Let Trump do job Having attended the Majestic Square rally in support of immigrants and refugees on Waitangi Day, could Josh Chandulal-Mackay

IN THIS rapidly over-populating planet it helps to put the geopolitical focus on population instead of focusing, as the media so often

Accountability Re the drowning of a person (nearly plural) in the Waikato River, due to the opening of the floodgates at Aratiatia

CONGRATULATIONS to Lisa Carrington for winning the Halberg Supreme award on Thursday night. The much deserved and very popular win

Us men are known for being reluctant to engage in discussing our feelings. Apart from sport and politics - subjects on which men

This past week has been absolutely crammed with connections to inspirational community groups and gatherings. It's reminded me how

You'd be excused for thinking I had a vested interest in seeing fewer police on the streets given the currency of criminal proceedings

HIDDEN ART On January 19, the Dominion Post newspaper printed a front page story titled "Artworks hidden from view". The local government

DAME Tariana Turia is threatening to march on Parliament in protest against Children, Young Persons and Families legislation she

POTUS makes a big call ... (Ring ring) Bill: "Hello, Bill here." POTUS: "Clinton?" Bill: "No, English." POTUS: "Theresa May?

Helen Clark stayed away from Waitangi. Back in 2001. It was good, too ... She'd been upset by Titewhai Harawira the year before

I have been writing for Conservation Comment now for 10 years from when the articles first started in the Wanganui Chronicle. So

Has surname generation stagnated? When did it stop? Did someone draw a line some time ago and decide that we will have no more

The recently published trove of torture documents http://nyti.ms/2iPxDC2 exposing the war crimes of the CIA in using torture

A salute to Whanganui's youngest councillor, Josh Chandulal-Mackay, for organising the rally in Majestic Square yesterday in support

It didn't matter who became the next President of the Nation of Darkness (POTNOD) ... nothing will change very fast. The toxic food

Not so easy Kate Stewart writes in her Trump love-fest that he "won his race fair and square and with considerable ease". Trump

Truth on Treaty It is way past time we stopped feuding among ourselves and stood together as a nation. The latest hi-jinks at Waitangi

AN IMMIGRANT writes: "When I came to New Zealand for a quiet life, I never expected to be the subject of so much attention. "My

More to life than growth The salient point in Frank Greenall's column ("Full house at the global village", January 26) is surely

MONDAY I've refused to change my style since I was appointed interim prime minister. I shoot from the hip and tell it like it is. As

I love how little old New Zealand has a reputation for world-class wines. Lately, however, one could be mistaken for thinking we

WITH the announcement of the New Zealand election date, the nation has suddenly been overcome with existential moodiness. Applying

I SPENT the first weeks of 2017 in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India. I had good reason to be there and I'm glad I went

By Brit Bunkley MEDIA commentator Professor Robert W. McChesney wrote in 2001 that "the rulers of New Zealand's media system could

AS WE launch into this new year -- which will be another busy one for sure -- we can have confidence that New Zealand is on the right

Oh say, can you see? My letter of January 18 appears to have struck a nerve in the several readers who responded. While none seemed

WHANGANUI'S Muslim community could be forgiven for feeling under siege right now. Most are not New Zealand-born and have arrived

THE Chronicle has uncovered an exclusive excerpt from a conversation in the Oval Office, thanks to the services of a Russian hacker.... Vice

By David Bennett THERE is an old Chinese proverb which suggests that it's good to live in "interesting times" ... current events