I've never seen such an outpouring of indignation on behalf of women than in the past month. It was as though Donald Trump's "grab

When employment arrangements are too loose, or just plain wrong, the fallout can be very serious. This was highlighted with court

It's all very well for the likes of SAFE and Farmwatch to lobby for animal rights and the prevention of cruelty, but SAFE went too

Once again the worst of circumstances brings out the best in New Zealanders.

It is good to see that Health Hawke's Bay and the Hawke's Bay District Health Board are working together to find a solution to what

The world may be reeling after this week's elections, but here in New Zealand, we are reeling at the cost of a cauliflower. Given

The first casualty of war is truth. The same can be said of politics, bureaucracy and government. That's what makes the Havelock

I watched the screen with amazement and a growing fascination at the groundswell of opinion; I felt uneasy to say the least and wondered

New Zealand experienced something last weekend even more rare than an All Black defeat. It was a defeat accepted with good grace.

In 2008 I was invited to write an article for NZ Doctor describing the US election. At the time I was working as Assistant Professor

COMMENT: Taking Donald Trump at his word, his election heralds a trade war, a recession, and a setback for climate change efforts.

Sheep and cattle eat grass and grass is green, just like the Irish rugby jersey, which is a good excuse to discuss the test in Chicago

It needs to be clear that I support water storage. In fact, I am in the camp that water storage will be absolutely vital to the future

With better weather, salad time is here. There are good supplies of avocados, cucumbers, lettuces and tomatoes in the marketplace

The state of the "Quarry Hill" section of Waimarama Rd has been a hot topic among locals living along the route to one of our most

I am unable to grasp why so many people are against the dam. In his Talking Point (Thursday, November 3) Brian Anderson, a retired

COMMENT: Post-truth politics is all about creating a feeling or emotion, rather than acknowledging policy or facts.

I suppose enough has been said in opposition and support over the construction of the Ruataniwha Dam project. I myself cannot understand

New Zealand Avocado had fun over the past few weeks co-hosting field days in Katikati, as well as South Auckland and Te Puke. We're

Jim Hopkins on Farmwatch - "Dairy is our media's Donald Trump - the thing they love to hate."

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

The Country host Jamie Mackay tackles the bobby calf abuse issue.