We each have our own role to play in this election

The likely main cause of reduced sperm counts is man-made chemicals in the environment.

Hit & Run ripples still spreading; Minerals help mental illness; Seniors sound off.

No new off-licences will be granted if they are within 100 metres of a sensitive site.

Winston Peters' brand of gallows humour may give him the last laugh in a hung Parliament.

Perhaps businesses should invest less in flashy adverts and more in their future success.

Which party will tackle climate change? Lying is a national pastime. Why ladies' golf?

Over half the soldiers in Vietnam used heroin to cope with the stress of guerrilla warfare

All seniors deserve respect, dignity and care, whatever their circumstances.

Banning vaping may be a short-sighted move by Whanganui's council

Treatment of the disabled; The media war on the Left; Whose problem are river hazards?

Unless you need a big one -- and most people don't -- small is good when it comes to cars.

Election signs now allowed, but there's no good reason they couldn't have gone up earlier

If prisoners get conjugal visits, will there be scented candles and rose petals, too?

Letters to the editor

The Secret Diary of Todd Barclay

I sat with my stepfather for two days while he died ...

Sometimes are so important they just have to be said without full stops or paragraphs.

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Products containing microbeads are disappearing from Whanganui supermarket shelves.

Dr Who is now a woman ... is it really such a big deal?

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Give it back, Sir John -- it's a tainted bauble of office.

Find your unique value driver and focus on delivering that value every time.

Despite threats, it is unlikely United Nations will pull its peacekeepers out of Cyprus.

23 million of America's most vulnerable are facing loss of health cover.

Live in the US? Whatever you do, don't call the police. It could be fatal.

Readers write about: A bridge too far and a ferry too far-fetched?

In the best of times, a bookshop is a good place to shelter from the storms of the world.

Letters to the editor