I write this to help Tim Gilbertson and others understand how they have been duped by selective and misleading information regarding

Dom George bemoans the fate of the cheeky Kea who lost out to the vote-fixing Kokako as Bird of the Year.

They abound across both Canada and the USA - the puppy mills. They are large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities where profit

Has the newly elected anti-dam Hawkes Bay Regional Council bitten off more than it can chew? It has certainly grabbed a big

Helping some reporters - and by extension the general public - understand what was going on with the recently released bobby calf

The Country host Jamie Mackay tackles the bobby calf abuse issue.

Getting children interested in agriculture is important if we want our future agriculture workforce to come from within New Zealand.

If there's one issue that could be the making of the Hawke's Bay region, it's taking a stand on genetically modified (GM) food production. Just

Dom George reckons New Zealand need a healthy dose of anarchy and dissent and we could learn this from the Icelandic people.

COMMENT: Sadly, the game I once loved has mutated into a smorgasbord of unsavoury fare.

Last week I warned of upcoming shortages on some green vegetable lines, well it started last Thursday morning when I walked onto the

As someone who emigrated to the East Coast from CHB over 50 years ago, I can speak with some authority on matters relating to personal

Eight years under the Key government and provincial New Zealand is still being left to battle on to keep their regional economies

It's good to see some positive signs on the dairy horizon after a busy and stressful couple of years. This has been compounded by

I'm sure we're not alone in being completely bored with this constant rain. It is causing havoc on our orchards as they attempt

A few weeks ago I spent a busy couple of days in the city of Piura in Peru, South America, attending an APEC Food Security meeting. The

COMMENT: The Reserve Bank has some explaining to do.

As a trading nation, New Zealand must engage in global policy debates that, on face value, might appear to be a junket for delegates. I

With abundant rain and warmer temperatures, your green vegetables and salad lines are growing superbly. Fresh asparagus, broccoli

In this week's From the Lip - Jamie answers an ill-informed critic who labels him left-wing. Don't they know he's apolitical?

OPINION: The country's reliance on its rural sector for the export income that sustains our standard of living was re-emphasised in

The voter turnout nationwide has been recognised as being the worst. It has encouraged the comment that we should be using web-based

In April this year farmer confidence reached its lowest level since 2007, particularly for dairy farmers. In July farm prices dropped

We've ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, so what next?

For Labour, it is critical that we have an integrated across government plan to reduce emissions.

As heartening as the election of a revisionist majority to Hawke's Bay regional council may be, I believe the new broom councillors

Watching young animals grow and develop, learn, play and interact is one of life's greatest pleasures. Ensuring the health of an

Recent legal action against Horizons Regional Council smelled like a sordid strategy to upset the apple-cart on the eve of regional

By now most farmers have all or a good portion of their new season lamb crop on the ground. In the North Island favourable lambing

The UN health agency has recommended countries use tax policies to increase the price of sugary drinks like soft drinks, sport drinks