TWO successful forums for council candidates were held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at the War Memorial Centre. Of the 33 hopefuls

If the new school funding measures have taught me anything, it's that Education Minister, Hekia Parata needs to take herself back

AIRINI BEAUTRAIS restores your faith in human nature. When the gutless anti-Muslim flyers were spread around Whanganui like something

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NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reportedly had one of his ministers recently executed for displaying bad sitting posture at a government

"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first

IS AFFCO a good corporate citizen, asked The Nation, one of the best news shows on New Zealand television. In the weekend's programme

RECENTLY I took issue with the way in which this city and its people were portrayed by TV3's Story programme (August 2, 2016). I

KIDS hate my job. Not what I actually do - which is recycling which they think is cool in a "save the planet" kind of way. No, they

THE local body election campaign is heating up with your voting papers being delivered this month and, of course, the results due

MONDAY At the end of the day my initial reaction when you talk about doing a film about yourself is that you don't want to seem like

WELL done UCOL for bringing a comprehensive course in beekeeping to Whanganui. I'm one of 30 students (three times more than have

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MY COLUMNS in recent weeks have largely been dedicated to reporting on events from around the wider Whanganui region -- including

IT'S official! Or as official as anything can be after an international congress in South Africa has worked on it for seven years. The

IT IS always good for businesses to give back to the community. There are many ways to do this and a number of businesses are giving

We have all heard of the saying less is more, and right or wrong it holds a great deal of sway in the beauty business. We have become

THE weekday six o'clock TV news is often grim news indeed. Very weighty words are required to convey the grimness of this news. This

THE weekday six o'clock TV news is often grim news indeed. Very weighty words are required to convey the grimness of this news. This

ENSURING New Zealanders can access better, sooner and more convenient healthcare remains the Government's No1 funding priority. The

WITH nominations now being called for 2016 inductees into the Whanganui Sports Hall of Fame, it's timely to consider how much those

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RARE: The swelling pink bud of Rafflesia, the world's largest flower. WE REJOINED the tourist trail at Bukittinggi, West Sumatra

The closure of the Manus Island detention camp in Papua New Guinea is long overdue. Now it's time Australia closed Nauru. Australia's

THE Government's recent announcement that it will pursue a goal of New Zealand becoming predator-free by 2050 has been widely and

I'M FEELING hard done by. This week during a moment between making dinner and folding washing, I found myself watching a reality show

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MONDAY We held a briefing to discuss last week's botched attempt to covertly tape the All Blacks in their team room at the Intercontinental

We won't just miss the Imelda-esque collection of boots ... Mayor Annette Main held her final full council meeting this week and

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