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Seabed mining application: Has anything changed?
Extension to hearing for new information casts doubt on TTR's iron-sand mining application

Anzac road trip special
Be grateful for the sacrifices made by those who left us this beautiful, peaceful country.

Your views: Readers' letters
Who are these bureaucrats who insult our culture at a time of national mourning?

Making a mint out of interest
Why does govt access funds through privately-owned banks when it has a better option?

Old sites may harbour secrets
Archaeological digs flesh out details of Whanganui's rich colonial past. Let's have more.

Your views: Readers' letters
Poppies, spies and police dogs in civvies. Thanks all round and a call for clarity on port

Editorial: Red tape almost strangles Anzac Day
How red tape nearly strangled Anzac Day

Definitely not a bridge too far
Mangapurua Track: A fascinating experience in a beautiful part of New Zealand, says MP.

Quality coding our rivers
A credible plan to improve water quality for swimming requires a credible grading system.

Readers' letters
E-bike magic; banks, usury and Sonny Bill; flood protection; an Anzac Day challenge.

Your views: Readers' letters
.Freedom camping, White poppy sellers, Sonny Bill's haircut.

Nelson Lebo: Too-hard basket is a cop out
New Zealand's biggest problem could be the institution known as the too-hard basket.

'Club Med' prisons appeal to needy
Homeless ... it's one of those words that gets bandied about on a regular basis.

Passport to paradise: Just who should we let into New Zealand?
The psychic rolled up to the customs desk and addressed the border official.

Opportunity lurking within tent?
Freedom campers are an economic opportunity places like Whanganui can't afford to pass up.

Pay deal only part of story
This week's news of a big pay boost for aged care sector workers may be just the start.

What Facebook knows about you
Buckle your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride". Welcome to the Facebook revolution.

Your letters
Watch those apostrophes, Buy cheaper dialysis machines, and beware of mushy brains.

Banking on a miracle
Sonny Bill Williams is opposed to moneylenders. Perhaps we should all follow his lead.

Salute battler for win on pay
Battler and winner Kristine Bartlett has shown people can still stand up for their rights.

Unearthing pioneer family
The colonial Chavannes family did a lot to bring Whanganui into the 20th century.

Memo to United: It's not all right
If the airlines can violate Dr Dao's personal space, they can do it to anyone.

Your letters
It's all about rivers with rights and "writing" wrongs, Putiki flooding and political egos

Squalid end in sight for ANC
If South African president Jacob Zuma gets two more years in office, the ANC is finished.

Greens have hopes for tyro
Former Greens stalwart Fred Frederikse is backing up-and-comer Chloe Swarbrick.