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Rachel Stewart: Animal cruelty – a storm is coming
COMMENT: If you're shocked now, your hair will soon curl.
Editorial: Shock departure casts a cloud over Whanganui's economic agency
Out-of-the-blue resignation not a good look for Whanganui's economic agency
Steve Baron: Government waste levy hitting Whanganui folk in the pocket
The hidden cost to the Whanganui community may be an increase in fly-tipping
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of Simon Bridges
COMMENT: We ran out of milk this morning so I called the Crown limousine.
Editorial: University vice-chancellor eats her own words with Brash ban
It takes a heck of a lot to trump the right to freedom of speech
Steve Braunias: Secret Diaries of Judith and Jan
COMMENT: Judith Collins and Jan Thomas put reputations at stake this week.
Chester Borrows: I wouldn't cross the street to hear Don Brash's views
Why should Don Brash be spared the challenge to his 1970s view of New Zealand's future?
Tests from a box to fight diseases
Science forums hears from Richard Winkworth about his studies of pests and diseases
Editorial: School is only guilty of naivety
Mark Dawson on the fallout of boxer Joseph Parker's controversial visit to a city school.
Rachel Stewart: Why kill animals after an 'attack'?
Comment: Animals attack us when we invade their space and we need to realise this.
Nicola Patrick: Counting on things Kiwis really value
Why economic success isn't the only - or even the best - indicator of our progress
Your say: That drab bus depot is a poor look for Whanganui
Readers have their say on the bus station; bus service; Winston Peters; hostile despots
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Winston Peters
COMMENT: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of my term as Acting PM.
Your say: Devilish twist on front page
Readers write in: Brian Tamaki; the justice debate; science and religion; the alt-right
Editorial: Predictable attack on Borrows by hardline law-and-order lobby
Tougher "punishment" tends to produce hardened people more likely to offend again
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Lauren Southern
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Rachel Stewart: Signs of a stressed-out dairy industry
COMMENT: If farmers don't find a new way forward soon, they'll feel more alone than ever.
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of Helsinki talks
COMMENT: They liked me in the UK but they loved me in Helsinki.
Chester Borrows: International students reveal how easy our kids have it
Foreign visitors show us life beyond NZ, but also make us re-appraise our own country
Your view: Autistics have feelings as strong as anyone's
Readers write: Autism issues; vegan dangers; money for guns and council voting records
Rachel Rose: Would our kids be as brave as Thai lads?
Best chance in a disaster is a close, caring community
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Free Speech Coalition
COMMENT: It's amazing how quickly people have responded to the Free Speech Coalition.
Rachel Stewart: Same-sex and proud - let them eat cake
COMMENT: There will be many more bumps on the road to gay wedded bliss.
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of impossible burger
COMMENT: The meat-free burger offered by Air NZ sends a message to world NZ is rudderless.
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of The Prime Minister
COMMENT: Today marks a historic occasion in the affairs of this great country.
Rachel Stewart: Time for dry July
COMMENT: The more I drank the more I could handle it. Time to give it a break.
Editorial: When freedom to take a photo over-steps the bounds
When taking photos in public places enters the grey zone.
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of the Birth
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Jay Kuten: An evil of biblical contortion
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