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Latest from WC - Opinion
Jay Kuten: Trump claims are crazy
Donald Trump may be a world-class narcissist, but that doesn't mean he's crazy.
National walks the walk
New funding will help DOC manage the impact of tourism, protecting at-risk species.
Editorial: Worrying signs as thieves strike again
Four similar robberies and no arrests is hardly a deterent
Your views: Readers' letters
Idiotic fee for septic tank owners; Murky Marton water; Borrows trial and more . . .
Protection still a better option
If the council had control over this issue, reasonable flood protection would be in place
Mixed blessings in growth
Our children deserve to live in a country that sets sensible limits on growth
Your views: Readers' letters
More on ferries, food trucks, council planning and interpreting the Treaty of Waitangi.
Terry Sarten: Internet trolls easily foiled
Terry Sarten routs the trolls of the twitter-verse
More to police show than drunken idiots
Police Ten 7 - what it's really like for the boys and girls in blue
Kate Stewart: The rise and rise of the waiter-narrator
The modern restaurant - big on description, small on food
Editorial: One small way you can make a difference
Lady mayoress leads call for council ban on plastic bags
Teacher aides are first-class
They are bitten, kicked and slapped in the course of their work - and paid very little.
Your views: Readers' letters
Shabby new walkway; Who stole the pages?; Media overkill on Comey.
Consultation over Whanganui smokefree policy
Give your views on extending Whanganui's smokefree policy
Editorial: Loyalty, is it forgotten?
Are we too quick to shop elsewhere, and overlook those who prop up our community?
Time to train more inmates
Why do you have to be behind bars to access the support you needed prior to offending?
Jay Kuten: A serious farce of a trial
A courtroom spectacle in which two MPs made a melodrama of their own fearfulness.
Your views: Readers' views
Why shift the library? Graffiti epidemic; Ferry tales; Ikitara Rd slip repairs.
Venezuela drifts towards civil war
The street protests are now in their second month, and 40 people have already been killed.
Make water governance local
With regional councils more often than not you pay through the nose to deal with dropkicks
Your views: Readers' letters
Run-down cemetery; Logic at last; Letters v email; No Maori rebellion; the law and heresy.
Editorial - Whanganui hit by ransomware virus
A cyber attack on UK's National Health Service highlights how vulnerable we are
Channelling the riverboat era
Why not open up the Whanganui River for riverboat tourism the way it was a century ago?
Gambling with our future
Farmers play Russian roulette with their most critical and fundamental asset, the soil.
Kate Stewart: ADHD - is it just lazy parenting?
Children are left to their own devices too often - tablets, computers and phones
Freedom - don't stuff it up
I don't want to live in a country where voices can't be heard.