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Can we please fortify New Zealand's border, writes Russell Bell.
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Rob Rattenbury: Four years of neglect - how Joe Biden will clean up the mess
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Dawn Picken: Will you be my Galentine?
Opinion: It's a time to celebrate all female friends, whether they're single, or not.
Animal charities benefit from garden competition
Your letters: Two charities benefit from garden competition
Kevin Page: Yolk's on you, pal
Mr P recalls Mrs P telling him, quite forcefully, not to eat in front of the computer...
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: What defiance over tie symbolises
Rawiri Waititi's defiance is an important and timely stand and is hugely symbolic.
The link between alcohol and rugby
A little bit icky? Or nothing to be worried about in the slightest?
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: As much as wearing somethng is a form of activism, so is choosing not to wear it
How we dress can be one of the most powerful symbols of who we are.
Whanganui letters: Silver birch concern in Whanganui East
A very large silver birch on the corner of Burton Ave and Hackett St causes concern
Rob Rattenbury: Why is the world so obsessed with looks?
Opinion: And how do you fare when you're photogenically-challenged?
Dawn Picken: Inequity hurts everyone - it's time to fix the whare
Opinion: We are still living in the house colonialism built and it's time to fix it.
Stephanie Worsop: The new obsession that's made us drop our phones
Stephanie Worsop has a new hobby - and she's on a roll.
Whanganui letters: Why not reopen the rail lines?
Your letters: No gas or petrol cars? The Govt's kidding right?
Kevin Page: Hey big spender! Earned that bowl or knife yet?
Supermarket's bowl promotion a safer choice over the one for those knives.
Whanganui letters: A white elephant or a city asset?
Yes or no to roofing the velodrome? Here's two arguments for and against.
Rob Rattenbury: Memo fun police - NZers won't tolerate a Nanny state
Well-meaning people try to remove risk from every single part of our lives.
Jacob McSweeny: Two road rage incidents with vastly different outcomes
Opinion: When the middle finger fails to deliver your road rage message.
Dawn Picken: Advice for a 17-year-old in a new world
Opinion: For a teenager, postponement looks permanent. But this pause is not forever.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Iwi checkpoints about protecting communities
'Stop moaning about iwi checkpoints and let Māori leadership help us through.'
Fewer moths sparks concern about loss of wildlife
Where have all the moths disappeared to, asks concerned reader?
Bed buying chaos - missed photo opportunity
The scene in the store looked like something straight out of a Carry On movie.
Rob Rattenbury: Generations connect us to our past, and history holds lessons
OPINION: The connection we have to our ancestors is closer than we think.
Stephanie Worsop: The Covid casualty I'm scared we won't get back
Opinion: Will movie theatres fade into extinction in the coming years?
Dawn Picken: Relief the word of the day as Biden takes reins
OPINION: America is on the path to rejoining the world.
Kevin Page: Colour selection grey area for Mr P
Painting the house - choose a colour, buy the paint. How hard can it be?
Rob Rattenbury: The good, bad and ugly of social media
Facebook has become the new Friday night drinks venue for people who live far apart.
Kevin Page: Back trouble in the Page household
To be there 'in sickness and in health". Kevin Page steps up to honour the contract.
Whanganui letters: Concern over Three Waters
Massive change such as this will not escape public consultation, writes councillor.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Rātana without politicians a welcome break
It will be a different Rātana event at the end of the month with no politicians.
Best of 2020: Rob Rattenbury: Are you an introvert? You're not alone
Covid-19 for me, a retired chap, was a chance to kick back and enjoy life.
Whanganui letters: Teaching the real history of NZ
Your letters: NZ's 'real' history, no to bi-lingual road signs and dirty prison water.
Whanganui letters: Our water, shouldn't we control it?
Govt move appears to be aimed at centralising control of water supply and disposal
Rob Rattenbury: NZ ripe and ready for UK trade deal
Opinion: There has been talk about the formation of a fourth international trading bloc.