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Letters: No more empire-building
"This agency continues to waffle along and fails to justify its existence."
Jay Kuten: Psychiatry's big changes
We have an opportunity to build a new system on the embers of the old one.
Letters: Cold comfort for bus travellers
Surely coach travellers are worthy of a better facility, not some throwback to the 1940s.
Letters: Council costs needed first
To know what council spending might be stopped, we must first know the costs involved.
Conservation Comment: Conserving and upgrading railway system welcome
Budget 2019 allocates $1 billion to the New Zealand rail system over two years.
Kate Stewart: No magic pill for mental health
With our suicide rates twice as high as America's it really is a case of life and death
Can you feel the love tonight? Terry Sarten's lyrical musings on music lyrics
"It's been a hard day's night but you can't always get what you want," muses Terry Sarten.
Nicola Patrick: One step forward, one step backwards
COMMENT: Council's freshwater funding increase surprises, streaming decision disappoints.
Letters: Legal marijuana negatives
Colorado's economy has, however, greatly benefited from the legalising of marijuana.
Letters: Choosing how and when to die not suicide for terminal patients
The terminally ill know they are going to die. It's only a choice of how and when.
Frank Greenall: Budget puts wellbeing first
It's false language used to describe false economics, but most don't see any dichotomy.
Letters: Smoke out disadvantaged
At the end of the day, smoking is a personal choice and should remain so.
Letters: Bridge fit for last century
The bridge may well be safe, but safe and adequate are hugely different things.
Letters: Homeless suffer prejudice
Perhaps it's Palliative Care who need to "take their heads out of the sand".
Letters: Avoiding agonising death
We must change our attitude to death and discuss it openly with family and friends.
Letters: Local fuel prices a puzzle
Government needs to determine whether the big oil companies are in genuine competition.
Reward artists for economic contribution
Can Whanganui be the best place in New Zealand for an arts career?
Letters: Let's have a simple traffic fix
We need a practical engineer with an iota of common sense to look for simple fixes.
Rachel Stewart: Hounds of left are woke and I'm running scared
COMMENT: Govt cronies hate dissent and are eyeing speech laws.
Letters: Switch banks for cheques
It's quite simple; just change banks to get the service you want.
Kate Stewart:Expectations over the top for weddings
It was 1992, I was planning my wedding, my expectations were high.
Letters: Bias in job search not new
Thanks to Therese Enriquez for exposing a big problem in Wanganui — sadly, not a new one.
Letters: Legal cannabis threat to smoke-free goal?
It would be illegal to smoke a tobacco cigarette, but you could happily smoke a joint.
Letters: Devlin and The Beatles
Devlin was hired for a gig with the world's hottest band, which has to look good on his CV
Letters: Long leashes are dangerous
People who wear hoodies, with head down texting and ears plugged into music, are a danger.
Letters: Police pursuit 'dangerous'
Why drive very fast with sirens on when there was nowhere for the car being chased to go?
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Letters: Suspect pursuits by police
Really, who was the biggest cowboy on our beach with children around?
There's no such thing as 'too old to be held'
It seems the worst thing a parent can do in NZ is to wrap their child in cotton wool.
Terry Sarten: Born under a bad sign
Dawning of the age ...? An Austrian company selects its staff based on their star sign.
Letters: Puzzles solution to eye and brain maintenance
Puzzles can help people over 60 maintain good eye health and brain activity.
Letters: Cyclists and shared paths
The walkers are quietly being pushed off the traditional walkways in this town.