Coronavirus, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and legalising drugs.

Times are tough but we will all get through.

Your letters: Benefit increase; abortion debate

Terry Sarten: Or pick up the phone. Let's be together/alone.

A hard habit to break – reaching in for a kiss on the cheek, handshake or hongi is natural

Your letters: Vote no to climate change, cannabis law reform, staying safe from virus

Hipango stated that she represented the Māori community. What about the rest of us?

Frank Greenall: There's a much bigger bogeyman than coronavirus at large.

We need to live in a preventative world now to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Your letters: Dragging the chain on climate change; Virus presents opportunity

What is required is a pandemic plan (not a pan-panic plan).

Your letters: Simon Bridges is being badgered to get rid of the ridiculousness.

Kevin Page drives home a speedy reading message.

An infestation of the banded red road cone is out of control, writes Dennis Nitschke.

Conservation Comment: A race against time to develop a vaccine to slow virus progress.

Comment: Those who lived through the trauma will have mental scars to the day they die.

Jay Kuten: Democratic governments must be candid and truthful in informing its citizens.

Your letters to the Whanganui Chronicle; alcohol harm, planets on the move

Meth and synthetics have become national scourges, leading to family breakdowns.

Your letters: How many times have we experienced traffic lights out of synch?

I have respectfully dropped the handshake at the start of meetings.

This year will see the place of religion in our schools placed under the spotlight.

DIYer Kevin Page finds completing his deck build is a saw point.

Your letters: Whanganui is at a severe risk of losing out on attracting tourists.

Letters: Virus threat, pesky comuters, End of Life Choice Act a slippery slope

A Whanganui think tank has been proposed to address paper and cardboard crisis.