LAST Saturday night I had the pleasure of attending the Whanganui Chamber of Commerce Regional Business Awards. Congratulations to

. Chronicle columnist Fred Frederikse follows in the footsteps of Prime Minister John Key in delivering a speech to the United Nations

WHAT a fabulous few days for sport in Whanganui ... It was blue-and-blacks and black-and-blues (and read all over in the Chronicle). It

BEFORE the Flood is a double album featuring Bob Dylan and the Band recorded live in 1974. Joining Dylan on stage during the American

GETTING older is something most of us struggle to come to terms with to varying degrees. But whether you believe, like Mark Twain

'I'LL be back." So said Arnie Schwarzenegger in the Terminator movie before he took up politics " the same from me! It's been a whirlwind

JOHN KEY At the end of the day I think we have to be honest with ourselves and wonder whether this indiscretion is something that

WHO doesn't love a bargain? Regardless of your wealth or lack thereof, the idea of getting something cheap appeals to just about

KILLER clowns. You couldn't make it up. The craze for people in clown costumes to jump out and scare the bejesus out of passers-by

WELL done, Whanganui. Take a bow ... and a pat on the back. Our voter turnout for last weekend's election was the highest (preliminary

ONCE more, the people have spoken. Or at least some of the people have spoken. This election was no exception to typically poor local

HOW many Whanganui firms can boast 100 years in business? Imlay can, and next month the Heads Rd industry will celebrate a century

In a doctor's waiting room, I was drawn to a copy of Time magazine whose cover featured two adjoining gold bands held together with

ER, digital city? The epic fail by Whanganui District Council to deliver the local body election results at 3pm on Saturday certainly

New Zealand's economic growth rate is the third fastest in the OECD these days, which is something to be proud of. It's important

BEING the contrarian that I am, and being somewhat sceptical about the benefits of past marketing campaigns (Sport City, Well Worth

IT ALL started during the 2011 Rugby World Cup when the England squad was based in Queenstown. The details are sketchy, but it seems

YESTERDAY was World Homeless Day, an annual day that we should not have to mark, but our Government acknowledges that homelessness

WHENEVER a royal tour is announced, a frantic round of preparations is triggered. Ocelots are force-fed truffles and left to marinate

THE future of New Zealand (and possibly the world, for that matter) hinges on a seesaw that sits the environment at one end and the

IN THE GAME of 500 the first thing you learn is the importance of the trump. I wonder if the same can be said in the American political

THE potential for cross-party approach to tackling the effects of deprivation on children is there but without some genuine commitment

IF YOU would like New Zealand to again say "No" to Trans Tasman Resources, the company that would like to create an open-cast iron

TOURISM is growing rapidly and it plays an increasingly important role in the expansion of our local economies. The numbers of tourists

THE Prime Minister's tour of the Speirs Foods factory in Marton this week was more than a flying visit by the country's leader. It

WE USE the term deflation to describe the increasing value -- through increasing scarcity -- of any given monetary unit, as opposed

CUTTING: It looks like business as usual in the Bahrain desert oilfield of Sakhir, but Opec will cut production by 700,000 barrels

YOU ARE in hospital. You are in critical care. The doctor in charge of your future has worked seven nights in a row, for 10 hours

THERE'S an undercurrent of anger influencing Wanganui's upcoming elections. Frankly, the whole town seems pissed off, and it doesn't

FOR the second time in less than a week it's been proven that the kids are all right. In fact, the kids in Whanganui are more than