Eggspert advice Hello, Frank Greenall. My name is Al Bumen. I enjoyed your column (Chronicle, October 27) with hints on cooking eggs

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ASK Google. Consult the internet. The World Wide Web has become the answer to all of life's pressing problems. Need to know something?

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By Jim Parnell IN his article about the possibility of Jerusalem on the Whanganui River becoming a shrine for pilgrims, David Scoullar

WHAT does our MP, Chester Borrows, have in common with US federal investigator Peter Forcelli -- besides being an ex-cop? Forcelli

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I AM a columnist. I like a good column. It provides structural and architectural support, holding up a wider concept to provide a

IT IS 2030 and one brilliant solution to the global scourges of climate change, obesity, diabetes, traffic congestion, pollution -

Thirteen people committed suicide in Whanganui in the past year - our highest total for the past decade. That's what the provisional

THE FACT THAT a Ministry of Transport survey has found more drivers want the open road speed limit extended to 110km/h shouldn't

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