Letters: Ignored residents not engaging with council
Will the day come when Whanganui residents won't waste their time voting for a council?
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Opinion: Taking on meat industry big task
Activist's meat works vigil poses many questions about our eating practices.
Our view: Free speech is under attack - now it's online bullying
Celebrated NZ inventor's shock move to have online news reports classed as cyber-bullying
Letters: Virginia Lake poor choice for event
Noisy children plus a loudspeaker blaring forth must have been frightening for the birds.
Conservation Comment: Weeding out the amateurs
When it comes to the environment, everyone deserves professional advice.
Kate Stewart: When passing wind becomes a crime against the environment
Kate Stewart talks about having thick skin.
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of Jacinda Ardern
COMMENT: So long as I don't appear in Secret Diary for third week in a row, I'll be happy.
Nicola Patrick: How do we escape the profit trap?
Why can't all businesses aim to have a positive social or environmental impact?
Terry Sarten: Locked, loaded and aimed at you next
Words can be loaded with meaning — and they may be locked, loaded and aimed at you next
Chester Borrows: What's all this racket about Serena?
A man who shouts and yells is strong and passionate but a woman who yells is hysterical.
Letters: Get tough on race-fixing
If found guilty, race-fixers should get what they deserve: loss of licence and jail time.
Ian McKelvie: Rural outlook encouraging
Lamb, venison and kiwifruit best performers over past year as export returns increase.
Frank Greenall: Try counting what matters
Economic commentators are conflating what is better termed economic "churn" with growth.
Letters: Look to the future, not the past
It's time for forward-looking citizens to take over from the bunch holding us back.
Frank Gibson: Climate change and the end of civilisation
Climate change may not end human civilisation but it may make it pretty uncomfortable
Opinion: Govt takes crystal ball approach to growing old
Hamilton is now a globally recognised, age-friendly city.
Jay Kuten: Error to run spineless piece
A genuine patriot would have resigned and then written his objections.
Russell Bell: Cut down our 'tall poppies' and we are left with weeds and thistles
Negative comments ignore all the hard work, sweat and tears that go into achieving success
Gwynne Dyer: Palestinians no easy mark as leaders plot
The Israelis are adamant Palestinians cannot return, regardless of international law.
Kevin Page: Empty pots make the most noise
A Mrs P deprived of sleep is not a lady to be trifled with. The term is "Ratty Dragon".
Letters: Think of the ratepayers
The district council has again served the ratepayers of Whanganui very poorly.
Opinion: Rich returns from afforestation
District would be better off if councils had followed horticultural advice 100 years ago
Conservation Comment: We reap what we throw
Streets, waterways and beaches are strewn with the plastic detritus of our convenience.
Peter Lyons: Economics: Trump may have a point on free trade
An open economy can lock a nation into commodities that suffer diminishing returns.
Gwynne Dyer: China's repression in Xinjiang 'Orwellian'
China is detaining and "reprogramming" Muslims in Xinjiang on a very large scale.
Letters: Climate change plan vital
By doing little or nothing, we invite the inevitability of increasingly frequent floods.
New Zealand's oldest daily newspaper changes its name
New Zealand's oldest daily changes its name
Your view: Racetracks for the chop; Castlecliff needs help; McCain not such a good guy
Readers have their say: Racetracks; aggro in Castlecliff; John McCain; and rates rip-offs
Kate Stewart: How about more details on spending your appeal
Are those who donate not entitled to see "proof of purchase"?
Frank Greenall: Nauru - where guano always happens
The nation's colourful yet sorry history is literally centred on seabird droppings.
Rachel Rose: The inconvenient truth about cobblers
When our resident cobbler needed to retire, he couldn't find a buyer
Editorial: Starbucks offerings just not our city's cup of Joe
There used to be nearly 50 Starbucks in NZ; now there 22
Terry Sarten: The weaponising of music: torture for the soul and your ears
There are also ways music can be twisted into a weapon.
Letters: Conservatism tag an attack
I can see no reason at all why there cannot be a "Rainbow" Bar in the new club.