During the year of 2011 the Healthy Populations team for the Hawke's Bay District Health Board at that time developed their Strategic

Heading into a third year of low prices, questions have to be asked whether the dairy industry is on a false path. If so, where is the path back to firm ground?

There was a presidential-style entrance and a standing ovation as Winston Peters turned up to speak in Dannevirke recently. Ron Mark

We need to move past the blame game and seek meaningful and lasting answers, says William Rolleston.

Co-operatives need a new, dynamic business model, says Ruth Richardson.

Have you ever slipped your hand inside a cow having difficulty calving, felt two large front feet, and thought 'I'm going to need

It's a burden for landowners to host public infrastructure on their property and most have been installed in the past without compensation. Utilities

Dom George wonders why we can't all just get along?

Dr Doug Edmeades writes of his fondness for the mighty Fergie 28.

It's cold, wet and miserable out there, as I write, and a chilly wind blows as a dozen calves daily plop into the mud, Mother Nature

Local communities pitching in has made a world of difference to people affected by the recent snowstorm in north-west Hawke's Bay

Sports commentator Paul Allison has some fascinating Olympic tales. Dom George rips them off wholesale in this week's column.

COMMENT: There is little NZ can do about high dollar or inflation.

Council and resource management processes are a complicated, foreign and uninviting process for many. However, it is critical farmers

All dairy farmers should know by now they will be facing new regulations to manage the welfare of bobby calves this season. They

A suggestion that New Zealand should remove 80per cent of dairy cows to return to a natural environment overlooks various fundamental

The dairy industry is facing its third season of low payouts. It's been tough and farmers have been looking out for their families

Parliament must make an urgent stand to defend local democracy. Our elected representatives must not give the Government sweeping

COMMENT: Here are some of the life lessons Byron Wien has learned in his first 80 years.

It's hard not to be impressed by the intellectual and technological grunt going into horticultural industry, Barry Soper writes.

The Country's Jamie Mackay is flexing his creative muscles with a clever Agricultural ABC poem.

COMMENT: Getting rid of that big debt involves paying more, more often.

Martin Williams' comment in his 'Talking Point' (August 1) "What we do on land, matters in our rivers and in the sea" makes good sense

What a month of wet weather we've had. Hopefully things will warm up and dry a bit so management can be a bit easier through lambing

Kiwirail's treatment of farmers while it implements a new charging regime was the source of aggravation at Federated Farmers National

Federated Farmers believes rural-zoned land should be used for rural purposes, and other land uses should not infringe on primary

Dom George pays tribute to 'understated yet hugely renowned Andrew James Duncan Laing.'

Local body politicians: For those who make a career out of it there's something just a little 'off' about them says Dom George.

Farming is increasingly regulated and rule changes are common. Existing-use rights are often assumed to provide some level of protection

Sheep and beef farmers could be forgiven for thinking that Tukituki Plan Change 6 doesn't affect them. All the hype around the Ruataniwha