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Rachel Rose: Climate change campaigner can do the maths
Bill McKibben is in NZ to talk about taking on business interests over climate change.
Terry Sarten: A mass delusion about mass destruction
Terry Sarten discusses the return of a MAD cold war policy
Kate Stewart: Monopoly money will be our demise
The alarming rise of the working poor - blame the banks argues Kate Stewart
Bring back Mackay St to honour former mayor
It is time to complete Charles Mackay's redemption.
Letters: Where NZ stands in world pecking order
Compare reactions over Russians poisoned in London and the Rainbow Warrior bombed in NZ.
Chester Borrows: Can't buy stronger families
Budget: Forget "What's in it for me?" What are you doing for yourself and your family?
We could do with something new on regional council horizon
Whanganui should split from Horizons with the district council expanding its role
Editorial: Rating your social credit score
Imagine if the government gave us all a citizen score - it could be happening, in China.
Frank Greenall: Choreography of peace and harmony
Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize should be Red Velvet, South Korea's popular girl band.
The dark area between science and politics
What happens when scientific data meets political expediency?
Letters: Best friend of opera house farewelled
The Royal Wanganui Opera House owes an everlasting debt to the late Derick Matthews.
Rachel Stewart: Why the 'h' do they bother?
Councils have perfected pretending they're doing something meaningful about water quality
Gwynne Dyer: Muslim diaspora not to be feared
Around a quarter of Americans who were raised as Muslims have left the faith.
Opinion: Odds we are not alone keep falling
Wonder at the prospect that we are not alone and what possibilities await us as a species.
Your letters: City crying out for an economic boost
Wanganui's future economic wellbeing is being controlled by Taranaki farmers.
Jay Kuten: Journey from acclaim to ignominy
Cosby created a fictional model that inspired others to become their best selves.
Editorial: Forget those happy images ... NZ is paradise lost for too many kids
Sallies in the front line as Kiwi kids go without the basics
Editorial: Have patience, drivers - that's our prosperity trundling past
Held up at a railway crossing? Think again before you curse those trains.
Kevin Page: Accepting my OF diagnosis
OF is something to cherish. We all get older, and it depends on what you want from life.
Your letters: Top beauty spot needs urgent TLC
Virginia Lake is a lovely place, but its deterioration is saddening.
Fred Frederikse: Democracy gone south in Brazil
Brazil's democracy is now the weakest it has been since military rule ended.
Conservation Comment: Wildlife minders needed
We urgently need to reinstate a Wildlife Enforcement Group
Your letters: Roadside rubbish on the increase
There's more thrown being rubbish on the road berms. What happened to "be a tidy Kiwi"?
Your say: Bigotry, intolerance and council attendance
Readers have their say on religious intolerance; racial 'privilege'; and Israel Folau
Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Clarke Gayford
I'm chilled, laidback, likeable ... your affable First Bloke, but I don't brag about it
Editorial: Have we turned off the taps too soon?
Is it too soon to be closing access to NZ's oil and gas reserves?
Nicola Patrick: You do everything right ... and it turns out badly
It's not easy looking good with a baby bump
Terry Sarten: Amazed by what passes for news
I'm amazed by the media and content that is an insignificant puddle of dross.
Editorial: Wake-up call for pyjamas at the cinema
Dressing gowns get a dressing down at cinema where sartorial style matters
Your letters: Not good enough, council
Whanganui council should have hidden construction site for Anzac service.
Chester Borrows: Dressing down in a dressing gown
The most common response to unwillingness to meet a standard is to lower the standard.
Down the drain - it's been a problem for 150 years
A dog has fallen down the city centre drain ... and a horse ... and two gentlemen