Good question Nicola Patrick's Conservation Comment asks why the Department of Conservation is "Going soft on seabed mining" (Chronicle

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THERE was a moment at the first full meeting of Whanganui's new district council on Tuesday when newcomer Hadleigh Reid sounded like

There was a moment at the first full meeting of Whanganui's new district council on Tuesday when newcomer Hadleigh Reid sounded like

WHEN I come home to Whanganui after a time away, I'm immediately struck again by the simple beauty of the long stretch of land from

Shocking green Regarding the recent painting job in the Bason Reserve. What a terrible, shocking green. It is not the green of nature

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Forget Facebook Caroline Ritchie displays astonishing -- and, unfortunately, increasingly rare -- true wisdom in her editorial of

AS I LIE prostrate on the ground in supplication and torment, I beg anyone with any power at all ... just bloody well elect a US president

Positive start The first test of our new council occurred over two full days this week. There is concern amongst our community that

WHEN the news came out that the world's most definitive global travel guide, Lonely Planet, has recognised Taranaki as the world's

Eggspert advice Hello, Frank Greenall. My name is Al Bumen. I enjoyed your column (Chronicle, October 27) with hints on cooking eggs

YES, another Melbourne Cup run and done. One of those events that have entered the DNA of a lot of people, even if they normally

THE MONEY paid to professional sportsmen and women nowadays can sometimes reach numbers that are frankly beyond belief. The latest

WHEN I swung my legs out of bed the other morning there was no doubting that the seasons had changed. The mornings are less crisp

THE autumnal weeks in the United States are the time for miracles of nature and man. In New England, the trees lose their chlorophyll

Rugby triumph Phew! What an arm wrestle - but you did it. We could analyse the final for hours, but that would be pointless, as the

MY TRAVEL companion got itchy feet again and we spent Labour Day weekend in the Department of Conservation campground at Mt Holdsworth

With Halloween approaching it's time to talk scary - and two things in particular unnerve me. As a parent, I find it somewhat counter-intuitive

THE VATICAN is a city within the greater environs of Rome. But the most recent missive from this centre of the Catholic Church may

Seeing parallels I believe I see parallels with Donald Trump's America right here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Daily violence and murder

IT'S that time of year again ... The pressure is now on with exams, so I suspect there's plenty of midnight oil being burnt as students

ASK Google. Consult the internet. The World Wide Web has become the answer to all of life's pressing problems. Need to know something?

LIKE the beads on an abacus, it's the little things that count. Another week, another teeming flock of issues, crises and catastrophes

By Jim Parnell IN his article about the possibility of Jerusalem on the Whanganui River becoming a shrine for pilgrims, David Scoullar

WHAT does our MP, Chester Borrows, have in common with US federal investigator Peter Forcelli -- besides being an ex-cop? Forcelli

IN THE next 20 years, one in four New Zealanders will be aged over 65 years, compared with one in seven today. What's more, a significant

The newly elected Whanganui District Council holds its first meeting of the three-year term tomorrow. While it is a largely ceremonial

THE CHIEF source of new problems is solutions to old problems. The ammonia that we used in domestic fridges as a coolant in the early

Following John Key's address to the United Nations on the war in Syria, Chronicle columnist Fred Frederikse releases part two of his