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John Clarke - a funny, funny man
John Clarke - New Zealand's finest export to Australia

Your letters
Asset sales, Funganui (say what?), Slipway fees, Making our own gods, Street closure

Council falls short on rules
How many times does a court have to tell Horizons Regional Council how to do its job?

Upsides in city's near-crisis
The clouds that emptied to swell the Whanganui River into flood had a silver lining or two

Your letters
Rare dolphin deaths, Castlecliff slipway debate, Nicky Hager and the bad guys.

Mining plan is madness
We must wait until June to see if boom-and-bust offshore mining begins or sense prevails.

Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Bill English
The secret diary of Bill English -- sort of

Terry Sarten: Facing the music, conducting campaigns and sounding bum notes
A lot of blow hards trying to get into the parliamentary orchestra at the next election

TV review: The Bachelor NZ -- Sophie fails to crystallise romance
How bachelorette Sophie came unstuck on The Bachelor NZ

Nicola Patrick: Rainclouds accentuate life's silver linings
Nicola Patrick on the lessons learned from nature

Editorial: Next time we might not be so lucky
Heroes and victims in a week when unprecedented flood threatened

Your letters
Whanganui rocks; Teach students practical skills; Get tough with protesters.

Your letters
Buzzed by bees? Annoying, but we need those little pollinators. Stopbanks or flood plains?

Editorial: Now our river has feelings, too ...
Now the Whanganui River has the status of a person, it needs to behave in polite society

Nerves shred as river rises
Less than two years after the worst-ever Whanganui River flood, te awa is at it again.

All smoke and mirrors
MPs will legalise e-cigarettes without evidence they're safe. What are they thinking?

Editorial: Rare dolphin beyond a price tag
WWF wants Government money to transition fishing practices and so protect rare dolphins

War zone torn by tribal feuds
Fred Frederikse turns the geographical microscope on Kabul and Afghan conflicts.

Readers' letters
River's "person" status, that "god thing", renal dialysis and "one law for all"

Sell off assets or face revolt
District council asset sales is an unpopular idea in Whanganui. But it makes good sense.

Readers' letters
Fire brigade, Castlecliff, e-cigarettes, GST on food, Afghanistan allegations

Steve Braunias: The Secret Diary of Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson
The Diary of Hit and Run authors

Anti-smacking law has made for better parents
The 'anti-smacking' law has proved its value to some, but not to Winston Peters

The new Ministry of Vulnerable Children
Some readers may recall the cartoon that appeared years ago

Readers' letters
Riverbank rubbish, User-Pays, Amdram, Christians, Whanganui River