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Kevin Page: The Purge - can I handle another spring clean?
It's taken a couple of years to recover from the shock of Mrs P's last purge.
Letters: Flight school bailouts should be loans
Readers' say on Whanganui District Council's flight school bailout, and free speech
Letters: 'Protesters your children will one day judge you, as I do, with contempt'
Readers have their say on vaccination protestors and the Vic Ave revamp proposal
Letters: You are personally much safer vaccinated
Readers have their say on vaccine protests and unteaching racism
Letters: 'Vic Ave should be more than a parking lot'
Readers have their say on the proposed lower Victoria Ave revamp.
Rob Rattenbury: There's nothing like a New Zealand road trip
"Fifty years ago we threw some gear into the back of my old Vauxhall and hit the road."
Kevin Page: Dozy days dreaming of Olympic glory
Embarrassed, Kevin Page muttered an apology and scarpered back to the safety of his car
Comment: Support for mental health crises not good enough
"Most of us find it hard to even acknowledge anything about our mental health."
Comment | Hey coloniser, you want to lead the debate on indigenous rights?
OPINION: Let's demand a debate about the coloniser's entitlements.
Letters: Praise for Covid vaccination programme
Readers have their say on Covid, capitalism, police safety and the economy.
Letters: Vaccine experience not in line with claims
A Marton man says he has struggled to get a vaccine; why countries print money
Russell Bell: Mentors play key role in business
'I am never going to be David Gilmour or Prince'
Rob Rattenbury: Devil in the detail for Govt's meth programme funding
OPINION: Meth programme should be given a chance.
Dawn Picken: Once upon a time, I could venture with my kids
Opinion: The anti-staycation: where you wish you had left home but stayed to work instead.
Kevin Page: Back from lunch minus a whisker or two
An 8am stubble can turn into a 5pm shadow if one is not too careful, writes Kevin Page
1981 Springbok Tour: Former cop recalls being on duty for Hamilton match
"The few police on the embankment were brushed aside like feathers."
Letters: What controls do we have in Three Waters?
Readers have their say on Three Waters, banking and vaccination.
Russell Bell: Having fun the key to customer service
Having a vision of where a business is going is key to success
Letters: One way to protect police
Readers have their say on armed police and Reserve Bank.
Letters: Matariki, an authentic New Zealand holiday
Readers have their say on Matariki, climate change and Dry July.
Club rugby: Hunterville do it again with tight victory over Ratana
It's Hunterville's ninth championship in 13 seasons.
Rob Rattenbury: 'Crafts make the world a better place'
She who wields a needle is the master of the universe.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: 'We refuse to let hate speech slide'
There will be consequences for hate speech, writes Leigh-Marama McLachlan.
Letters: 'Without the criminal input there would not be a drug trade'
Readers have their say on drugs, council spending and more
Comment: What's best for business if you've got sick staff?
Russell Bell advocates staying home from work when you're sick
Rob Rattenbury: How pervasive is white supremacy in NZ?
OPINION: White supremacists do exist in our country, though hopefully not in great numbers
Letters: Time to stop the spending on 'frilly bits'
Letters to the Whanganui Chronicle
Letters: Will life on Mars be first?
Readers have their say on the Pātea hospital site, Māori language and New Zealand history.
Opinion: Business success by design
Russell Bell writes about a Whanganui business at the cutting edge of interior design.
Letters: Look west for tough cat rules
Readers have their say on the dogs and cats, three waters and disunity.
Rob Rattenbury: How New Zealanders could show their patriotism
"I love my country... but I have never felt the need to shout it from the rooftops."
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Puanga celebrations good for the soul
Puanga or Matariki has always been a big part of Māori society from early on.
Letters: Armchair Covid vaccine critics missing some key points
Readers have their say on the Covid vaccine and the name of Aotearoa New Zealand