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Letters: Council should reduce debt
Interest rates are at lows not seen for decades. What if and when interest rates rise?
Jay Kuten: A deliberate act of cruelty
We ought to declare Stephen Miller, author of the contemptible policy, persona non grata.
Rachel Stewart: Signs of a stressed-out dairy industry
COMMENT: If farmers don't find a new way forward soon, they'll feel more alone than ever.
Opinion: Age shall not weary them, robots will do the work
We live longer, healthier lives thanks to better medicine, living standards and diet.
Opinion: Help preserve our thriving Whanganui society
Whanganui is a great place to live but we must constantly strive to keep it that way.
Letters: Beware overpopulation pickle
Population growth underlies the violence, refugees and rape of the biosphere everywhere.
Letters: Cold facts about heating homes
New minimum standards are designed to make rental homes warmer, drier and healthier.
Conservation Comment: Pedal power gets a boost
Maybe the petrol era is fading and the humble bicycle and e-bike are coming to the fore.
Your say: Thai cave rescue - what about the others?
Readers write: Thai cave rescue; too many people; Kieran Read's vocabulary and recycling
Kate Stewart: Self-made or was it handed to her on a plate?
It's not being self-made when you come from priviledge, argues Kate Stewart.
Nicola Patrick: I'm not giving up ... on giving up
It's not easy, but it is time to cut down -- alcohol, plastic, screentime
Elizabeth on Prime wonderful viewing
British documentary Elizabeth on Prime provides insights into the long-serving monarch.
Terry Sarten: Free speech - get it now before it's all gone
The truth waits to be found but is not as shiny as a well-polished lie, so we miss it
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of Helsinki talks
COMMENT: They liked me in the UK but they loved me in Helsinki.
Your views: TV shows how Whanganui is really humming
Readers write In: Looking good for Whanganui, Anzac Pde roadworks and gay wedding cakes
Gwynne Dyer: Trump, Russia and Nato situation not as bad as it seems
There's almost no military "Russian threat" in Europe. Nato doesn't need to spend more.
Opinion: Don't judge the US by Donald Trump
US pluralism creates the vibrancy of thinking and action that will keep this nation great.
Editorial: We can learn from beach rubbish disgrace
We must get rid of waste cleanly, and we've got to buy less stuff that can become waste.
Chester Borrows: International students reveal how easy our kids have it
Foreign visitors show us life beyond NZ, but also make us re-appraise our own country
Ian McKelvie: Keep economy moving
MP for Rangitikei Ian McKelvie discusses businesses that are the backbone of our economy.
Syria no place to be if you're 'bad' in eyes of regime
Gwynne Dyer discusses the possible end of the Syrian civil war.
Frank Greenall: Good buddies do business
Frank Greenall on the relationship between Trump and Putin
Jay Kuten: Chance can alter one's life
The iron rod ripped into his brain and exited through his skull, landing several feet away
Your view: Autistics have feelings as strong as anyone's
Readers write: Autism issues; vegan dangers; money for guns and council voting records
Russell Bell: Brexit unrest in UK
Market analysts will continue to hedge their bets.
Editorial: Moaners move over - we're really quite a happy lot
A pleasant surprise -- Whanganui folk are happy with the council; and with life
Letters: Promise of chaos too risky, Do not attack the person, Too much hate speech
Letters to the Wanganui Chronicle
Briefly: Driver uninjured, Condition still serious, Time running out
Briefly from the Wanganui Chronicle.
Kevin Page: 'So sorry ... I appear to have stolen your car'
It was a simple mistake -- how a relaxing week's holiday in Rarotonga can go wrong.
Cold is stressful and health risk
Average daily indoor temperature in the winter for most NZ houses is just 16C
Review: Nadia Reid at Lucky Bar + Kitchen
An hour of sad songs that don't make you feel sad
Rob Butcher: Pine tree plan 'a disaster'
Planting millions of exotic pine trees could be an ecological disaster