Ah, the summer holidays are here. While it's lovely to ditch the daily grind of lunchboxes and bus runs, I'm sure I'm not the only

Dom George attempts to piece together the events of The Country's Christmas party.

COMMENT: We're entering that time of year when I remind people to be kind to atheists. Remember, Christmas capitalism has room for all of us.

When I started this job I gave myself 60 days to settle in and to achieve certain objectives and highlight others. Some of us had

Well what a tough season it has been for the last five months. Along with the strain of a low forecast milk price we have had one

Dom has come over all festive in this week's Furious George, advising us to give to those in need this Christmas.

Last week's gentle rain was warmly greeted by all vegetable crops around the North Island. The soil was getting a touch dry after

The Country Host Jamie Mackay reflects on the good, the bad and the ugly of 2016.

I'm not sure what I was thinking, taking the grandboys to the A&P Show. I do recall the word "fun" flitting through my mind, so that

Dom George is miffed that boxing novice Jamie Mackay gets ringside seats to the Joseph Parker fight...

This week I will start with a handy tip: enjoy your cheap tomatoes as the flush is nearly over and prices will increase with demand

I would like to thank the people of Horowhenua and Kairanga for re-electing me for another term on Horizons Regional Council. We

COMMENT: I'm not gonna lie. I'm glad to see the back end of him. Clothed, of course, writes Rachel Stewart.

"You won't remember me," a fellow retiree said in town the other day. He was wrong. Vague memories surfaced of learning to swim

Stock access to water can be an emotive issue that sparks strong reactions. It is critical in the debate about water quality and

One of the issues that has been much discussed of late has been the enforcement of resource consents. In recent weeks Hawke's Bay

As I write my final contribution for the year (and - as I am about to leave Whanganui - for the foreseeable future), I am thinking

Struggling with planting some tropical-looking plants I asked a neighbour to help lift them because they had spiky shards. "It is

COMMENT: John Key tries to smooth fears of a rising tide of US protectionism.

In the immortal words of Britney Spears, "Oops I did it again". The appearance of a goat in the paddock at home has been greeted

Biddy Fraser-Davies has been battling the bureaucrats since 2009, when food safety officials spotted her on Country Calendar and turned

Earlier this year I talked about fresh water policy being driven by central government coming to our region like a freight train

Hooray - summer is finally here! Fresh new season Northland sweet corn, Oamaru jersey benne potatoes, Hawke's Bay cherries, Wairoa

Biddy Fraser-Davies has been battling the bureaucrats since 2009, when food safety officials spotted her on Country Calendar and turned

Much conservation work involves removing pests. Trapping is a major part of this, but the use of toxins is also common, although

For two weeks now the nation's attention has been on the upper South Island as the residents there struggle to get their lives on

Dom lovingly recounts The Country beer brewing process in association with Emerson's Brewery and under the iron-fist of Jamie Mackay.

I feel I really need to voice my concerns regarding the water issues that we are having in Hawke's Bay and that have become very obvious

As a result of last week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the government is considering emergency legislation to get Kaikoura back up and

The farm's been rattled by earthquakes, buffeted by ferocious winds and battered by horizontal rain this month.