Government-supported intervention is needed in the problem of disengaged rural youth.

Is the Government going to shoot the messenger instead of reading the message?

GP fees, River dredging, NZ's social decline, Protesters and respect, Sarjeant fundraising

Women lead the way as September election looms

Readers discuss renal dialysis, the river's status, river stopbanks and prisons.

Our community experiences significant alcohol-related harm.

Readers say: River's status is paganism; Bill English, you're joking; Take GST off food.

Current attitudes to science, particularly in education, are cause for concern.

Steve Braunias: The last Secret Diary of John Key

Readers have their say on the big issues

Is a Green vote still a strange option?

How companies make you do their work in your time

Readers debate extraterrestrials, prison staffing, flood prevention and the river's status

Is lowering the voting age to 16 really the answer to engaging teens in politics?

Readers share their opinions on the Whanganui River's new legal status and more . . .

Should the law protect the lives of unborn New Zealanders in their first nine months?

How to cure the creeping malaise that has infiltrated out society, asks Frank Greenall.

So $1.7m spent in Whanganui to stub out smoking results in more smokers. Time to rethink?

As the number of known extra-solar planets grows, the question of alien life looms larger

Flooding myths Your correspondent M. Norris, sitting comfortably above any flooding up on St John's Hill, perpetuates many of the

What do you do if you're a dog with lots of excess energy? Columnist Fred Frederikse tells the story of Pipi - hyperactive Fox Terrier cross and born bird dog.

In Whanganui the first meeting of a new sub-committee was a corker.

Trump's sham shamrock The US President was at his best for St Patrick's Day. He even had a version of his "Make America Great" cap

While the average person may struggle to get his or her head around the fact that the Whanganui River is now legally a person, such things are not without political prcedent, says Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper.

By Ian Sutherland IN AN interview on December 11 last year, Donald Trump's answer to a question about man-made global warming ("Nobody

Swim champs uncompetitive I recently attended a school swimming champs for kids between 9 and 12 years old. I'm a parent of four

BILL ENGLISH As interim Prime Minister, I have identified a number of issues which are facing New Zealanders and the most troubling

So much to be gobsmacked over and so few words. It's a columnist's worst nightmare. Not just gobsmacked either, but outraged. Where

On the day that our front page reported Whanganui District Council needed to find an extra $20 million over the next 10 years to repair

WOULD Alejandro (Alex) Lopez Musalem be the first person to arrive at Whanganui airport from the Gulf of Mexico? It took four flights