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Terry Sarten: Applause, but no encore for zero-fee programme
Are Kiwis too embarrassed to ask for more?

Your view: Health boards in need of full check-up
Readers write in - health boards; gun licences; the legacy of the 'H' and poisoned hawks

Kate Stewart: Re-write the Christmas carols ... tis the season to spend, spend, spend
Christmas songs re-written in the manner of the 'spend-spend-spend' philosophy

Nicola Patrick: Dole out some kindness - even to those behaving badly
Choose kindness - but not at the expense of tolerating bad behaviour

Editorial: Raising a glass to bad news turned good
When bad news turns good, it's time for a warm beer

Steve Braunias: Secret diary of Secret Santa
COMMENT: Steve Braunias reveals who's giving what to whom this Christmas.

No such thing as a free lunch - or a free car park.
We must come to terms with the economic forces of supply and demand around car parking.

Gwynne Dyer: Next year in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem peace process is 10 years dead, with no current likelihood of resurrection.

Ian McKelvie: Special Olympians examples to us all
One in four Kiwis has a disability. It is important we support and encourage the families,

Your views: 'Good guy' gun owners hit again
'Good' gun owners penalised. How to recognise impartial media? Weather forecasts.

Work-for-dole talk stirs memories of rail's golden age
For industry, tourism, and employment, rail could be an economic aorta into the heartland.

Editorial: Landlords, give pet owners a fair shake
Hard work finding somewhere to rent when a pet's part of the package

Making use of the spaces within
How do you get a job as a chemistry professor by wringing out sponges?

Jay Kuten: Creeping sex panic erodes critical thought
Did misogyny caused Clinton's defeat? Well, 53 per cent of white women voted for Trump.

Business zen: The importance of Plan B
"She'll be right" and "number 8 wire" can only carry you so so far in an emergency.

Your views: Readers' letters
Wanganui Chronicle readers take on the issues of the day -- and each other.

Fred Frederikse: War looms again for Lebanon
Times are changing in Lebanon, but the political world outside it is much the same.

Editorial: Throw dog control a bone
Infringements and impounding rates are up; complaints are down.

Your view: Library move is mystifying
Upset over library changes; NZ's 'worst seats'; hospital art - readers have their say

Terry Sarten: Does the Prime Minister have an imaginary friend?
It's kinda sad ... fewer and fewer kids have an imaginary friend

Rachel Rose: Facing up to racism in Whanganui
Racists lack curiosity and don't want their views challenged

Kate Stewart: Ghost of Christmas Future
Kate Stewart is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future.

Editorial: A free gift that is worth so much
Free bag project supports two important causes

Serial number key to recovery
Property owners can helping ensure that any items stolen from them are easily identifiable

The Mideast - not enough wars yet
Many people will die for nothing if a full-scale Sunni-Shia war gets going.

Your views: Readers' letters
Childish teens and MPs, Dangerous driving and Christmas misconceptions.

Frank Greenall: Lesson from the UK parliament
In the British Parliament, space for MPs is minimal. It's cattle class and rightly so.

Your views: Readers' letters
Wanganui Chronicle readers offer their opinions on local and national issues.

Jay Kuten: Safety first in the darkness
What began as a local tragedy has become the continued mourning of a nation.