is Whanganui River's legal status just too baffling?

Readers have their say on the big issues

Is a Green vote still a strange option?

How companies make you do their work in your time

Readers debate extraterrestrials, prison staffing, flood prevention and the river's status

Is lowering the voting age to 16 really the answer to engaging teens in politics?

Readers share their opinions on the Whanganui River's new legal status and more . . .

Should the law protect the lives of unborn New Zealanders in their first nine months?

How to cure the creeping malaise that has infiltrated out society, asks Frank Greenall.

We'll miss John Key . . . but maybe not for the right reasons, writes columnist Jay Kuten.

As the number of known extra-solar planets grows, the question of alien life looms larger

Flooding myths Your correspondent M. Norris, sitting comfortably above any flooding up on St John's Hill, perpetuates many of the

What do you do if you're a dog with lots of excess energy? Columnist Fred Frederikse tells the story of Pipi - hyperactive Fox Terrier cross and born bird dog.

In Whanganui the first meeting of a new sub-committee was a corker.

Trump's sham shamrock The US President was at his best for St Patrick's Day. He even had a version of his "Make America Great" cap

While the average person may struggle to get his or her head around the fact that the Whanganui River is now legally a person, such things are not without political prcedent, says Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper.

By Ian Sutherland IN AN interview on December 11 last year, Donald Trump's answer to a question about man-made global warming ("Nobody

Swim champs uncompetitive I recently attended a school swimming champs for kids between 9 and 12 years old. I'm a parent of four

On the day that our front page reported Whanganui District Council needed to find an extra $20 million over the next 10 years to repair

WOULD Alejandro (Alex) Lopez Musalem be the first person to arrive at Whanganui airport from the Gulf of Mexico? It took four flights

IT IS time we ditched the words "racism" and "racist" from our language - they allow those who act in racially discriminatory ways

I didn't find the re-enactment of a supposed cold case murder, initially named a hit and run more than 20 years ago in Ngaruawahia

Watery walkway Several years ago, when I lived in the Wanganui East suburb, I was a frequent user of the railway bridge walkway from

Bullfighting and fox hunting pale into insignificance next to the blood-letting cut-and-thrust of local body elections. They're sanguinary gladiatorial bouts, risky to the health of combatants and onlookers alike. Paul Brooks presents the case for a ban.

We loved Murray Ball's Footrot Flats. The humour was uniquely Kiwi but internationally understood.

Three years ago Scots voted to stay part of Britain in a "once-in-a-generation" referendum on independence. Now they're going to have another vote, even though the future looks distinctly unpromising for an independent Scotland, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Once we enjoyed a very high quality of life by world standards. Now that has gone and, sadly, we're leading the race to the bottom in some aspects of our lives. So what happened to New Zealand? Columnist Frank Greenall examines the question.

The aim of the rural games is to give back something of our legacy to the next generation.

Sensible step While I totally agree with Steve Baron's sentiments (Letters, March 9) about people not wanting to leave their homes

The aim of the 2017 Hilux Rural Games (held in Manawatu last weekend) is to give back something of our legacy to the next generation, writes Rangitikei MP Ian McKelvie. A lot of what makes us who we are is based on our rural roots and values, he says.