15 February 2021
Thirty-three years ago, in 1988, I went along to the annual Hawke’s Bay (HB) Farm Forester of the Year Field Day.
It was on the property of Tom and Dora Hartree in the Puketapu District, west of Hastings.
8 February 2021
The Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) report came out in late January.
Now, it’s up for reflection and a consultation period for the next six weeks.
1 February 2021
We had a mini heatwave like many of you last week.
Over a few days, temperatures sneaked into the low 30s and working in the afternoon heat felt like you were in a furnace.
25 January 2021
This week I feel a need to write about farm accidents causing death and injury, particularly motorbikes, but tractors have also recently taken lives, and animals remain problematic as well.
18 January 2021
Is that the last we are going to hear of Donald Trump?
I doubt anyone thinks that.
His impeachment for incitement of the insurrection which saw the mob of his followers storm Congress and lead to five deaths has been so surreal that no script writer could have written anything that bizarre.
He becomes the first president to be impeached twice.
13 January 2021
I haven't put pen to paper for a year now, but you should remember me as the tiny pup the boss found in the watertable that had been dumped by some loser.
7 December 2020
When I started writing this column 25 years ago, we had two small lads and a third about to make an appearance.
The three of them were under five for a year until they started drifting off to school.
30 November 2020
From the Ridge (FTR): President-elect Joe Biden, congratulations on your election win.
Joe Biden (JB): Well, thank you. It was part of a very big team effort, but we are incredibly pleased. It’s great to be talking to you down in New Zealand. I had a great visit there back in 2016 while vice-president and had a good conversation with your Prime Minister just last week. I look forward to a refreshed relationship with your nation.
23 November 2020
I've just been chased in from an evening muster ready for weaning tomorrow by a skiffy southerly, which dropped the temperature several degrees and reminded me to be better prepared next time – and always have something warm on hand. As I was taught.
16 November 2020
The annual bludgers have recently turned up.
I’d been expecting them.
Good word, bludger.
