Funding for peace; Know your biblical genres; Belief systems; Down Syndrome and abortions.

Rachel Rose on the value of Quakers and their message of peace

Red tape has Kate Stewart in knots

Extension to hearing for new information casts doubt on TTR's iron-sand mining application

Be grateful for the sacrifices made by those who left us this beautiful, peaceful country.

Who are these bureaucrats who insult our culture at a time of national mourning?

Why does govt access funds through privately-owned banks when it has a better option?

Archaeological digs flesh out details of Whanganui's rich colonial past. Let's have more.

Poppies, spies and police dogs in civvies. Thanks all round and a call for clarity on port

Who knows what's in the clouded mind of politician or a journalist? The Shadow knows.

Trump's "mother of all bombs" is unlikely to have have intimidated the Pashtuns.

A credible plan to improve water quality for swimming requires a credible grading system.

E-bike magic; banks, usury and Sonny Bill; flood protection; an Anzac Day challenge.

.Freedom camping, White poppy sellers, Sonny Bill's haircut.

New Zealand's biggest problem could be the institution known as the too-hard basket.

Tax is the engine that makes society run

Homeless ... it's one of those words that gets bandied about on a regular basis.

Readers letters to the editor

Talk proper -- even the TV news reporters mess up the English language

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Freedom campers are an economic opportunity places like Whanganui can't afford to pass up.

This week's news of a big pay boost for aged care sector workers may be just the start.

Buckle your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride". Welcome to the Facebook revolution.

Watch those apostrophes, Buy cheaper dialysis machines, and beware of mushy brains.

Sonny Bill Williams is opposed to moneylenders. Perhaps we should all follow his lead.

Battler and winner Kristine Bartlett has shown people can still stand up for their rights.

The colonial Chavannes family did a lot to bring Whanganui into the 20th century.

If the airlines can violate Dr Dao's personal space, they can do it to anyone.

It's all about rivers with rights and "writing" wrongs, Putiki flooding and political egos

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