Every election is important in its own way ... Ours - for district council or Horizons or the district health board - may pale in

Kym Fell replaced Kevin Ross as Whanganui District Council chief executive in January not unaware of the complexities and controversies

I MISSED the past two Whanganui Musicians' Club "first Friday of the month" club nights as we were going to and then coming back from

I HAVE never advocated that people who routinely feed low doses of antibiotics to livestock should be executed without trial. That

LATELY this column has focused on serious matters. Columnist colleagues are writing about local body affairs but there is another

Good golly, Miss Molly! When I read the 203-page independent review of the WTTP by Robert Domm, I breathed a sigh of relief. It was

About two years ago I recall writing a column about reality TV where I sarcastically predicted we would soon have a show called The

DONALD TRUMP Greetings planet Earth. I come in pieces. Excuse me a moment while I receive a message from another dimension. I

IF YOU aren't aware how uncool sugary drinks have become, I can only conclude it's because you've been hiding under a rock. New

AFTER seeing the Trump-Clinton debate, I'm convinced: we don't take our politics seriously enough. Granted, we're only facing local

IT'S not an election, it's a selection. And although all the countries in the United Nations General Assembly have equal rights, some

The world is facing some serious challenges, and for small, open economies like New Zealand's it is vital governments remain open

IT IS a long-established fact that everyone is looking for the Next Big Thing. It doesn't matter how fabulous something is, if it's

The last quarter century has been characterised by Horizons choosing to ignore the outcomes of its own consultation processes. IN

RESTITUTION was sought in the case of Maria Altman from the Austrian Government in her effort to regain ownership of a family heirloom

YOU should have your voting papers by now and, in fact, more than 3000 have probably already done their democratic duty in what is

JOHN KEY At the end of the day it's obviously very sad but if there's anything I can do to help then I hope they know I'd be happy

IN 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declined Trans Tasman Resources (TTR) request to mine the seabed off the coast

More than half our Paralympians delivered personal bests to say nothing of the three world records set by KiwisI DON'T get much chance

AS THE Syrian ceasefire arranged by the United States and Russia teeters on the brink of collapse, it's clear the main problem lies

LAST Saturday's Chronicle article about the chair with the Battle of Trafalgar connections, now in the Whanganui Regional Museum

APPARENTLY I have no magic left in me. I was coldly informed of this by my beloved the other night ... while I was laughing at her. She

TWO recent events have revived my concerns over the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP). United States President Barack Obama

JIM HOWARD, in his Tuesday Chronicle Opinion contributions, raised some good points: that for economic development to be effective

IN RECENT years we have seen concerted efforts by government agencies and others to reduce our exposure to risk in our daily lives

AND so we come to it at last ... voting papers finally in our hands after what already feels like a gruelling campaign period that

HAS a political puzzle finally been solved? Kim MacIntyre was the mystery man of the 2014 general election in Whanganui when he stood

Not best option In releasing the 2014 MWH alternative wastewater treatment plant proposal, the mayor states that Cardno (Mike McCoy)

I PLAYED three songs at the Musicians Club recently - two of my own, with one so hot off the press I had the words on big sheets of

A FEW weeks back I devoted a column to the rewriting of some old truisms. One truism I won't rewrite - because I, personally, believe