COMMENT: Dairy, meat, logs and even rising house prices are all masking the key to New Zealand's future success which will be driven by technology.

COMMENT: Watching the Havelock North water contamination debacle unfold is a salutary lesson in just how much power the dairy industry wields.

I first met East Coast farmer and raconteur, Graeme Williams, about a dozen or so years ago. He was a mate of Grant 'Disaster' McMaster

It's now over a week since we were struck by a severe 7.8 magnitude earthquake. It was 16km deep and centred near Hanmer Springs

Abundant supplies of cheap salad vegetables await you when shopping this week. Avocados, cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes are all

There is an increasing trend in New Zealand and overseas towards offloading responsibilities for conservation action on to community

Growers and readers may have heard us talking about our Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) and I wanted to take the opportunity of providing

We know there is never a true down time in farming, but summer time often gives a little more space for thinking and planning. Next

What a heartening piece of news. On Thursday it was announced that a local lot of "coastal paradise" will stay in public ownership

Sometimes disasters happen that throw up conspiracy theories by the dozen as people search for answers; and sometimes conspiracies

When I sat down to write this article earlier in the week, Mother Nature appeared to be in one of those moods. First earthquakes

The inaugural Horowhenua Taste Trail was a great success last Saturday with public support far greater than organisers had hoped for

Rural crime is a scourge on farming life and the Wanganui region has not escaped its reach. Offending ranges from opportunistic rustling

This week we are again surrounded by lots of beautiful fresh salad vegetables. John Clarke's iceberg lettuces from Levin, hot house

It has been a turbulent time in more ways than one. The big shake which rocked New Zealand shortly after midnight early Monday morning

Rex Graham hasn't been in the Hawke's Bay Regional Council chair for long but I have already seen him twice visit Central Hawke's

My grandmother Pukepuke Tangiora died 80 years ago on November 8, 1936. I commemorate this day every year in the company of family

As the world tries to figure out just how the hell Donald Trump won the US Presidency, I must say I've found the commentary and literature

COMMENT: Like the NZ earthquakes, Trump's election is shaking the United States to the core.

I've never seen such an outpouring of indignation on behalf of women than in the past month. It was as though Donald Trump's "grab

When employment arrangements are too loose, or just plain wrong, the fallout can be very serious. This was highlighted with court

It's all very well for the likes of SAFE and Farmwatch to lobby for animal rights and the prevention of cruelty, but SAFE went too

Once again the worst of circumstances brings out the best in New Zealanders.

It is good to see that Health Hawke's Bay and the Hawke's Bay District Health Board are working together to find a solution to what

The world may be reeling after this week's elections, but here in New Zealand, we are reeling at the cost of a cauliflower. Given

The first casualty of war is truth. The same can be said of politics, bureaucracy and government. That's what makes the Havelock

I watched the screen with amazement and a growing fascination at the groundswell of opinion; I felt uneasy to say the least and wondered

New Zealand experienced something last weekend even more rare than an All Black defeat. It was a defeat accepted with good grace.

COMMENT: There is a distinct possibility that Donald Trump's presidency may turn out to be good for business.

It is good to see that the newly elected Hawke's Bay Regional Council has come to a unanimous agreement on a review to be conducted