Bee spots is one of those euphemisms like fly dirt

Riverbank rubbish, User-Pays, Amdram, Christians, Whanganui River

As election day approaches, beware those who will promise everything and give nothing.

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Trump is playing Russian roulette with humanity's future. So does it matter that much?

Wednesday's census test will help Stats NZ do the job better in 2018's big questionnaire.

Brian Fallow discusses the realities of land use and climate policy.

Chronicle readers share their views on a variety of subjects and debate issues of the day.

Government-supported intervention is needed in the problem of disengaged rural youth.

Women lead the way as September election looms

Readers discuss renal dialysis, the river's status, river stopbanks and prisons.

Our community experiences significant alcohol-related harm.

Readers say: River's status is paganism; Bill English, you're joking; Take GST off food.

Current attitudes to science, particularly in education, are cause for concern.

Steve Braunias: The last Secret Diary of John Key

Gok Wan's new home television show

is Whanganui River's legal status just too baffling?

Readers have their say on the big issues

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.

So $1.7m spent in Whanganui to stub out smoking results in more smokers. Time to rethink?

Readers wax lyrical about dialysis, offshore mining, the smokefree funds fiasco and more.

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.