Fred Frederikse: Time to stay at home
That the world would be a better place without "the great powers" is hard to deny.
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Letters: Change in thinking demanded
"Incarceration by medication" has been the past solution by the "experts".
Letters: Street changes for cyclists are overkill
With cycling facilities, the council is putting the cart before the horse.
Terry Sarten: Land of the long right rip off
If life is a race then some NZers are starting well back in the running.
Nicola Patrick: Environment exploitation forces relentless
My proposal for us to develop a climate change strategy was voted down last week.
Watkin batting for all of Whanganui
Cricketer carries the hopes and dreams of a city
Kate Stewart: You can never be too prepared for Heartbreak Island
New Zealand's next sorry attempt at reality TV is just days away.
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Winston Peters
COMMENT: Monday morning caucus. I sat down next to Jacinda, and examined her.
Chester Borrows: Evictions lack natural justice
A court would never accept a positive test as proof against the current tenant on a charge
Letters: Concerns over gay parenting
'Maybe a small section of society finds rearing children in a gay relationship acceptable'
Editorial: Kiwi dream of home ownership a nightmare for some in Whanganui
Whanganui's housing is bouyant, so why are so many calling it a crisis?
Ian McKelvie: Cow cull the right decision
It's reassuring to see the Government will speed up the compensation process to farmers.
Motorbike museum a corner piece to puzzle
Situation tailor-made for economic development agency.
Frank Greenall: Arise, Lady Commonsense
It's selective and arbitrary: Arise, Sir John (Rowles) - what about Sir Johnny (Devlin)?
Editorial: Kerbside recycling a cost-neutral no-brainer for Whanganui
Whanganui's council will survey ratepayers on the issue of kerbside recycling. About time.
Letters: What's wrong with what we've got?
Is it moral to have landfills in Africa taking our rubbish instead of NZ landfills?
Jay Kuten: Racism a study in contrasts
Revising history is especially dangerous while the very nature of truth is under attack
Gwynne Dyer:Malaysia a second chance
92-year-old can give his country a second chance - if he removes privileges
Editorial: Disasterphiles of the Shaky Isles
If Civil Defence puts out a tsunami warning, the beaches will be packed with sightseers.
Letters: Council wrong to hurry the disabled
It seems that society is saying the disabled are not worth considering.
Fred Frederikse: Living dangerously in Ukraine
Between foreign soldiers and gangsters, Ukrainians are between a rock and a hard place.
Steve Baron: Freedom of speech
The ultimate price for voicing your opinion as a newspaper columnist ... is death.
Councillors' votes go on the record
Public pressure sees council agree to record individual votes
Professional help with smoke alarms
Anti-choice factions would have doctors give morphine for pain, even if it "hastens death"
Mohua sings a song of survival
The good news is that the overwhelming trend is a doubling of total native bird numbers.
Editorial: Sex, drugs, rock 'n roll ... and Neil Finn
Finn and Fleetwood ... music's most unlikley marriage
Terry Sarten: Is Miriam on to a Shore thing?
North Shore wants independence from New Zealand ... so let them go
Kate Stewart: Society's most glaring contradictions
Kate Stewart tries to fathom glaring contradictions of today's modern society.
The secret diary of Paula Bennett
COMMENT: Thousands of homes were needlessly tested for meth at the cost of millions.
Your view: Whanganui's first international women's cricketer
Readers write: First female international; Borrows' Bible-bashing; Kuten's 'nasty' column
Editorial: Zealous parking wardens aren't the problem
It's not the parking officers' fault
Chester Borrows: Learn your history, no matter how unpalatable it might be
The Land Wars had a greater impact on NZ than any of the campaigns we commemorate