By DYKES, Mervyn The age of oil is on a slippery slope and changes are imperative.

The Waikato Management School in collaboration with Oxfam is hosting a public forum featuring Duncan Green, head of research at Oxfam Great Britain and author of From Poverty to Power.

Waikato University's free lecture series dealing with conservation and environment issues continues tonight at the Wel Energy Academy of Performing Arts at 7pm.

A series of Waikato University courses that start later this year will take people into the bush to learn about traditional Maori medicine.

By GARDNER, Chris; NEEMS, Jeff AgResearch is to spend $6 million on creating a dairy research and development farm to boost the value of the province's exports.