The CountryThe Feds say: Is your water up to quality?Consumers are demanding more traceability when it comes to what we eat but, as illustrated by the incident in Havelock North recently01 Sep 01:30 AM
OpinionDom GeorgeDom George tackles the trollsDom takes on some ill-informed keyboard warriors in this week's Furious George.31 Aug 09:18 PM
The CountryAmelia Geary: We want to be able to swim in our riversClean drinking water is something most of us take for granted in New Zealand - or at least we did until the shocking outbreak of gastric 31 Aug 05:11 AM
The CountryAna Apatu: We must treat water as taongaDuring the year of 2011 the Healthy Populations team for the Hawke's Bay District Health Board at that time developed their Strategic 31 Aug 03:30 AM
The CountryHigh value products need a point of differenceHeading 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?30 Aug 09:30 PM
The CountryWinston Peters: Nats abandon farmersThere was a presidential-style entrance and a standing ovation as Winston Peters turned up to speak in Dannevirke recently. Ron Mark30 Aug 04:58 PM
The CountryAgribusiness: Science will bring solutionsWe need to move past the blame game and seek meaningful and lasting answers, says William Rolleston.30 Aug 04:00 PM
The CountryOld ways damaging for farmersCo-operatives need a new, dynamic business model, says Ruth Richardson.30 Aug 03:00 PM
The CountryBrad Markham: New life in the 'NakiHave you ever slipped your hand inside a cow having difficulty calving, felt two large front feet, and thought 'I'm going to need 29 Aug 11:58 PM
The CountryRhea Dasent: Utilities burden for landownersIt's a burden for landowners to host public infrastructure on their property and most have been installed in the past without compensation. Utilities 24 Aug 10:00 PM
OpinionDom GeorgeDom 'Furious' George - Give townies a breakDom George wonders why we can't all just get along?24 Aug 10:00 PM
The CountryDr Doug Edmeades's ode to the Fergie 28Dr Doug Edmeades writes of his fondness for the mighty Fergie 28.22 Aug 09:53 PM
The CountryLarry Dallimore: The flow-on effects of the damMartin Williams (Talking Point, August 12), overlooked my full support for dams and water storage and focused on his novel version22 Aug 05:00 AM
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
The CountryJulie Paton: Signs of better weather to comeIt'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 18 Aug 03:30 AM
The CountryWill Foley: Communities rally to help after stormLocal communities pitching in has made a world of difference to people affected by the recent snowstorm in north-west Hawke's Bay 17 Aug 10:35 PM
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
The CountryNikki Edwards: Ensure you are heardCouncil and resource management processes are a complicated, foreign and uninviting process for many. However, it is critical farmers 11 Aug 03:00 AM
The CountryAnn Thompson: Is your bobby calf fit for transport?All dairy farmers should know by now they will be facing new regulations to manage the welfare of bobby calves this season. They 11 Aug 01:00 AM
The CountryJacqueline Rowarth: Flaws to idea of reducing dairy herdA suggestion that New Zealand should remove 80per cent of dairy cows to return to a natural environment overlooks various fundamental 10 Aug 11:20 PM
The CountryAnn Thompson: Time to make your plans for futureThe dairy industry is facing its third season of low payouts. It's been tough and farmers have been looking out for their families10 Aug 10:40 PM
The CountrySteve Goldthorpe: We devalue democracy at our perilParliament must make an urgent stand to defend local democracy. Our elected representatives must not give the Government sweeping 10 Aug 03:30 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
The CountryWinston Peters: SFF leads NZ farmers up riverLast year, the shiny suits and directors at Silver Fern Farms (SFF) said the co-op was in crisis and faced receivership or liquidation. They 09 Aug 08:00 AM
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
The CountryLarry Dallimore: Dam will wipe out gravel beachesMartin Williams' comment in his 'Talking Point' (August 1) "What we do on land, matters in our rivers and in the sea" makes good sense 05 Aug 05:00 AM
The CountryRick's Beef: Water on our mindsWhat 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 lambing04 Aug 03:30 AM
The CountryNick Hanson: Landowners feel railroaded on rentsKiwirail's treatment of farmers while it implements a new charging regime was the source of aggravation at Federated Farmers National 03 Aug 11:13 PM
The CountryRhea Dasent: Higher rates unfair if farmland is rezonedFederated Farmers believes rural-zoned land should be used for rural purposes, and other land uses should not infringe on primary 03 Aug 10:40 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
