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Aaron Smith is 'none of our business'
COMMENT: "Spare me the moral outrage New Zealand", Wayne Perkins reckons Aaron Smith should be left alone after his recent indiscretion.
COMMENT: "Spare me the moral outrage New Zealand", Wayne Perkins reckons Aaron Smith should be left alone after his recent indiscretion.
COMMENT: Environment, drinking water and charges need to be dealt with separately, writes Iain Rabbitts.
The public has sent a message, by re-electing the three incumbent Hastings councillors to Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Based on
I recently returned from a very full-on couple of weeks at Asia Fruit Logistica - a trade show and congress held in Hong Kong, and
What a wet start to the spring we are having. At least it's been warm, grass growth is increasing and our water tables are being replenished. Good
Perverse as it may seem, the Hastings District Council, under scrutiny as possibly culpable in the Havelock North campylobacter outbreak
Electricity is one of those boring basic services that it's easy to take for granted, until suddenly you're without. For anyone with
Whangarei District councillors recently voted unanimously to protect our community and local economy from the risks of outdoor uses
While dairy farmers are cheered by a milk price forecast that's above break even, Fonterra's recent record profit is bittersweet.
During the recent election debates here in CHB, it was claimed by some that the Ruataniwha Dam was not an issue for the District Council
The Country host Jamie Mackay tackles his detractors in this week's column, but it's not all bad news.
The public and media reaction to the latest rugby 'scandals' has reached witch hunt proportions. There might well be a case for
The Ruataniwha Dam saga has gone way beyond soap opera territory. Fantasy has long since replaced fact. The Noisy have silenced
Dairy farmers have started huddling in barns and sheds for the first of DairyNZ's post-calving discussion groups. The well-run, informative
COMMENT: Trump has turned international trade into a political minefield with his opposition to agreements like the TPP.
Dom George looks at both sides of the rural/urban story to try and see if everyone can play nice.
The number of dog-bite patients discharged from hospitals around the country has increased 58 per cent over the past 10 years.
COMMENT: It was Real House Roosters of the Beehive kind of stuff, an A-grade brouhaha.
COMMENT: If the success of the rat-kill on Rakitu Island is anything to go by, NZ is unlikely to be clear of pests by 2050.
Jamie Mackay wades in to the water quality debate
COMMENT: There has been serious attention paid to concussion in sport recently.
Poor Cynthia. Cynthia Bowers has suggested an Environmental Ombudsman for Hawke's Bay. Given the heated debates about water quality
With calving almost over and mating on the horizon it's time to have a review of one of the most significant decisions you will make
COMMENT: New Zealand's economy has grown by 3.6 per cent in the past year, one of the top performers in the OECD - ahead of Australia, the US and UK.
Three things cropped up this week as brainstorming material in the intriguing bubble we call sport. No1: Stephen Kearney's appointment
With the growing body of scientific and nutritional research that revers them as a 'superfood', avocados have never been more popular.T This
With water back to safe levels and the boil notice lifted in Havelock North, the 'witch hunt' begins on who we're going to blame. Every
Dom George wonders if Marcella Bakker is really looking for love or just looking for a TV show...
COMMENT: There is widespread evidence that interactions between people and marine mammals can have negative outcomes.
Spring is the month for blossoms, lambs and...bees! I found out this week that September is Bee Aware Month. This is initiated