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Letters: Doing justice to New Zealand aviation
This weeks letters include one from a reader in Canada
Comment: A shout-out to Whanganui businesses trying to cope with traffic lights
Comment: A Whanganui venue making the traffic light shenanigans a breeze
Rob Rattenbury: Failure teaches the realities of life
OPINION: It's dreaded exam time again.
Dawn Picken: Keep your friends close and conspiracy theory fans closer
OPINION: Talking to science deniers requires technique and patience.
Zizi Sparks: That's zed-eye-zed-eye
Opinion: Having a unique name has its ups and downs.
Letters: The call for visitors to stay away and a recycling response
Readers discussed the call from an iwi leader for visitors to skip Whanganui this summer.
Letters: Brazen abuse of mobility parking
Readers have a say on parking, waste management, Three Waters and getting the jab.
Comment: Covid traffic light uncertainty will hit us in different ways
"We are in this and will overcome it together," writes Russell Bell.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Leave no one behind as we learn to live with Covid
OPINION: We believe the Covid response vaccination bill was not compliant with Te Tiriti.
Letters: Whanganui footpaths like 'negotiating a minefield'
Readers have their say about vaccine gratitude and the city's 'minefield' footpaths
Rob Rattenbury: Galway Bay and the pattern of colonisation
Comment: 'That is what it is like to be colonised'.
Dawn Picken: We're missing the mark in debate about sexual harassment
Opinion: Sexual harassment - and the way we've failed to curb it- transcends politics.
Jacob McSweeny: Learning to love my bike
Comment: Getting my bike stolen led me to really appreciate my next ride
Letters: 'Every single vaccination matters'
Readers have their say on Covid-19 vaccination.
Premium debate: Closure of Ruapehu birthing unit
Premium subscribers have their say on the closure of the Ruapehu birthing unit.
Premium debate: Groundswell Whanganui protests, nurses stood down
Premium subscribers have their say on Groundswell protest and health worker vaccinations.
What will traffic lights system mean for daily life?
Experts on what the transition to the traffic light system may mean for Aotearoa
Russell Bell: The trouble with the traffic lights system
Comment: It shouldn't be for businesses to enforce traffic lights, Russell Bell writes.
Letters: Why we are getting vaccinated against Covid-19
Readers stress the importance of Covid-19 vaccination.
Kevin Page: Why we're looking at lifestyle property
Comment: Kevin Page has yet another plan.
Rob Rattenbury: The freedom of choice to be selfish
OPINION: Most of these people just do not like being told what to do.
Letters: Whanganui health workers earn high praise
Readers have their say on healthcare, Covid vaccinations and the flight school.
Dawn Picken: Thanks to the silent majority
We need to recognise people who are trying to do the right thing each day.
Zizi Sparks: How early is too early for Christmas decorations?
Opinion: There is no hard and fast rule but I'll be holding off decorating for now
Letters: A tribute to Caskey, vaccine division and recycling
Readers have their say on Jason Caskey's retirement and council's recycling decision.
Comment: Health and safety smarts crucial for leaders
Russell Bell says directors and trustees need to know how risk is being managed
Premium debate: Teachers face losing jobs over jabs
Premium subscribers have their say on teacher vaccinations
Kevin Page: Feeding Poppy was more challenging than expected
I made a mental note to remember it for Grandad's speech at her 21st birthday party.
Opinion: Friends are indeed the family we choose
Every now and then you come across someone who you just know will be a lifelong friend.
Dawn Picken: Reflection, deflection and the best cheese toastie ever
OPINION: Hard conversations are especially wrenching for the conflict-averse.
Letters: Kerbside recycling collection and rubbish
Another reader writes that it's okay to change your mind and get vaccinated