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'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.

Editorial: They should learn to talk proper!
Talk proper -- even the TV news reporters mess up the English language

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.

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.

Editorial: Sonny Bill makes a point on behalf of religion ... and politics
Sonny Bill Williams puts banks' malign debt encouragement in the spotlight

Kate Stewart: House hunt highlights a shocking situation
Whanganui's shocking situation with regard to affordable rental properties

Editorial: Weather hype was over the top
Storm that never was may make us sceptical next time

Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Sean Spicer (Dedicated to John Clarke)
How US president Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, got it wrong

Chester Borrows: This column is brought to you by the letter H
People won't alter their prejudices -- even in the face of clear evidence they are wrong

Rachel Rose: Love thy neighbour, and be patient
Do good fences really make good neighbours?

Terry Sarten: Slip your worries into neutral, put the baby in the boot, life's a caravan
Homeless? How to turn your car into your home

Editorial: More commitment needed to turn round Maori prison rates
Serious action is needed to turn Maori imprisonment rates around

Trough Union still alive and well
It's possibly the last of the old-time unions, and its members are all MPs

Response to flooding threat first rate
The response to last week's flood threat shows we've learned much over the past two years.

Editorial: Comic's wit as sharp as a knife
John Clarke had two tilts at greatness - as the amiable yet shrewd Fred Dagg and himself.