Kate Stewart: We're a country of sheep but that doesn't mean we should act like one
In NZ, we have always had this habit of looking to other countries to find solutions
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Nicola Patrick: Dani Lebo's words brought tears to my eyes
Dani Lebo, has allowed me to share part of her speech at Whanganui's Suffrage Day event
Editorial: Name change for Queen's Park - or is that Queens Park?
Pukenamu/Queen's, Pukenamu Queens, Queens Park and Queen's Park ?
Letters: Why solar power is not cost-effective (but should be)
Want real change? Change your bulbs to LEDs and your appliances to Energy Star.
Chester Borrows: It may never be over, but it's never too late to tell
A decision may be made not to report, but the incident can still haunt the victim for life
Editorial: Whanganui & Partners miss mark
Local solution to need for shoe-repair service needed promotion over out-of-towners.
Frank Greenall: Down but coming round
The Terror was particularly well preserved, even down to intact cans of preserved food.
Ian McKelvie: Fighting employment change tooth and nail
This bill seeks to grow trade union membership and influence in the workplace.
Letters: Councillors' pay rates and the price of fish
Sounds like more cobblers coming from the round table at HQ.
Jay Kuten: Politics and sports, natural bedfellows
Trump's claimed patriotism rings hollow in a man who ran away from military service.
Gwynne Dyer: Trade wars - Trump's bid to break China
Will this spat between the world's two biggest economies cause a second great recession?
Letters: Living with depression discussion
For those living with depression, it's a very fine line some days.
Opinion: We need the best talent available
By paying councillors just $33,000 a year, we limit the market for suitable applicants.
On The Same Page: 'Girl' throw throws girl
Mrs P is not known for her throwing abilities. To be honest, she is a bit of a shocker.
Letters: Sand mining hopes overblown
No one welcomes another overseas enterprise coming to take their profits and leave a mess.
Conservation Comment: Sightings mean time to act
The battle for our offshore whale habitat is not over yet. We must no be complacent.
Editorial: You ate the cake ...
Some people no longer qualify for a rates rebate ... well, they ate the cake...
Whales off our coast of Whanganui
A massive whale and her calf came close to shore on Whanganui's North Mole
Kate Stewart: Carb-free and rolling with the moral flow
I have the ideas, the creativity - I'm overflowing with it like an incontinent camel
Your say: Counselling won't cure all recidivists
Readers have their say: Killer back in jail; reviving te reo; noisy kids; mandarin lessons
Terry Sarten: Corporate slavery ... when blue sky thinking meets a paradigm shift
When blue sky thinking tangles with a paradigm shift it can mean frictionless redeployment
Editorial: Dr Chris Cresswell - The questions seem unanswerable; the act unfathomable
What could push someone with so much vitality over the edge?
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of the ABs defeat
COMMENT: It's a dark day for NZ, for men, for women, for children.
Rachel Rose: Whanganui - Reasons to be cheerful (numbers 1-20)
Reflecting on all the organizations and activities that make life here good and workable.
Opinion: All have a story on the Camino
The power of the Camino may lie in its analogy to life itself. The end becomes irrelevant.
Gwynne Dyer: Skripal affair in spotlight
Is Russia deliberately trolling the British government to show its contempt?
Editorial: Meth moral panic has cost us all
What lessons can we learn from the HNZ meth testing debacle
Letters: Trotting allegations no surprise
'I hope they sort this mess out soon for the sake of the punters and the industry.'
Frank Greenall: Roulette wheel spinning as property investors use houses as casino chips
Inevitable crash will be painful but houses may be homes again, not investors casino chips
Māori Language Week to build momentum for goal
New app provides translations for those keen to learn more te reo Māori.
Letters: Anonymous opinion piece thwarts democracy
The revived religious right is more dangerous than the new absolutist leftist ideologies.
Jay Kuten: Psychobabble as a weapon
The Trump virus, once imbibed, erodes the spine, alters the brain and erases principle.
Rachel Stewart: Women must unite against hard-line patriarchy
COMMENT: Kiwi women are eye-wateringly over-represented in domestic violence statistics.
Editorial: Why knob fiddling and driving is a bad idea
Government's about to get tough on texting while driving - this tough?