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Rugby: Metro poised to strike

Metro sit poised to strike in fourth spot in the Manawatu Colts division rugby competition

Letters: Cold comfort for bus travellers

Surely coach travellers are worthy of a better facility, not some throwback to the 1940s.

Local Focus: NZ's youngest councillor sees climate change as the challenge of the century

Councillor Chandulal-Mackay on the region's challenges. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Local Focus: NZ's youngest councillor sees climate change as the challenge of the century

Councillor Chandulal-Mackay and the challenges facing the region. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Logo created for Whanganui's first Heritage Month

Designer Cecelia Kumeroa has created a logo for the first Whanganui Heritage Month

Letters: Council costs needed first

To know what council spending might be stopped, we must first know the costs involved.

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.

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.

Letters: Let's have a simple traffic fix

We need a practical engineer with an iota of common sense to look for simple fixes.

Letters: Switch banks for cheques

It's quite simple; just change banks to get the service you want.

'Scary': Govt steps in to help 367 schools - the full list

Officials have stepped into a third of all low-decile schools since 2009.

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