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

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With the local body elections just over a week away, mayor ANNETTE MAIN, who is not standing for re-election, shares her views about

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

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

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

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

HAVING read some of the responses to the right-wing, anti-Muslim flyers distributed to households around Whanganui a week or so ago

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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

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

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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

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IF THERE'S one thing an incoming district council needs to prioritise for Whanganui, it's giving more prominence to positive ageing

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QUITE what was in the Government's mind when it framed the amendments to the Local Government Act that are currently under debate

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LIKE lots of other people I looked in at the council debates last week via Facebook. It was the first time the Chronicle had live