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Letters: Cyclists and shared paths
The walkers are quietly being pushed off the traditional walkways in this town.
Letters: Bus service is essential
Horizons always seem an extra imposition, but at least I can enjoy their buses.
Rachel Stewart: Forget Mars - clean our mess up first
COMMENT: I don't want to go to Mars. I want to get Earth fixed.
Letters: $4m for veterans an insult
Stop giving the likes of Shane Jones $1 billion to waste on hare-brained schemes.
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Museum Notebook: Roller skating in NZ
Recreational roller skating started in New Zealand in the mid-1860s
Carbon accounts could combat climate issue
Frustration at the failure of governments to successfully address climate breakdown
Letters: Put no deadline on justice
Rent offered for confiscated Taranaki lands was termed "moni toto" — blood money.
Nicola Patrick: Facing mass extinctions
Nicola Patrick urges people to get closer to nature
Kate Stewart: Justice scales need balancing
Kate Stewart on our much-misguided sentencing guidelines
Terry Sarten: Foxes in the chicken coop
Proposed change to the laws around cannabis should be meaningful
Letters: Victims need money now
Victim Support drip-feeding the funds adds another layer of hurt for shooting survivors.
Borrows: Young vets worthy of respect
It is easy to recite "Lest We Forget" when we "Don't Even Know", writes Chester Borrows.
Editorial: Why is Whanganui's water so hard? Our series looks at that and more
The Chronicle lifts the lid on Whanganui's water
Letters: Freedom of speech a myth
Has anyone gone to court to demand that freedom of religion only apply to Christians?
Letters: Time to back Fourth Estate
Our community needs a robust news media to retain a robust democracy.
Letters: A glut of city bottle shops
The police and Medical Officer of Health didn't oppose the application. Where was our MP?
Conservation Comment: Get them young and make it fun
A highly successful trip on which the children took to the outdoors with enthusiasm.
Letters: Division over bill saddens
Our skin colour might be different, but the colour of our blood is the same.
Is the End of Life Choice Bill just palliative legislation?
Palliative - "relieving the pain without dealing with the cause of the condition"
Dani Lebo: Want to buy a beer? Sorry, you'll need to wait until tomorrow - it's climate day
COMMENT: The kids have a day off school for mass-extinction day - let's go to the bach.
Kate Stewart: My BFF Kim's back after 20 years
Kim was/is my school chum and visiting from her life of living abroad
Letters: Council reviews pets-in-flats rules
The council has not reviewed its "no pets" stance for some time, so a review is timely.
Chester Borrows: Blame coffee ... the gateway drug to all
Some are calling it decrimilisation by stealth .. Chester Borrows discusses drug reforms.
Frank Greenall: Monty Python's Dying Circus ...
The idea was for a sufficiently diverted public to forget to blame those responsible.
Bob Walker: Why the misinformation about the End of Life Choice Bill leaves me annoyed
COMMENT: Dying patients don't need the pressure, writes Bob Walker.
Comment: Strong transport connections vital for regions
The Levin bypass has been hugely compromised, writes Ian McKelvie.
Letters: Closure wouldn't stop liquor sales
If there is a problem, it is one of competition for the existing businesses.
Cranleigh Harper Barton's journeys as an artist
Cranleigh Harper Barton travelled, financing his travels around the world with his art.
Rachel Stewart: Earth is heating up and activism will too
COMMENT: The environmental movement, like every other movement, is changing dramatically.
Letters: Alcohol decision 'stinks'
Councillors, shame on you if you do not raise this and record your views on this issue.
Letters: Earth needs Christian love
God made us responsible for the living world but we are doing it terrible damage.
Kate Stewart: Go the Crusaders!
Crusader is offensive yet the word jihad is still perfectly acceptable?