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Jay Kuten: Election for the future of Whanganui
It's local election time and columnist Jay Kuten discusses the important issues
Russell Bell: Maintaining your edge in a competitive market
Russell Bell dishes out advice on small business matters.
Adrian Rurawhe: Land claims, home ownership and te reo Maori
Iwi took a huge step forward signing an agreement in principle to settle land claims.
Your Letters: Happy to break down in Whanganui
Readers' letters to the Whanganui Chronicle
Let's talk law: Farm Debt Mediation Bill
The Farm Debt Mediation Bill (No 2) would establish a mediation scheme
Letters: Lunches will feed bad habits
Between the developed and developing worlds we have two different population problems
Terry Sarten: There's a fraction too much fiction
The collision of Harry Potter and religious zeal sparks this week's Terry Sarten column.
Rob Rattenbury: Retirement brings a new set of addictions
Commentator Rob Rattenbury contemplates new addictions since retirement.
Letters: Taking a first step
Somewhere down the track people will ask what you did about climate change.
Frank Greenall: Bring out the local bodies
Commentator Frank Greenall's take on the local body elections.
Comment: Rushing climate change legislation is risky
Rangitikei MP Ian McKelvie checks in from out in the field.
Letters: Costs of measles rise
So far, the 350 people hospitalised with measles have cost taxpayers more than $800,000.
Rachel Stewart: Nope, I'm not taking a guilt trip in my V8
COMMENT: Gripe about my dream car and I'll rip the Velcro off your Tevas.
Letters: Traffic-free cycle ride wonderful
The whole of human history will undertake a violent swerve. -- L.E. Fitton
Russell Bell: Why there's no 'I' in team
Best business advice from local consultant Russell Bell.
Letters: Evolution seen in science
Without evolutionary theory we might still know much about biology but not understand it.
Harete Hipango: In the New Zealand Māori tourism Dragon's Den
Whanganui MP Harete Hipango updates what she's been up to on the electorate's behalf.
Conservation comment: Water never lies
Water never lies. That's how I help our farm interns understand topographic landforms.
Letters: Is it knowing or believing?
Some of us are happy enough without adding the problems of God to our busy lives.
Will Britain be the new Hong Kong
Brits could adopt some of the tactics used by Hong Kong's people's movement.
Rob Rattenbury: Will New Zealand's climate action really make a difference?
The days of denial are over ... but should we lead?
Chester Borrows: Need to hit the right target
The risk aversion of police is such that they deny the return of many firearms licences.
Letters: Our cash for a petty civil dispute
Why is the New Zealand Government getting embroiled in this pitiful debate?
Frank Greenall: Not too late to clear Peter Ellis's name
Comment: I think it's time this lingering miscarriage of justice was just kicked to touch.
Gwynne Dyer: Amazon fires spark international outcry
Brazilian president Jair Bonsonaro is seen by many as being at fault.
Letters: Reading between the (vote-for-me) signs
Who'd vote for candidates who can't read English or who try to sidestep regulations?
Listen: The Whanganui Chronicle Podcast for August 26
It's a wrap of some of our biggest and favourite news stories
Letters: Wake up and smell the air
Public Health should have a way of collecting proper data about what goes into the air.
Jay Kuten: Trust and deception in the end of life debate
Local politicians, Harete Hipango and Ian McKelvie have expressed distrust of voters...
How you can post a message into the time capsule at the Sarjeant
Post a message into the time capsule at the Sarjeant.
Letters: Pollution hotline an exercise in futility
The numbers show how grossly sub-par HRC is when compared with other councils around NZ.
Conservation Comment: Let's do lunch French-style
Employees must have a break of at least an hour. Lunch is a serious business in France.
Letters: Time to look at better building
Multi-storey timber buildings have already been erected in London and Australia.