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Life in lockdown unfair on men folk
Kevin Page finds 'essential services' at home are enough to put you off your dinner.

Best of 2020: Rob Rattenbury: Why NZ and Australia aren't such good mates any more
Rob Rattenbury: We are Australia's poor country cousin. Here's why.

Dani Lebo: Making resilience a priority
Resiliency seems to be directly opposed to the priorities of today's society.

Letters: Learn new ways, facts of life, rubbish disposal
Our readers share some thoughts on Covid-19.

Terry Sarten: Going to stay home
If aliens arrived from space today, they would discover that the world was closed.

Jay Kuten: Coping through kindness
Worry about what may be coming does little to help us cope with what is.

Let's Talk Law: The impact of Covid-19 on commercial contracts
Does Covid-19 release your business from commercial and legal obligations?

Hey mums, what about cloth nappies?
The reliance on mountains of consumerist gimcrackery beggars belief.

Russell Bell: Face challenges in chunks
No one likes uncertainty, and uncertainty is what this virus brings in spades.

Working remotely a hormone rush
Kevin Page explores the naked facts around self-isolation.

Coronavirus: How to have a work morning tea in self-isolation
Confluence are setting up virtual tea parties for people working from home.

Letters: Community spirit amid Covid-19 heartening
Coronavirus, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and legalising drugs.

Letters: Nice to have, but do I need a benefit boost?
Your letters: Benefit increase; abortion debate

Whanganui has amazing heritage, let's preserve it
Are some of our historical features fading away when they deserve to be highlighted?

Editorial: We're here to keep you in the know. We're in this together
We're here to make sure you know what you need to know.

Nicola Patrick: Sup, pardon me if I don't shake your hand
A hard habit to break – reaching in for a kiss on the cheek, handshake or hongi is natural

MP's view on cannabis reform skewed by bias
Hipango stated that she represented the Māori community. What about the rest of us?

Letters: Library must be a collector; an apology
Your letters: National library must collect and preserve documents.

Let's talk law: Coronavirus and the workplace
The principle of good faith should guide decisions by employers and employees.

Frank Greenall: Coronavirus – a drastic dress rehearsal
Frank Greenall: There's a much bigger bogeyman than coronavirus at large.

Jane Trask: I am worried. I am scared. But I'm not panicking
We need to live in a preventative world now to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Letters: Dragging the chain on climate change
Your letters: Dragging the chain on climate change; Virus presents opportunity

Some Whanganui businesses are already hurting; what you can do to help
What is required is a pandemic plan (not a pan-panic plan).

Letters: Get rid of ridiculous red tape
Your letters: Simon Bridges is being badgered to get rid of the ridiculousness.

Speed camera traffic ticket twist
Kevin Page drives home a speedy reading message.

Letters: Time for us to exterminate plague of cones
An infestation of the banded red road cone is out of control, writes Dennis Nitschke.

Coronavirus gets governments moving; not so much with climate change
Conservation Comment: A race against time to develop a vaccine to slow virus progress.

Mosque attacks - 'I'm so sorry your dreams were shattered'
Comment: Those who lived through the trauma will have mental scars to the day they die.