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Rob Rattenbury: At some point you find a home forever

OPINION: 'I put Supertramp on the stereo and wound it up. We are here and here to stay.'

Nicky Rennie: I want to get a pet but Buster and Florence will have to wait a bit

Comment: Nicky Rennie outlines her pet project

Comment: The future is Māori

Helen Leahy, Pou Ārahi of Nga Waihua o Paerangi, writes about investing in whānau.

Nicky Rennie: Mother’s Day a loving gesture for some, commercial rubbish to others

Is Mother's Day an opportunity for a loving gesture or commercial rubbish?

Rob Rattenbury: Lest we forget

Rob Rattenbury pays tribute to those who serve so we can live in freedom.

Rob Rattenbury: Waitangi Day a work in progress

Comment: The day is becoming of much more significance to more and more of us.

Letters: Why industry is important for Whanganui

Readers have their say on an important Whanganui business, and who should pay for roads

Jay Rerekura: Less corporate festive season and more ‘Piki Raumati’

"The grass grows, the fruit grows riper. The puku grows wider."

Te Awa Tupua: Whanganui at the confluence of global trends

OPINION: The sacred river can ensure intergenerational prosperity for the region.

Rob Rattenbury: New Zealanders haven't had their freedom denied

OPINION: It seemed every unhappy soul in the country got together for a major whinge.

Rob Rattenbury: Climate change is a sleeping giant that needs our attention

Opinion: By the time the world cottons on to climate change it may be too late.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Leave no one behind as we learn to live with Covid

OPINION: We believe the Covid response vaccination bill was not compliant with Te Tiriti.

Russell Bell: The trouble with the traffic lights system

Comment: It shouldn't be for businesses to enforce traffic lights, Russell Bell writes.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Māori will pay price as Govt puts politics ahead of health

OPINION: When Covid first arrived in Aotearoa, we went headfirst into the unknown.

Editorial: The misguided battle for freedom

It'll take just over another 12,000 doses to get our region to 90 per cent vaccinated.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Māori crucially missing out with Government's centralised response

OPINION: Struggle to resource Māori vaccination effort highlights inequity of the rollout.

Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Escaping the noise to focus on what's important

OPINION: There's a saying I have always kept in mind and that's 'pass the mic'.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Unite on nation's mental wellbeing to endure Covid

What's being done for mental wellbeing during Covid when it seems walls are falling in?