Gwynne Dyer: Peace negotiations with Taliban better late than never
Why didn't the United States have this discussion with the Taliban 17 years ago
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Federated Farmers: Facing a future that looks hard
Farmers and their communities are frustrated
Ian McKelvie: Ratana celebrations a great day
Ian McKelvie: Rangitikei doing very will
Frank Greenall: Look to past to fix future
Learning on the job can be the best education of all
Your say: Air-brushing abortion facts, Twin costs dead wrong, Images sickening
Letters to the Whanganui Chronicle
Kevin Page: I'm really going to miss you, Sport
But I won't fall for 100 free spins at online casino, a windfall tax refund or 'Cindy'.
Gwynne Dyer: Half a loaf spread with compromise can still taste bitter
Those lamenting the election of Tshitsekedi accept that it's probably the least bad option
Jay Kuten: More inconvenient truths
Just like the fate of real possums, that paralysis can be fatal.
Rachel Stewart: Fry me a river, climate denialists
COMMENT: There's no ignoring what's happening with the weather all over the world.
Letters: Keeping our city beautiful
Volunteers save the ratepayers and the Whanganui District Council staff time and money.
Letters: No end to clerical child sex abuse
Clerical child sexual abuse is a matter of scale, not wishful thinking and spin.
Fred Frederikse: Java at critical juncture
Upcoming elections will determine if Jakarta moves forwards or regresses.
Letters: 'In the dark' over spending
Let's turn on some lights so we can see the mushrooms in their true light.
Conservation Comment: Dispelling robin rumours
When is a robin not a black robin? When it lives in Bushy Park.
Editorial: Even Unruly Tourists can't spoil first-class Masters Games launch
Masters Games opens in style in Whanganui -- even the Unruly Tourists couldn't spoil it
Kate Stewart: Jesus Christ, Elvis Presley, the Titanic ... they wouldn't get away with it today
How strange the past looks through today's politically correct perspective
Nicola Patrick: Climate change and the 10-year challenge
The one that got me was the two images of a glacier taken 10 years apart
Terry Sarten: British tourists behaving badly
Terry Sarten: Is there such a thing as an incomplete rascal?
Chester Borrows: Why prisoners need care
"What do you think we should do with people who do bad things?"
Letters: Home build headaches
This council is doing a good job in trying to reduce its debt, however . . .
Editorial: Put down that mobile phone when you drive
So why do people use their mobile phones while at the wheel?
Letters: Deport the possums back to Oz
If we want bird life, we need healthy bush. If we want healthy bush, possums must go.
Frank Greenall: Laver, a man of tennis note
Djokovic, Nadal and others play on in the shadow of the Australian superstar of the 1960s.
Jay Kuten: Simon Bridges' pipe dreams
Simon Bridges is following in Richard Nixon's footsteps with politicisation of cannabis.
On The Same Page: P stands for platinum . . .
P stands for platinum, Page, plonker, pain, patient, puzzled, peck, pash, playful...
Gwynne Dyer: European allies bend to join 'gringo empire' approach
This is a problem for Venezuelans to solve, not foreigners — and least of all Americans.
Letters: 'No logic' to building claims
Rest assured, there are no mushroom farms within the council, as Mr White claims.
Letters: Treaty 'principle' missing
We're only 'unique' in New Zealand because we haven't included our treaty in domestic law.
Mapping the Millispheres: Too many tourists
Tourist locations are popular for good reason. Kyoto's reason is its temple gardens.
Museum Notebook: Essential travel companions
What hasn't changed is that we still wish to keep in touch and share our experiences.
Letters: Govt right to buy EV fleet
The number of secondhand electric cars is increasing and so cheap to run.
Conservation Comment: Te Araroa Trail concerns
The trail has had negative publicity about some sections, particularly in the North Island
Gwynne Dyer: Battling begums stifle democracy
Bangladesh is now a one-party state where about half the population hates the ruling party