A few weeks ago I spent a busy couple of days in the city of Piura in Peru, South America, attending an APEC Food Security meeting. The

COMMENT: The Reserve Bank has some explaining to do.

As a trading nation, New Zealand must engage in global policy debates that, on face value, might appear to be a junket for delegates. I

Dom takes a trip down memory lane and gives us the history of radio which started on a farm!

I don't like starting with bad news but here is a bit of a warning, the horrible wet weather over the last month has caused some real

With abundant rain and warmer temperatures, your green vegetables and salad lines are growing superbly. Fresh asparagus, broccoli

In this week's From the Lip - Jamie answers an ill-informed critic who labels him left-wing. Don't they know he's apolitical?

OPINION: The country's reliance on its rural sector for the export income that sustains our standard of living was re-emphasised in

The voter turnout nationwide has been recognised as being the worst. It has encouraged the comment that we should be using web-based

For Labour, it is critical that we have an integrated across government plan to reduce emissions.

As heartening as the election of a revisionist majority to Hawke's Bay regional council may be, I believe the new broom councillors

Watching young animals grow and develop, learn, play and interact is one of life's greatest pleasures. Ensuring the health of an

Recent legal action against Horizons Regional Council smelled like a sordid strategy to upset the apple-cart on the eve of regional

By now most farmers have all or a good portion of their new season lamb crop on the ground. In the North Island favourable lambing

The UN health agency has recommended countries use tax policies to increase the price of sugary drinks like soft drinks, sport drinks

A weekend in the life of Dom George: fantastic All Blacks, a delectable Tuatara brew, and atrocious social "medea" spelling.

Have you ever been incensed by a badly parked car? Shelley Bridgeman lists her top five parking gripes.

Once again the Hawke's Bay Regional Council is planning to head off to the Courts to enforce their unpopular decisions on a weary

COMMENT: Environment, drinking water and charges need to be dealt with separately, writes Iain Rabbitts.

The public has sent a message, by re-electing the three incumbent Hastings councillors to Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Based on

I recently returned from a very full-on couple of weeks at Asia Fruit Logistica - a trade show and congress held in Hong Kong, and

What a wet start to the spring we are having. At least it's been warm, grass growth is increasing and our water tables are being replenished. Good

Perverse as it may seem, the Hastings District Council, under scrutiny as possibly culpable in the Havelock North campylobacter outbreak

Electricity is one of those boring basic services that it's easy to take for granted, until suddenly you're without. For anyone with

Whangarei District councillors recently voted unanimously to protect our community and local economy from the risks of outdoor uses

While dairy farmers are cheered by a milk price forecast that's above break even, Fonterra's recent record profit is bittersweet.

Are we losing our regional towns? Dom George investigates rural depopulation.

One of the current Hawke's Bay regional councillors who has strongly opposed the Ruataniwha Dam and, party to many comments regarding

During the recent election debates here in CHB, it was claimed by some that the Ruataniwha Dam was not an issue for the District Council

The Country host Jamie Mackay tackles his detractors in this week's column, but it's not all bad news.