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Self-isolating? Chortle your way through a funny book
Terry Sarten: Or pick up the phone. Let's be together/alone.
Letters: Vote no to climate change; staying safe from virus; cannabis law reform
Your letters: Vote no to climate change, cannabis law reform, staying safe from virus
MP's view on cannabis reform skewed by bias
Hipango stated that she represented the Māori community. What about the rest of us?
Letters: Library must be a collector; an apology
Your letters: National library must collect and preserve documents.
Let's talk law: Coronavirus and the workplace
The principle of good faith should guide decisions by employers and employees.
Frank Greenall: Coronavirus – a drastic dress rehearsal
Frank Greenall: There's a much bigger bogeyman than coronavirus at large.
Jane Trask: I am worried. I am scared. But I'm not panicking
We need to live in a preventative world now to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
Letters: Dragging the chain on climate change
Your letters: Dragging the chain on climate change; Virus presents opportunity
Some Whanganui businesses are already hurting; what you can do to help
What is required is a pandemic plan (not a pan-panic plan).
Letters: Get rid of ridiculous red tape
Your letters: Simon Bridges is being badgered to get rid of the ridiculousness.
Speed camera traffic ticket twist
Kevin Page drives home a speedy reading message.
Letters: Time for us to exterminate plague of cones
An infestation of the banded red road cone is out of control, writes Dennis Nitschke.
Coronavirus gets governments moving; not so much with climate change
Conservation Comment: A race against time to develop a vaccine to slow virus progress.
Mosque attacks - 'I'm so sorry your dreams were shattered'
Comment: Those who lived through the trauma will have mental scars to the day they die.
Terry Sarten: Bonfire on safety regulations; common sense or populist politicking?
Terry Sarten: Burning a pile of health and safety regulations will not make us safer.
100,000 infected, 3400 dead - truth the best defence against coronavirus
Jay Kuten: Democratic governments must be candid and truthful in informing its citizens.
Letters: Reining in alcohol industry; planets on the move
Your letters to the Whanganui Chronicle; alcohol harm, planets on the move
Frank Greenall: Kindness is a way to crack family dysfunction
Meth and synthetics have become national scourges, leading to family breakdowns.
Let's talk law: Farm succession – start the conversation now
Historically, rural succession planning was simple.
Whanganui traffic flow woes
Your letters: How many times have we experienced traffic lights out of synch?
Should secular schools sing the national anthem and teach religion?
This year will see the place of religion in our schools placed under the spotlight.
Virus-fuelled recession likely only short term
I have respectfully dropped the handshake at the start of meetings.
When tools of the trade fall short...
DIYer Kevin Page finds completing his deck build is a saw point.
Motel and hotel closures hurting tourism
Your letters: Whanganui is at a severe risk of losing out on attracting tourists.
Letters: Parties could work together on virus threat
Letters: Virus threat, pesky comuters, End of Life Choice Act a slippery slope
Trophy hunting: A contentious issue that still divides opinion
Museums have contributed to problem by acquiring large animals for taxidermy specimens.
Solutions needed for Whanganui paper and cardboard crisis
A Whanganui think tank has been proposed to address paper and cardboard crisis.
Rob Rattenbury: Dual naming needed in Aotearoa New Zealand
'We have nothing in common with Zeeland but everything in common with Aotearoa.'
Parenting: The toughest gig you'll ever take on
When I get my boys outside, it works. Trouble falls away and we have fun together.
Terry Sarten: Coronavirus, a fortunate distraction for politicians
This world-wide health crisis will test the quality of leadership everywhere.
It's not euthanasia, it's a choice
Those opposed to the EOLC Act consistently use the term euthanasia - it's not.
Letters: Recycling cost spurs poor choices
If it's difficult or costly to recycle or dump, poorer people will make poor choices.