The New Zealand International Film Festival ended on a high for me. The last film, Elle, was a gripping (albeit rather violent)

In terms of schooling systems, when we stop and think about it, we are possibly overlooking the most fundamental of human educational

The 2016 police culture survey is a terrible result for the Eastern District and the Police Minister, Judith Collins. If the minister

Candidate's Facebook post regrets Yesterday, Hawke's Bay Today published an article on a comment I made to a friend on my personal

I received a tremendous response to my call in yesterday's editorial for readers to email me if they want Hawke's Bay Today to take

I was very surprised that the local press recently failed to report on a major recommendation made to the Napier City Council Regulatory

Regardless of HBRC chairman Fenton Wilson's statements this week - that the Ruataniwha dam can't be stopped, but that there are still

A Havelock North resident - who contracted campylobacter twice in July and has Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Reactive Arthritis as a result - decries selling pure water while the public supply became contaminated.

I reckon that if a referendum was held in Hawke's Bay to decide whether local councils should be allowed to exclude the public from

I once planted some "seed" potatoes during a clement Labour Weekend about 15 years ago. This is not an unusual pursuit for the slightly

I spotted a piece of great news recently embedded in an advertisement by Hawke's Bay Airport Ltd for two new management positions.

By now most of you will have received your voting papers and some of you will have already ticked the boxes. It is important that

Water is understandably the hot topic for the upcoming local government elections. The time is right for a wide-ranging debate but

It is clear that the Government's decision not to move the Kura Kaupapa to Havelock North was purely a political one. A hallmark

COMMENT: The fact the failure of the proposed Ruataniwha dam scheme was not foreseen before huge sums of ratepayers' money was spent is a scandal.

There were several highlights during the Magpies' first (and let's hope not the last) victory against Southland as part of the oddly

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

After more than a decade here I've finally come to realise the majority of Hawke's Bay residents are right: Napier is so insular and

The Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy (HPUDS) was formed in 2010 as a joint committee of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council

Yes, it's time once again to look at language misuse that irritates people. I know it irritates them because they write to me and

Hawke's Bay Today's two mayoral debates in Hastings and Central Hawke's Bay were huge successes with about 700 people attending over

People across Hawke's Bay are connecting the dots when it comes to water. The gastro outbreak casts doubt on the sanctity of our

I was invisible for two years. I pretty much did not talk to anyone at school from when I was about 14 until 16, apart from the teachers

No sooner had Hastings District Council contractors finished constructing four ineffective and badly designed concrete traffic islands

Well, here we are just 10 days away from the first day of spring. Winter is on the wane, although some of the temperatures over the

Work will begin this week investigating how more than 5000 people got sick from contaminated water. Attorney-General Christopher

A recent series of speaking engagements has motivated me to write this Talking Point. I have been asked a number of times questions

The Breast Cancer Foundation is calling for free breast screening to be available for women once they reach 40. The current age is

IF THERE were ever an exception to prove the rule, it would be the "start" of spring. September the first is a mental milestone for

"Process" - if they had given out medals at the Olympics for the most used word in the Olympics, then process would have been right