Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Young offenders deserve a chanceIS BEING referred to police Youth Aid a slap with a wet bus ticket? Not necessarily. This week's story of seven youths aged 11-16 21 Dec 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleBusiness Zen: Impressive airline a great fit with regionLAST week I highlighted 10 businesses which, in my view, stood out as excellent in 2016. I had a lot of feedback with a number of 20 Dec 05:20 PM
Whanganui ChronicleIan McKelvie: Power shift was seamlessNO TWO WEEKS are ever the same in politics, and the last couple of weeks have certainly proved the point. The unexpected resignation 20 Dec 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Spare a moment to help othersONE of the purposes of the media is to find words, music and voice -- figuratively -- to rectify the condition of that ubiquitous 20 Dec 04:50 PM
Whanganui ChronicleJay Kuten: Doing nothing not an optionUnfortunately, the paralysis of action can be fostered and manipulated to serve the interests of others.IN THE wake of the United 20 Dec 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Youi cop it for dodgy dealingsSAD to say, it comes as no great surprise to learn that Youi has been fined $320,000 on 15 charges of using misleading sales techniques. There 19 Dec 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFred Frederikse: New Cuba close but no cigarWHEN news came out that Fidel Castro (1926-2016) had died I got a call from my friend Blackie in Auckland. It has been a sad year 19 Dec 04:45 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersModern shaman Hill-country farming was at a crisis point in 1988. I was in the Mangamahu War Memorial Hall watching punk rockers19 Dec 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour view: Readers' have their sayGallery costs I also got a fright Mr Moles (Chronicle letters; December 9) when I read that Whanganui District Council "has agreed 18 Dec 06:22 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersFlood protection Jim Ennis (letters, Dec 6), thank you for raising your concerns about possible repair work to the riverbank near 18 Dec 04:45 PM
Whanganui ChronicleConservation Comment: Make 2017 a year of four FsBy Graham Pearson LET'S skip Christmas and all its commercialisation and the need to purchase new "things". Instead let's consider 18 Dec 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleChris Cresswell: Take the silly out of 'silly season'I CAN'T help feeling that what started as a beautiful religious celebration has turned into a nightmare for many people as well as 18 Dec 04:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleSteve Braunias: Secret Diary of Bill EnglishMONDAY It's always been my dream to be the interim Prime Minister. And now here I am. It feels ... unreal. It feels ... not quite 18 Dec 07:00 AM
Whanganui ChronicleKate Stewart: Shopping dulls the festive spiritWITH my Christmas menu locked and loaded, it was time to tackle the masses in the supermarket aisles. Shopping list and unfortunately18 Dec 03:00 AM
Whanganui ChronicleTerry Sarten: Corporate care is not the way for vulnerable kidsTHE Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 includes provisions to 18 Dec 01:00 AM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: 63 reasons why action is too little, too lateTurkeys don't vote for Christmas apparently, and I suspect that Maui's dolphins don't vote for set-net fishing. There's always a 17 Dec 07:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Rugby and region are the winnersIT'S QUITE a coup for the region to get the Hurricanes-Crusaders clash. It was announced this week that Waverley would be venue for 17 Dec 04:22 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Gibson: Suspend judgment if you don't knowAS Science Forum Lectures have gone into recess until February I was casting around for ideas for a piece for December. Then I heard 17 Dec 10:36 AM
Whanganui ChronicleHealth is everyone's businessTHIS year has seen some amazing leadership in healthy change across the Whanganui Rangitīkei Ruapehu District with examples from 17 Dec 07:03 AM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: World champ many haven't heard ofLAST weekend Joseph Parker triumphantly hoisted the WBO heavyweight belt above his head - the new World Champion, he said. The only 17 Dec 04:55 AM
Whanganui ChronicleJay Kuten: 'Snow White has left the building'I'm having a T-Shirt printed with this logo: "Snow White has left the building and we're left with these little dwarves." In the 13 Dec 07:09 PM
Whanganui ChronicleDan Jackson: Brave fight to find out the truthGood on them. Good on the families of those poor buggers killed in the Pike River mine disaster. They've been fighting since 2011 13 Dec 06:01 PM
Whanganui ChronicleSteve Baron: Clothes maketh the councillorDURING the election campaign I took some flak for wearing my shiny business shoes down at the River Traders market, when some other 12 Dec 11:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFred Frederikse: 40-year-old idea still good todayI AM in the process of moving sheds. I was sorting through my stuff, deciding what to dump and what to keep, when I came across 12 Dec 10:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Unique race has potential to growIt had the lustre of Olympic gold; it had the TV cameras; it had the action on the big screen ... It had a sizeable crowd on the 12 Dec 07:44 AM
Whanganui ChronicleYour view: Readers have their sayGender tirade The weekend edition of the Chronicle is usually an informative, entertaining read. Last weekend it left a bitter taste 10 Dec 09:27 PM
Whanganui ChronicleNicola Patrick: Parade brings joy to manyI GOT the ol' royal wave going last Saturday, taking part in the annual Santa parade down Victoria Ave. Before we even turned the 10 Dec 06:58 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Forget the cynics, it's a Kiwi ChristmasIT'S a sickly cliche advertisement for Air New Zealand. But oh, how well it works. Go watch the viral video doing the rounds on 10 Dec 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleTerry Sarten: Conspiracy theory comes back to bite meSATIRE is meant to have some bite but it seems to have become completely truthless and unable to leave a mark on the hard hide of 10 Dec 09:11 AM
Whanganui ChronicleYour view: Readers have their sayGallery shortfall "The district council has agreed to underwrite any cost over-runs or shortfall in funding ..." Such a simple statement 09 Dec 01:53 AM
Whanganui ChronicleChester Borrows: Bill's the man for meWELL, it's been a funny old week in Parliament. I made the announcement that I was stepping down at the next election and was flattered 09 Dec 12:21 AM
Whanganui ChronicleGwynne Dyer: Where are all those people?DID it cross your mind occasionally, in the past week, to wonder where all of the "250,000 civilians trapped in eastern Aleppo" have 09 Dec 12:18 AM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: Key to kingdom left unturnedJOHN Key has surprised everyone and pulled the plug. But it's probably a pretty good time to do it. With a workable consensus forming 08 Dec 02:56 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Rumour travels faster than lightWHEN Ole Romer determined that light has a finite speed it was 1676. Putting the year in perspective, it was 10 years after the 08 Dec 10:05 AM
