a sheep and beef farmer and was on the farm on Monday the 13th just gone. When Jamie Mackay of The Country radio show rang

The best questions are seldom asked. Try to answer to this one. A while ago we considered amalgamating all five Hawke's Bay councils. No

On arriving back at work after the summer holidays I was asked by the NFR editorial team to write an overview of the year ahead, focusing

The Oxford Dictionary word of the year for 2016 was "post truth politics". Not strictly a word but, in the same vein, this year

The prolonged summer dry should have us all into summer management mode. There are three things that should be well under way. 1

I'm not sure how many people actually still make New Year's resolutions. I'm good at remembering that something I've done was a New

Parts of New Zealand are currently on fire, under water, or dealing with drought or earthquakes. We live in a group of seismically

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

In a world of urban/rural "he said-she said" could Fonterra actually be winning the PR battle for farmers?

There was a feeling of unease in the newsroom on Monday morning as sirens starting screaming and the wind whipped around the building. We

The Government Inquiry into Havelock North Drinking Water has completed its hearings phase and is about to receive submissions on

COMMENT: Personal battles are waste of energy when tackling climate change requires us all.

The topic on the tip of everyone's tongues is the current lack of water in Hawke's Bay, and farming through this is difficult and

As life-stylers, small farm operators and horse owners, we need to acknowledge the responsibilities we owe to the welfare of the animals

Like all the young lads I went to boarding school with back in mid-seventies, the thing I looked forward to most on my 15th birthday

There is something about what is arguably the world's most physically demanding job that gets under your skin and never quite goes away writes Wayne Perkins.