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Steve Baron: How to cast vote that really counts
Some of you may remember a very dear friend of mine, Terry Heffernan.

Editorial: Right to help gangs on enrol
Should the Electoral Commission be helping gang members enrol to vote?

Have your say: Candidate order is crucial
Readers' letters -- Random names; Baron barrage; Short-term gain; Well done council

Take mining claims with a grain of silt
The case for seabed mining off the Patea coast is a shaky one

Fred Frederikse: Natural disaster gets helping hand from man
The Houston flooding disaster is a perfect storm of economics, population and land use.

Editorial: Whanganui gets in on the lolly scramble
Whanganui needs some lollies from the election scramble

Kate Stewart: Election quiz - Where's the money coming from?
Crunch the numbers election quiz -- could you be a finance minister?

Rachel Rose: Painful poverty goes to root of matter
The state of people's teeth is becoming a line between the haves and the have-nots.

Steve Braunias: Secret diary of The Hole
COMMENT: Come with me now, bold traveller, on a descent into a great unknown land.

Campylobacter complacency
Latest Whanganui Science Forum event saw Professor Michael Baker talk about campylobacter

Gwynne Dyer: Creeping climate collapse
Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Editorial: Sleep tight, there's no world war, yet.
Three reasons why you can sleep soundly tonight, and three why maybe not.

Frank Greenall: universal income has merit
A $200 per week youth UBI would replace administratively-expensive benefits

Bennett's 'fewer human rights' comment out of order
Paula Bennett's 'fewer human rights' comment out of order

Biz Zen: How to clear your head
To really succeed in business you need to be your own person.

Jay Kuten: Hurricane Harvey carries warning for us all
Harvey carries a warning for us all

Gwynne Dyer: learning to live with nuclear reality
There is no good military option available to the United States in the North Korean crisis

Volunteers rally to aid of endangered species
Conservation comment: Volunteers are making a huge difference.

Fred Frederikse: Fierce pride drives county
Oop North -- a look at the millisphere of Yorkshire

Opinion: Best voting system ticks right boxes
Why first past the post is the best voting method