Skin kissed tarmac this week. First proper bike crash to draw blood. I thought my front carbon wheel had snapped, seeing dollar

In the past week, the National Government has learnt that abolishing the housing portfolio does nothing to fix the housing crisis

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

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

COMMENT: Citizens Advice Bureau is looking for volunteers to join their team.

Finding a park can be one of life's pains. I don't have much patience so you don't want to be in the car with me as I'm driving around

Does New Zealand have a race relations problem? Many New Zealanders would like to say no. But dig a bit deeper and there's no denying

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

Housing NZ could have done more to ensure children were not being exposed to P.

Hawke's Bay could see at least a couple of fierce battles in this year's elections. Top of the list is the fight between Labour's

Kids are offered healthy fruit and veg at birthday celebrations these days.

Weekend's festival described as stunning entertainment and the pinnacle of kapa haka excellence.

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

It took two Talking Points, photographs showing the eco-system in Tauroa Reserve in collapse and some frank correspondence with mayor

Havelock North kids have written of their sadness after plastic bags led to whale's death.

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

Nothing epitomises the descent of television journalism from hard-edged inquiry to bun-fight circus more than TV3's (sorry, +HR=E)

The apple trees are heaving with fruit. It's time to harvest and Hawke's Bay is full of migrant workers here for that exact purpose. I

Last week I received an early copy of the 19-page executive summary together with the full 75-page business case for Napier's biggest

Yes, for those intrigued (or concerned or unconcerned or whatever) about my admittance of regular forgetfulness which I touched upon

So, is the rain gauge half empty or half full? 'Tis hard to know which school to subscribe to given the ghastly timing of precipitation

Sent questions to Andrew about the use of "lie" and "perfing" at 1.50pm Politicians know that reading letters or texts to the editor

I'm starting to get weary of water woes. Sometimes I run the kitchen tap and find myself looking closely at the flow into the sink. It's

Recently (over the new year break) in the course of a conversation with a close friend I was asked; 'now that you're looking at semi-retirement

I am a sheep and beef farmer and was on the farm on Monday the 13th just gone. When Jamie Mackay of The Country radio show rang

As a habitual reader of "Letters to the Editor" columns I this week spotted one of the best I've seen this year in Hawke's Bay Today. Napier

I have been long-haul flying a bit lately and, when you are God's captive in the sky, you end up eyeballing movies. The new releases

The best questions are seldom asked. Try to answer to this one. A while ago we considered amalgamating all five Hawke's Bay councils. No

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending two key functions that launch the Art Deco Festival. Early in the morning an invited group

Likely Tukituki National Party candidate Lawrence Yule is one of those interesting characters who doesn't wholly appear to fit with