There is something truly amazing about how sport can lift the spirits.

Spring is my favourite time of year, and out of all the seasons it is the most aptly named.

This morning's edition of Hawke's Bay Today is the first one to be produced from our new newsroom.

One thing Labour's leadership stoush points up is the extent of discrimination in politics and society generally.

When the Government announced that it was bringing in tough new laws to curb and even stop the sale of legal highs, there was general relief in most communities.

There is no sound that can wake a person up happily at four o'clock in the morning - trust me, I've tried them all.

The government wants to create a smokefree environment by 2025. Not the smoke from barbecues and fireplaces, smoke from tobacco.

Next month I will be celebrating four years of non-smoking.

We'd been living in Hawke's Bay only a few months before the barbecue and bike were stolen.

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the whole state surveillance debate is that mainstream media has aided and abetted the erosion.

The Labour Party certainly seems to have dug itself into a hole that it may struggle to get out of quickly.