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.

I don't know if it's just me, but I seem to suffer from an overactive conscience. It kicks in when I'm going along, minding my own

The Otago Regional Council seems likely to spend up to $50,000 in unbudgeted funding to co-ordinate the release of a Korean strain

Recent events have tended to back the theory that the difference between an average farmer and a top farmer is one week. Let me explain:

Back in March 2015, then PM John Key vowed his party would do what it could to win back the Northland electorate seat after Winston

With a soil moisture curve climbing almost vertically, and no significant rain forecast for the rest of the month, Friday's declaration

Calling Sherlock Holmes. The Case of the Stolen Shed needs you: a pilfered building, claims of secret emails, alleged skulduggery

It seems like a day doesn't go by without more news reinforcing the dire state of our water. With the Government inquiry into the

If the uncertainty around Brexit last year wasn't enough, we now enter the unknown with United States President Trump now carrying

Nearing the end of one of our biggest seasons to date, we can reflect on a season that was both challenging and exciting at the same

Since becoming your representative on the Northland Regional Council last October I have been on a mission to understand the vast

The reaction of many Northlanders to the news that our region is to be promoted in Melbourne to attract tourists here was no doubt

Whether you're the President of the United States or a rodeo king - Twitter is a dark and dangerous place writes Dominic George

It didn't take an Einstein to get who Bill English was really talking about at his Chinese New Year dinner speech, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

We are only a few weeks into 2017 but already it seems the phrase of the year might very well be the "F" one. Fake news. The phrase

However vehemently rodeo organisers defend their sport, time is just about up...says Peter Jackson

You can rightfully accuse Donald Trump of many things but you couldn't accuse the most powerful man in the world of sitting on his hands.

A recent law change will see New Zealand farmers and growers able to access the latest technologies available on the global market

There are vegans who not only will not touch dead meat but while avoid any products of living things.

Many involved in farming livestock or crops in Hawke's Bay will have memories of a particular drought or droughts - that is a period

To the outsider looking in, horse riders can look a bit unapproachable. I mean, they sit up there on their gleaming steeds, looking

Being a bit of a country girl at heart I love the annual A&P Show. It's a parade of all that's good about the Kiwi country life

Malcolm Lumsden was recently stopped by a lady pronouncing that "I was one of those irresponsible farmers who allowed their cows to 'pee and poo' everywhere resulting in our rivers all being polluted"

It seems implausible, in this age of worldwide connectivity and immediate access to information, that councils, district health boards

COMMENT: Is the end of the Trans-Pacific Partnership the death of open economies or just a setback, Brian Fallow writes.