Opinion: Oil and gas ban all costs, no benefits
When the Govt decided to ban offshore drilling, it ignored the best advice of officials.
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Kevin Page: Mrs P and coeliac disease
Kevin Page talks about the stringent rules when it comes to the food we eat.
Opinion: Rail line could have divided town
Traffic plans for St Hill St have upset motorists but, things could have been much worse.
Editorial: Tread softly Whanganewbies before seeking change
Resource centre already provides a great service
Letters: Thanks, but I'll do death my way
The right to choose how and when to depart this life is that of the individual concerned.
Conservation comment: We can't match French artisan cheeses
A few intrepid artisan cheesemakers using raw milk have established themselves in NZ.
Letters: Reuseable bags needed, Go away critics, Meat mystery
Letters to the Wanganui Chronicle
Kate Stewart: Is our relationship with phones healthy?
Kate Stewart talks about mobile phones
Rachel Rose: Funerals bring out the best and worst
Rachel Rose on funerals in New Zealand
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Donald Trump
COMMENT: Kim was very open, very honourable, very smart, very worthy, very talented.
Chester Borrows: Customer is always right, right?
The public believe overwhelmingly, in spite of the evidence, that crime is on the rise,
Letters: Govt moving in the right direction
The Government has a battle on its hands. So far they are moving in the right direction.
Harete Hipango: Anxious wait for farmers
We all have ideas on how things should be done but are not always privy to the big picture
Letters: Studies support fluoride benefits
Readers discuss fluoridation, the downing of airliner MH17 and end-of-life preferences.
Frank Greenall: Bantam and the warthog
There is evidence that rumours of an insidious North Korean shrink-ray may be true.
Gwynne Dyer: What to make of the Singapore summit?
The two countries will move, slowly and crabwise, towards mutual nuclear deterrence.
Editorial: That infamous 'pong' now the sweet smell of success
$1.5 million saving on wastewater plant a symbol that the dark days are behind us
Opinion: Inflation rate doesn't measure cost of cheap loans for banks
Why should banks have such a privileged position in our economy?
Gwynne Dyer: Donald Trump's trade delusion
Automation will eventually eliminate at least half the existing jobs.
Letters: Reality check on plastic bags
Eliminating plastic bags might be subject to the law of unintended consequences.
Jay Kuten: Ireland rings changes to abortion law
It is no great wonder that the edifice of church power has crumbled in Ireland.
Rachel Stewart: We cannot bury our heads in the silence
COMMENT: Our approach to suicide isn't working very well.
Kevin Page: Clothesline effort washout
Eventually, looking like I was in the world mud wrestling champs, the job was done.
Fred Frederikse: Time to stay at home
That the world would be a better place without "the great powers" is hard to deny.
Letters: Change in thinking demanded
"Incarceration by medication" has been the past solution by the "experts".
Letters: Street changes for cyclists are overkill
With cycling facilities, the council is putting the cart before the horse.
Terry Sarten: Land of the long right rip off
If life is a race then some NZers are starting well back in the running.
Nicola Patrick: Environment exploitation forces relentless
My proposal for us to develop a climate change strategy was voted down last week.
Watkin batting for all of Whanganui
Cricketer carries the hopes and dreams of a city
Kate Stewart: You can never be too prepared for Heartbreak Island
New Zealand's next sorry attempt at reality TV is just days away.
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Winston Peters
COMMENT: Monday morning caucus. I sat down next to Jacinda, and examined her.
Chester Borrows: Evictions lack natural justice
A court would never accept a positive test as proof against the current tenant on a charge
Letters: Concerns over gay parenting
'Maybe a small section of society finds rearing children in a gay relationship acceptable'