OpinionSoper: Peters rides popularity waveCOMMENT: Winston Peters is a political showman who likes to keep 'em guessing, including those in his own party.05 Sep 09:40 PM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: Peters' angry route to powerThe New Zealand First conference in the weekend showed that Winston Peters is becoming the hybrid "Trump and Sanders of New Zealand politics".05 Sep 03:40 AM
OpinionJamie MackayJamie Mackay's From the Lip - ruminant ruminations and rural rugbyJamie Mackay ruminates on the location of those 500 missing cows in this week's From the Lip.05 Sep 03:10 AM
EditorialBeware of buying Dad vouchersConsumer finds 70 per cent of us regularly buy and receive vouchers and nearly a quarter of us have had a card expire.02 Sep 10:00 PM
EditorialEditorial: Treating water not a choiceWhen a bug in Havelock North's water supply caused an outbreak of campylobacter weeks ago, we asked the question, how could this happen in NZ?02 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionRaising girls - it's a matter of opinionCOMMENT: Every time Father's Day rolls around, it makes me think about the huge influence a father can have upon a daughter.02 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionDom GeorgeDom George tackles the trollsDom takes on some ill-informed keyboard warriors in this week's Furious George.31 Aug 09:18 PM
OpinionKyle MacDonaldWe're all racist according to researchResearch on unconscious bias suggests we are all more racist and xenophobic than we would like to admit, writes Kyle MacDonald.31 Aug 08:03 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanBankers anxiously awaiting Fonterra's financial resultsThere's a lot riding on Fonterra's financial results due out on September 22.31 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionMegan Nicol ReedHow to focus on the positive and go with the flowEach week Megan Nicol Reed talks through what's on all of our minds.26 Aug 03:10 AM
OpinionKyle MacDonaldSexual assault: Why people don't fight backYou've likely heard of the "fight or flight" response, but there is one more very important "F" that keeps getting left out, writes Kyle MacDonald.25 Aug 03:00 AM
OpinionDom GeorgeDom 'Furious' George - Give townies a breakDom George wonders why we can't all just get along?24 Aug 10:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFonterra raring to shake supply shacklesCOMMENT: Growing competition in NZ dairy market means time is right to adopt growth focus.23 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionJamie MackayJamie Mackay's From the Lip: Sleeping with sporting royaltyThe Country's Jamie Mackay reminisces about a night he spent in the company of sporting heroes Dick Tayler and Sir Colin Meads.22 Aug 05:00 AM
OpinionDom GeorgeDom 'Furious' George - Believe it or not! Olympic editionSports commentator Paul Allison has some fascinating Olympic tales. Dom George rips them off wholesale in this week's column.16 Aug 10:50 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Cash rate cut defies realityCOMMENT: There is little NZ can do about high dollar or inflation.11 Aug 09:20 PM
OpinionKyle MacDonaldDonald Trump: Proof the idea of self esteem is flawedDespite his shortcomings, Donald Trump is unshakable in his confidence. And that tells you everything that is wrong with the idea of "self-esteem", writes Kyle MacDonald.11 Aug 06:30 AM
OpinionDom GeorgeDom 'Furious' George goes to the OlympicsDom George scores an own goal watching too much Olympic coverage rather than doing his job.09 Aug 10:46 PM
OpinionHenri Eliot: Life lessons from a Wall Street legendCOMMENT: Here are some of the life lessons Byron Wien has learned in his first 80 years.08 Aug 09:00 PM
OpinionBarry Soper: The horticultural revolutionIt's hard not to be impressed by the intellectual and technological grunt going into horticultural industry, Barry Soper writes.08 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionJamie MackayJamie Mackay's From the Lip: Agricultural ABCsThe Country's Jamie Mackay is flexing his creative muscles with a clever Agricultural ABC poem.08 Aug 02:35 AM
OpinionDiana ClementHow to cut down your monster mortgageCOMMENT: Getting rid of that big debt involves paying more, more often.06 Aug 01:56 AM
OpinionFonterra needs to be fixed, here's howCOMMENT: Our dairy industry is under serious stress, argues Tony Baldwin. Here's a way to fix the problem.04 Aug 12:20 AM
OpinionKyle MacDonaldHow to stop overthinking thingsDoes your mind feel like a runaway train of negative thoughts? Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains how to quiet the mind and unplug.03 Aug 11:00 PM
OpinionDom GeorgeDom 'Furious' George: A tribute to Duncan LaingDom George pays tribute to 'understated yet hugely renowned Andrew James Duncan Laing.'03 Aug 09:56 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Tide going out on global tradeCOMMENT: Looking beyond dairy, the picture is one of faltering growth in world trade volumes and mounting protectionism.28 Jul 10:15 PM
OpinionDom GeorgeDom 'Furious' George: The idiocy of local body politiciansLocal body politicians: For those who make a career out of it there's something just a little 'off' about them says Dom George.27 Jul 11:02 PM
OpinionCalum HendersonIs this NZ's best reality show ever?COMMENT: The raw elements of all our reality television favourites all exist in farming, its huge potential hidden in plain sight all along.19 Jul 07:00 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: 'Free' water worth more to us than milkCOMMENT: NZ's not going to run short of water any time soon because of a growing taste in China for the stuff.27 Apr 07:49 AM
OpinionArancha González: Sustainable farms do business - and goodCOMMENT: Sustainable farming is about doing business while doing good. It is about ensuring decent income and benefits while preserving our environment.07 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionSandra Kyle, Lynley Tulloch: Dairy downturn chance to changeNew Zealand can become a new land with different farming objectives such as cropping, argue Sandra Kyle and Lynley Tulloch.01 Apr 12:23 AM
OpinionDamien O'Connor: Dairy crisis not just about farmersFarmers can't be left to shoulder all the blame and all the loss in these times of crisis for the dairy industry, writes Damien O'Connor. It's time for the banks to front up.30 Mar 12:38 AM
OpinionPeter Lyons: Pity the farmers whose misery is theirs aloneCOMMENT: Dairy farmers make milk. Banks provide loans. Dairy farmers are part of the private sector. The banks are the same.28 Mar 04:00 PM
