Craig Cooper is extraordinarily badly qualified to write about fishing but has caught the same 73cm kingfish twice in two weeks. Or so he thinks.

I'm shooting backwards over rocks while clutching a thin rope in a PVC raft. A white water symphony fills my ears as our guide's voice

Nick Smith's myth about making waterways "swimmable" is turning out to be a bigger slice of preposterousness than even I at first

New Zealand First is warning the government against adopting a recommendation to end the BYO tradition, and not just at race meetings. Northland

February 28, 2017, is a date to remember in Whanganui ... we found that we had our own mountain and science learning happened as it

The latest Massey student vet calendar Barely There causes Dom to reminisce about his love of "nudie calendars".

Dry conditions and strong south-westerly winds have made this summer a real challenge for farmers.

Well done, Rex and the Gang of Four. Our intrepid regional council has vowed to relocate and re-educate everyone who disagrees with

Every year in March and April, councils around the country issue their draft annual plans for consultation. Don't dismiss them as

COMMENT: Already visitors are reporting to the folks back home that Aotearoa is not all it's cracked up to be.

COMMENT: Every week we read in the paper that Greenpeace, the Greens, Fish and Game or Massey's Mike Joy are slagging farmers over water quality, writes Alan Emerson.

Thanks to lobbying by Federated Farmers, the Government has announced relief for quake-hit farmers.

Rain has swept in and saved the summer - and it was perfect.

People are quick to point the finger where drugs are concerned writes Dom George

COMMENT: Donald Trump evidently has a primitive view of international commerce.

Last Thursday, Environment Minister Nick Smith released a consultation document, Clean Water, setting out proposals for improving

We all want to be able to swim in our local rivers when the weather is right, and New Zealand is the perfect place with so many on offer.

COMMENT: Moral implications seem a bridge too far in decisions on management of key resource, opines Rachel Stewart.

Jamie Mackay reflects on politicians he has known and interviewed over his radio career. Even the ones who ignore him...

Deputy Mayor Tania McInnes touched a nerve when she suggested last week that perhaps the Far North should look for a new name.

Discussion around the state of water quality in New Zealand is not short of an opinion or two. Yet when it comes to the science, we're

We cannot keep growing our farming impacts indefinitely, writes John Hart.

In "clean, green New Zealand" just 72 per cent of rivers, streams and lakes are considered safe for swimming and it will remain that way for a while.

The Bay people and their environment have been through so much in the past few years, from Wairoa down to Waipawa. The disastrous

COMMENT: The Government's plan to clean up waterways is an attempt to look as though action's being taken, when in reality nothing's happening, says Mark Dye.

Kebab-quaffer Dom George can't work out what a vegan would chow down on after a big night.

Last year many parts of the country suffered a very severe facial eczema season from January through to early May. It was so severe

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

A lot of areas of our life are governed by the clock and the calendar - especially our working lives. As a lawyer I am often asked

JB (Whangarei) has written about shopping smarter: "There are many different market places now other than shops and online. Think