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![Russell Bell: Welcome to the ghost town](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Russell Bell: Welcome to the ghost town
We went very quickly from preparation to managing a considerable event in days.
![Life in lockdown unfair on men folk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Life in lockdown unfair on men folk
Kevin Page finds 'essential services' at home are enough to put you off your dinner.
![Best of 2020: Rob Rattenbury: Why NZ and Australia aren't such good mates any more](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Best of 2020: Rob Rattenbury: Why NZ and Australia aren't such good mates any more
Rob Rattenbury: We are Australia's poor country cousin. Here's why.
![Dani Lebo: Making resilience a priority](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Dani Lebo: Making resilience a priority
Resiliency seems to be directly opposed to the priorities of today's society.
![Letters: Learn new ways, facts of life, rubbish disposal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Learn new ways, facts of life, rubbish disposal
Our readers share some thoughts on Covid-19.
![Terry Sarten: Going to stay home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Terry Sarten: Going to stay home
If aliens arrived from space today, they would discover that the world was closed.
![Jay Kuten: Coping through kindness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Jay Kuten: Coping through kindness
Worry about what may be coming does little to help us cope with what is.
![Letters: Covid-19, rubbish,slashing red tape](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Covid-19, rubbish,slashing red tape
Why on earth can't the bins be emptied more frequently?
![Editorial: Together we can do this](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Editorial: Together we can do this
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![Russell Bell: Face challenges in chunks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Russell Bell: Face challenges in chunks
No one likes uncertainty, and uncertainty is what this virus brings in spades.
![Working remotely a hormone rush](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Working remotely a hormone rush
Kevin Page explores the naked facts around self-isolation.
![Coronavirus: How to have a work morning tea in self-isolation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Coronavirus: How to have a work morning tea in self-isolation
Confluence are setting up virtual tea parties for people working from home.
![Letters: Community spirit amid Covid-19 heartening](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Community spirit amid Covid-19 heartening
Coronavirus, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and legalising drugs.
![Letters: Nice to have, but do I need a benefit boost?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Nice to have, but do I need a benefit boost?
Your letters: Benefit increase; abortion debate
![Whanganui has amazing heritage, let's preserve it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Whanganui has amazing heritage, let's preserve it
Are some of our historical features fading away when they deserve to be highlighted?
![Self-isolating? Chortle your way through a funny book](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Self-isolating? Chortle your way through a funny book
Terry Sarten: Or pick up the phone. Let's be together/alone.
![Letters: Vote no to climate change; staying safe from virus; cannabis law reform](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Vote no to climate change; staying safe from virus; cannabis law reform
Your letters: Vote no to climate change, cannabis law reform, staying safe from virus
![MP's view on cannabis reform skewed by bias](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
MP's view on cannabis reform skewed by bias
Hipango stated that she represented the Māori community. What about the rest of us?
![Letters: Library must be a collector; an apology](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Library must be a collector; an apology
Your letters: National library must collect and preserve documents.
![Let's talk law: Coronavirus and the workplace](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Let's talk law: Coronavirus and the workplace
The principle of good faith should guide decisions by employers and employees.
![Frank Greenall: Coronavirus – a drastic dress rehearsal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Frank Greenall: Coronavirus – a drastic dress rehearsal
Frank Greenall: There's a much bigger bogeyman than coronavirus at large.
![Jane Trask: I am worried. I am scared. But I'm not panicking](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Jane Trask: I am worried. I am scared. But I'm not panicking
We need to live in a preventative world now to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
![Letters: Dragging the chain on climate change](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Dragging the chain on climate change
Your letters: Dragging the chain on climate change; Virus presents opportunity
![Some Whanganui businesses are already hurting; what you can do to help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Some Whanganui businesses are already hurting; what you can do to help
What is required is a pandemic plan (not a pan-panic plan).
![Letters: Get rid of ridiculous red tape](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Get rid of ridiculous red tape
Your letters: Simon Bridges is being badgered to get rid of the ridiculousness.
![Speed camera traffic ticket twist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Speed camera traffic ticket twist
Kevin Page drives home a speedy reading message.
![Letters: Time for us to exterminate plague of cones](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Letters: Time for us to exterminate plague of cones
An infestation of the banded red road cone is out of control, writes Dennis Nitschke.