One of the problems we face in an increasingly interconnected global society is that bombarded as we are by competing opinions it

The debates about the appropriateness of the resource consent process and the potential impact on the aquifer and the value of these

Not many Kiwis may be satisfied by the Auditor General's report into the propriety of the Government's gift of a sheep-breeding establishment to a breeder in Saudi Arabia.

Failure to advance a free trade agreement did not stop the entourage of journalists accompanying the Prime Minister from publishing

I write this to help Tim Gilbertson and others understand how they have been duped by selective and misleading information regarding

Dom George bemoans the fate of the cheeky Kea who lost out to the vote-fixing Kokako as Bird of the Year.

They abound across both Canada and the USA - the puppy mills. They are large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities where profit

Has the newly elected anti-dam Hawkes Bay Regional Council bitten off more than it can chew? It has certainly grabbed a big

Helping some reporters - and by extension the general public - understand what was going on with the recently released bobby calf

If there's one issue that could be the making of the Hawke's Bay region, it's taking a stand on genetically modified (GM) food production. Just

Dom George reckons New Zealand need a healthy dose of anarchy and dissent and we could learn this from the Icelandic people.

Federated Farmers is staunch on the importance of good evidence. If we have a good grip on the size and shape of the problem, we are

COMMENT: My lunch guest was the alleged fraudster at the heart of the expired milk products scam, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

COMMENT: Sadly, the game I once loved has mutated into a smorgasbord of unsavoury fare.

Last week I warned of upcoming shortages on some green vegetable lines, well it started last Thursday morning when I walked onto the

As someone who emigrated to the East Coast from CHB over 50 years ago, I can speak with some authority on matters relating to personal

Eight years under the Key government and provincial New Zealand is still being left to battle on to keep their regional economies

It's good to see some positive signs on the dairy horizon after a busy and stressful couple of years. This has been compounded by

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

In April this year farmer confidence reached its lowest level since 2007, particularly for dairy farmers. In July farm prices dropped

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

We've ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, so what next?

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