Back in March 2015, then PM John Key vowed his party would do what it could to win back the Northland electorate seat after Winston

With a soil moisture curve climbing almost vertically, and no significant rain forecast for the rest of the month, Friday's declaration

Calling Sherlock Holmes. The Case of the Stolen Shed needs you: a pilfered building, claims of secret emails, alleged skulduggery

It seems like a day doesn't go by without more news reinforcing the dire state of our water. With the Government inquiry into the

If the uncertainty around Brexit last year wasn't enough, we now enter the unknown with United States President Trump now carrying

Nearing the end of one of our biggest seasons to date, we can reflect on a season that was both challenging and exciting at the same

Since becoming your representative on the Northland Regional Council last October I have been on a mission to understand the vast

The reaction of many Northlanders to the news that our region is to be promoted in Melbourne to attract tourists here was no doubt

Whether you're the President of the United States or a rodeo king - Twitter is a dark and dangerous place writes Dominic George

It didn't take an Einstein to get who Bill English was really talking about at his Chinese New Year dinner speech, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

We are only a few weeks into 2017 but already it seems the phrase of the year might very well be the "F" one. Fake news. The phrase

However vehemently rodeo organisers defend their sport, time is just about up...says Peter Jackson

You can rightfully accuse Donald Trump of many things but you couldn't accuse the most powerful man in the world of sitting on his hands.

A recent law change will see New Zealand farmers and growers able to access the latest technologies available on the global market

There are vegans who not only will not touch dead meat but while avoid any products of living things.

Many involved in farming livestock or crops in Hawke's Bay will have memories of a particular drought or droughts - that is a period

To the outsider looking in, horse riders can look a bit unapproachable. I mean, they sit up there on their gleaming steeds, looking

Being a bit of a country girl at heart I love the annual A&P Show. It's a parade of all that's good about the Kiwi country life

COMMENT: Is the end of the Trans-Pacific Partnership the death of open economies or just a setback, Brian Fallow writes.

COMMENT: NZ First wants public money to pay for televising significant games so they can be seen by everyone, says Winston Peters.

As mentioned recently, the so-called collaborative stakeholders' group has recently released their Sea Change report and the Waikato

After a month off, it's back to the grindstone and as usual I have to catch up with what's happened in the world over the past 4

Last week the Northland Age asked why Kaitaia is still waiting for a reliable water supply. It is a valid question, and the Far

As a proud Englishman and a historian, I am often struck by the European desire to give lessons to the rest of the world. I suspect

David Low, the famous anti-appeaser British (though New Zealand born) cartoonist of the 1930s and 1940s, had a character called Colonel

Well, hasn't it been dry this summer? This time last year we were rejoicing in regular dollops of rain and luxuriating in the resulting

COMMENT: Not even a week into Trump's presidency, it's crystal clear that US citizens are now dealing with a fascist regime, writes Rachel Stewart.

COMMENT: A strong correlation was found between the state of the country's fish stocks and the quality of its fisheries management, writes Tim Pankhurst.

COMMENT: Bill English should act sooner rather than later if he wants to get a bilateral trade deal with the US on the table, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

The mainstream media did themselves no favours with their handling of the 'he said, she said' row between the 'Mad Butcher,' Sir Peter