Masters Games opens in style in Whanganui -- even the Unruly Tourists couldn't spoil it

How strange the past looks through today's politically correct perspective

Letters to the Whanganui Chronicle

The one that got me was the two images of a glacier taken 10 years apart

Terry Sarten: Is there such a thing as an incomplete rascal?

"What do you think we should do with people who do bad things?"

This council is doing a good job in trying to reduce its debt, however . . .

So why do people use their mobile phones while at the wheel?

If we want bird life, we need healthy bush. If we want healthy bush, possums must go.

P stands for platinum, Page, plonker, pain, patient, puzzled, peck, pash, playful...

This is a problem for Venezuelans to solve, not foreigners — and least of all Americans.

Rest assured, there are no mushroom farms within the council, as Mr White claims.

We're only 'unique' in New Zealand because we haven't included our treaty in domestic law.

Tourist locations are popular for good reason. Kyoto's reason is its temple gardens.

What hasn't changed is that we still wish to keep in touch and share our experiences.

The number of secondhand electric cars is increasing and so cheap to run.

The trail has had negative publicity about some sections, particularly in the North Island

Bangladesh is now a one-party state where about half the population hates the ruling party

There is far too much talk about clutter, and it is time to declutter your thoughts.

COMMENT: 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of the dear old Secret Diary.

Imagine a New Zealand without vineyards, wonton soup, Diwali, Lydia Ko or Jerome Kaino.

With too little money for repairs to the Parapara, more closures are likely, says a reader

We still have a drastic shortage of state housing here in Whanganui.

The receding tide of former imperial glory has long been slipping out, seemingly unnoticed

Losing your licence for drink-driving can have huge implications for your job.

How has this nonsense dominated the politics of two countries for more than two decades?

Real human beings are suffering the consequence of what has always been a game to Trump.

COMMENT: I am rebranding as the only columnist any rational person will ever want.

The Government has made road safety a top priority.

I think this guy knows he's bad, and he's making money out of the fact. I like that.