The Ruataniwha Dam saga has gone way beyond soap opera territory. Fantasy has long since replaced fact. The Noisy have silenced

Dairy farmers have started huddling in barns and sheds for the first of DairyNZ's post-calving discussion groups. The well-run, informative

COMMENT: Trump has turned international trade into a political minefield with his opposition to agreements like the TPP.

Dom George looks at both sides of the rural/urban story to try and see if everyone can play nice.

The number of dog-bite patients discharged from hospitals around the country has increased 58 per cent over the past 10 years.

COMMENT: It was Real House Roosters of the Beehive kind of stuff, an A-grade brouhaha.

The host of The Country, Jamie MacKay, promoted it as "The Great Water Quality Debate". He introduced the two protagonists using political

The Country's resident cynic investigates the murky world of social-media one-upmanship.

COMMENT: If the success of the rat-kill on Rakitu Island is anything to go by, NZ is unlikely to be clear of pests by 2050.

Poor Cynthia. Cynthia Bowers has suggested an Environmental Ombudsman for Hawke's Bay. Given the heated debates about water quality

With calving almost over and mating on the horizon it's time to have a review of one of the most significant decisions you will make

COMMENT: New Zealand's economy has grown by 3.6 per cent in the past year, one of the top performers in the OECD - ahead of Australia, the US and UK.

Three things cropped up this week as brainstorming material in the intriguing bubble we call sport. No1: Stephen Kearney's appointment

With the growing body of scientific and nutritional research that revers them as a 'superfood', avocados have never been more popular.T This

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

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.

The New Zealand First conference in the weekend showed that Winston Peters is becoming the hybrid "Trump and Sanders of New Zealand politics".

Jamie Mackay ruminates on the location of those 500 missing cows in this week's From the Lip.

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

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

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?

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