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Frank Greenall: Tales of whales, trails and fails
Frank Greenall reflects on those few degrees of separation that bind us all.
Business Zen: There's no such thing as luck in business
Lotto's a quick fix, and life and business requires anything but.
Jay Kuten: An open letter to David Bennett
Whanganui District Council needs to play a role in mitigating global warming.
Museum Notebook: The life of 'Dr Ann'
Ann Evans, who worked with Florence Nightingale, was a midwife and nurse in this region.
Conservation Comment: Population politics?
Keith Beautrais discusses fertility control, population growth and the planet.
White supremacists: Hatred can be very catchy
Terry Sarten says white supremacists should hone up on their geography.
Ian McKelvie: Cancer care should be fair for everyone
New Zealanders with cancer should have access to life saving and life-prolonging drugs.
Rachel Stewart: Monty Python or Shakespeare - tragic theatre of the Greens
COMMENT: State of the climate begs the question - what good are politicians anymore?
Jay Kuten: Hateful speech can result in hateful acts
Jay Kuten encourages people to choose their words wisely.
Forestry alternatives to clear-felling radiata
New Zealand's narrow focus on pinus radiata should change, forester Rachel Rose says.
Museum notebook: The days of male impersonators
A hundred years ago a woman wearing trousers in public was scandalous.
Terry Sarten: Musos need performance enhancing performances
Are punters getting a good deal when musicians perform drunk or stoned, asks Terry Sarten.
Sleepyhead's workers' village: When wasn't enhancing the health and wealth of your workforce not great for business?
Sleepyhead's plan for workers is admirable; hopefully it will inspire other businesses.
Russell Bell: Do you know what your business is responsible for?
It pays to think about health and safety.
Conservation Comment: What we must do to survive
Recycling is not enough, we must not make plastics in the first place.
Letters: Whose rights do we ignore next?
Readers share their thoughts on abortion, the news, and electric vehicles.
Terry Sarten: Please sign here before reading
Comment: Those wanting Trumpist or Boris-ness blathering will need to look elsewhere.
Why aren't tangata whenua the ones to welcome new citizens?
Comment: The words and actions of US president have emboldened others who think like him.
Letters: How Australia showed us Earth is older than 6000 years
Readers share thoughts on creationism, the British PM, plastics and vaccinations.
Comment: How NZ justice system treats our most vulnerable most harshly
We need to be progressive enough to acknowledge our indigenous population has been failed.
Frank Greenall: We could go to Mars... or we could fix Earth
The moon landing was a monumental feat...but now we have issues on Earth
Opinion: Our harmful, senseless cannabis laws
Present system makes for harmful social policy on recreational cannabis, says Jay Kuten.
Russell Bell: The Citadel shows the Whanganui way
Service helps Whanganui's reputation
Rachel Stewart: Get disconnected - you'll find real world again
COMMENT: Time's precious, there are things to see before the lights go out.
Moon landing and other milestones closer to home
Watching the "live" images of landing on the moon was a game-changer for NZ TV-watching.
Conservation comment: How we can halt climate change
The moon landing should have given us the perspective to stop climate change.
Meet a SNAGO - a sensitive new age gun owner
COMMENT: Real men need guns like these to prevent them feeling inadequate.
Peter Lyons: Framing of cannabis referendum crucial
Legalisation allows businesses to promote greater use, as in any profit-driven industry.
Letters: 'People's bank' disappoints pensioner
I'm shopping around for a bank that meets my needs, and I am a Kiwibank founder member.
Frank Greenall: One Cook, too many critics
Captain James Cook would probably be embarrassed by the attention we still accord him.
Guy Gifford: When is a religion not a charity?
Advancement of religion should be withdrawn as a gateway to the Charities Register.