Fresh water is this country's greatest natural asset. No one would argue with you there, except in election year.

I tend to watch sport one way; I yell at it. From kids sport on Saturday morning to the test later that night and everything in between, I yell at it.

I didn't realise until this week how important bees are to our existence.

There's a lot riding for Fonterra as a result of its soon-to-be official partnership with China's biggest infant formula-maker Beingmate a key play in their expansionary global strategy.

Whangarei's Peter Metcalfe loves driving his digger, but hates handling the ramps for loading and unloading.

They say a week is a long time in politics - and the same can be said for sport.

A thin breeze with echoes of snow slides across Te Awamutu's Lake Mangakaware, rustling raupo and rippling the surface of the small rural waterway.