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Editorial: The climate must change
Clearly some people are having trouble understanding this: Climate change is real.
Salty criticism of Peppa just pig-ignorant
Leave Peppa Pig alone - you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Murray Crawford: Pioneer cyclists take a punt
At least riders of today will be able to cross the Whanganui River with ease
Peter Lyons: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Cream doughnuts are an amazing evolutionary achievement for a bunch of overdeveloped apes
Letters: Long wait for ferry riders
Ferry tales: "Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Frank Greenall: City fails baffled economist
Last week we hosted a wandering economist, Cameron Bagrie
The last line after 47 years in the 'glamour profession'
The editor bows out of the news business after 47 years in the 'glamour profession'
Jay Kuten: Politicians lame and stupid
I've been looking for signs of intelligent life in Parliament and it's been a hard slog.
Letters: He made his mark
I'd expect the local bastion of news to report all news, even about its own organisation.
Not so much a whistle as a hiss and a phwoar
I've never assaulted anyone with a "wolf whistle" - yet.
Business Zen: Keep customers, don't oversell
Some businesses have a single-sale philosophy and are happy to risk overselling a product
Letters: Team names a big shame
Don't we agree the branding of sports teams in NZ is downright confusing and embarrassing?
Fred Frederikse: The Millisphere of Bengawan
Fred Frederikse and the Millisphere of Bengawan
Letters: Jihadi Taylor needs to change
The only reason he "regretted" promoting hatred, was that he would have to do jail time.
Sand dune vandals destroy plants
Sand-binding plants have been dug up near Castlecliff's Duncan Pavilion.
Peter Lyons: Reserve Bank starts to show some mongrel
The Reserve bank is finally playing hardball with the banks in New Zealand.
Editorial: 'Young adults' put down the PS4 controls and engage with the real world
Whether climate change or something else, at least youth is engaging with real issues
Dani Lebo: Skipping school is the best thing kids can do for the environment
Thousands of students will walk out of schools as part of the School Strike 4 Climate
Kate Stewart: Choosing your "identity"
People are desperately seeking acceptance by identifying as almost anything under the sun
Letters: We too can make a change
The Orange Peril clings to his ignorance and has become the face of climate change denial.
Chester Borrows: 'State agencies have blood on their hands'
Chester Borrows: There needs to be change in the way we do justice.
Lynley Tulloch: Sunsets more rewarding than fireworks
Auckland has asked Government to ban the private use and sale of fireworks
Letters: Cullen one of NZ's best
Cullen cut govt debt to below $20 billion, created KiwiSaver, and improved National Super
Daring to do something different …
Full credit to a SWAT team and Robert Muldoon for trying to find innovative solutions.
Ian McKelvie: A snapshot of Parliament and NZ
Ian McKelvie gives a run down on New Zealand
Editorial:Inmates' votes are a part of their rehab
Negativity to the Greens' proposal to give prison inmates the right to vote
Letters: Save fireworks for Matariki
One wonders how a man in a white house can wield such power on behalf of the "free" world
Rachel Stewart: Can we separate the art from the artist?
COMMENT: I don't believe you can rewrite history. It's already made.
Fred Frederikse: The Millisphere of Venezuela
Venezuela suffers from high levels of crime, corruption, hyperinflation and scarcities
Sarjeant: Anne Pattillo and Whanganui Arts Review prize
Arts Review Open Award prize is being increased from $2000 to $5000.
John Archer: Muttonbirds and a seaside clinic
How inland Maori on mineral-deficient soils obtained health-giving iodine