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Terry Sarten: A climate change cruise
Terry Sarten offers a cruise for climate change sceptics
Letters: In the dumps over humps
I'm beginning to understand how Humpty Dumpty felt, and he wasn't even in a car.
Chester Borrows: Voting in prisons a tiny step
There are a number of arguments in favour of allowing inmates to vote.
Ian McKelvie: Let's celebrate our farmers, not condemn them
Our agriculture sector stand accused of being climate and environmental villains.
Letters: Whanganui council 'too male, too white and too old'
Non-alphabetical listing of candidates' names on ballot papers could be a game-changer.
Rachel Stewart: Fate of Fonterra - don't say you weren't warned
COMMENT: Years have been spent ignoring fact Fonterra was heading toward the rocks.
Letters: Trade wars' flow-on effects start to show
Around one third of government bonds are now offered with negative interest rates.
Woodstock - If you can remember it, you weren't there
Woodstock - If you can remember it, you weren't there, as the saying goes.
Jay Kuten: If it walks like a racist, talks like a racist ...
COMMENT: Trump uses techniques of provocation along many of America's fault lines.
Letters: Flying in the face of crisis with Whanganui's pilot school
Whanganui city adds to worldwide pollution with its newly acquired flying school.
Conservation Comment: Right time to go native
Will a tree or two in the garden really make a difference, particularly in town? Yes.
Greenland purchase: 'Final proof that Trump has gone mad'
Donald Trump's real estate deals have always been plagued by bad timing.
Conservation Comment: Now is right time to go native
Among ways we can make a difference to our environment and the world is to plant a tree
Letters - Obesity epidemic sweeping the nation
Letters from readers of the Whanganui Chronicle
Letters: Who should we send home from Ihumātao?
I hope Ihumātao will not live up to its name with blood being spilled. - Potonga Neilson
Rob Rattenbury: Memories of trauma are very raw for many Maori
We as a country are failing Maori, our indigenous people.
Frank Greenall: Tales of whales, trails and fails
Frank Greenall reflects on those few degrees of separation that bind us all.
Business Zen: There's no such thing as luck in business
Lotto's a quick fix, and life and business requires anything but.
Jay Kuten: An open letter to David Bennett
Whanganui District Council needs to play a role in mitigating global warming.
Museum Notebook: The life of 'Dr Ann'
Ann Evans, who worked with Florence Nightingale, was a midwife and nurse in this region.
Conservation Comment: Population politics?
Keith Beautrais discusses fertility control, population growth and the planet.
White supremacists: Hatred can be very catchy
Terry Sarten says white supremacists should hone up on their geography.
Ian McKelvie: Cancer care should be fair for everyone
New Zealanders with cancer should have access to life saving and life-prolonging drugs.
Rachel Stewart: Monty Python or Shakespeare - tragic theatre of the Greens
COMMENT: State of the climate begs the question - what good are politicians anymore?
Jay Kuten: Hateful speech can result in hateful acts
Jay Kuten encourages people to choose their words wisely.
Forestry alternatives to clear-felling radiata
New Zealand's narrow focus on pinus radiata should change, forester Rachel Rose says.
Museum notebook: The days of male impersonators
A hundred years ago a woman wearing trousers in public was scandalous.
Terry Sarten: Musos need performance enhancing performances
Are punters getting a good deal when musicians perform drunk or stoned, asks Terry Sarten.
Sleepyhead's workers' village: When wasn't enhancing the health and wealth of your workforce not great for business?
Sleepyhead's plan for workers is admirable; hopefully it will inspire other businesses.
Russell Bell: Do you know what your business is responsible for?
It pays to think about health and safety.