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

In the back country, everyone knows everyone - and they joke they're probably related as well. In emergencies, this connectedness

Craig Presland, CEO of Cooperative Business New Zealand believes this country is an outstanding example of the enduring success of the co-operative business model.

Dom George writes a touching and heartfelt and in no way sarcastic tribute to his boss The Country host Jamie Mackay.

Like most people in Hawke's Bay I feel very sorry about what's happened in Havelock North. However, the longer it takes for authorities

COMMENT: Winston Peters is a political showman who likes to keep 'em guessing, including those in his own party.

Over the past fortnight we have started to see the first signs of spring, with pasture growth rates lifting from the mid teens to

When a bug in Havelock North's water supply caused an outbreak of campylobacter weeks ago, we asked the question, how could this happen in NZ?

COMMENT: Every time Father's Day rolls around, it makes me think about the huge influence a father can have upon a daughter.

Consumers are demanding more traceability when it comes to what we eat but, as illustrated by the incident in Havelock North recently

Dom takes on some ill-informed keyboard warriors in this week's Furious George.

Clean drinking water is something most of us take for granted in New Zealand - or at least we did until the shocking outbreak of gastric

During the year of 2011 the Healthy Populations team for the Hawke's Bay District Health Board at that time developed their Strategic

Heading into a third year of low prices, questions have to be asked whether the dairy industry is on a false path. If so, where is the path back to firm ground?

There was a presidential-style entrance and a standing ovation as Winston Peters turned up to speak in Dannevirke recently. Ron Mark

Have you ever slipped your hand inside a cow having difficulty calving, felt two large front feet, and thought 'I'm going to need

It's a burden for landowners to host public infrastructure on their property and most have been installed in the past without compensation. Utilities

Dom George wonders why we can't all just get along?

Dr Doug Edmeades writes of his fondness for the mighty Fergie 28.

Martin Williams (Talking Point, August 12), overlooked my full support for dams and water storage and focused on his novel version

The Country's Jamie Mackay reminisces about a night he spent in the company of sporting heroes Dick Tayler and Sir Colin Meads.

It's cold, wet and miserable out there, as I write, and a chilly wind blows as a dozen calves daily plop into the mud, Mother Nature

Local communities pitching in has made a world of difference to people affected by the recent snowstorm in north-west Hawke's Bay

Sports commentator Paul Allison has some fascinating Olympic tales. Dom George rips them off wholesale in this week's column.

COMMENT: There is little NZ can do about high dollar or inflation.

Council and resource management processes are a complicated, foreign and uninviting process for many. However, it is critical farmers

All dairy farmers should know by now they will be facing new regulations to manage the welfare of bobby calves this season. They