Yesterday, while visiting Christchurch, I made the bold claim that the Pohangina Valley, where I live, has 'the best rainbows in the...

Earlier this evening I got a call out of the blue from a nice young reporter from Newshub, keen to interview me for their morning show on...

So, this is how we got introduced to sheep husbandry. One day, we got a call from our friendly farmers over the road. They had a newborn...

On Friday we welcomed the arrival of some young ladies from Dannevirke, in the Hawke's Bay. They were a small herd of dairy heifers...

I have been reading Max Harris' much acclaimed book The New Zealand Project (BWB Books, 2017). Harris believes that to face the major...

Quite apart from being the day my long-awaited writing studio arrived (all the way over the ranges from the Hawke's Bay) - it was an...

As part of our transition to country life our plan is to ease into livestock rearing by starting with the most user-friendly animals -...

I have discovered that living in the country can lead to some interesting conversations. The smallholder that lives next to us raises...

Decisions made by men more than a century and a half ago led to me facing an unpleasant ethical dilemma a few days ago. That is, should I...

It was mid-autumn when we moved to our new home in the Pohangina Valley, and the valley has been ablaze with autumn colour - one of the...