Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: 63 reasons why action is too little, too lateTurkeys don't vote for Christmas apparently, and I suspect that Maui's dolphins don't vote for set-net fishing. There's always a 17 Dec 07:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Rugby and region are the winnersIT'S QUITE a coup for the region to get the Hurricanes-Crusaders clash. It was announced this week that Waverley would be venue for 17 Dec 04:22 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Gibson: Suspend judgment if you don't knowAS Science Forum Lectures have gone into recess until February I was casting around for ideas for a piece for December. Then I heard 17 Dec 10:36 AM
Whanganui ChronicleHealth is everyone's businessTHIS year has seen some amazing leadership in healthy change across the Whanganui Rangitīkei Ruapehu District with examples from 17 Dec 07:03 AM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: World champ many haven't heard ofLAST weekend Joseph Parker triumphantly hoisted the WBO heavyweight belt above his head - the new World Champion, he said. The only 17 Dec 04:55 AM
Whanganui ChronicleJay Kuten: 'Snow White has left the building'I'm having a T-Shirt printed with this logo: "Snow White has left the building and we're left with these little dwarves." In the 13 Dec 07:09 PM
Whanganui ChronicleDan Jackson: Brave fight to find out the truthGood on them. Good on the families of those poor buggers killed in the Pike River mine disaster. They've been fighting since 2011 13 Dec 06:01 PM
Whanganui ChronicleSteve Baron: Clothes maketh the councillorDURING the election campaign I took some flak for wearing my shiny business shoes down at the River Traders market, when some other 12 Dec 11:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFred Frederikse: 40-year-old idea still good todayI AM in the process of moving sheds. I was sorting through my stuff, deciding what to dump and what to keep, when I came across 12 Dec 10:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Unique race has potential to growIt had the lustre of Olympic gold; it had the TV cameras; it had the action on the big screen ... It had a sizeable crowd on the 12 Dec 07:44 AM
Whanganui ChronicleYour view: Readers have their sayGender tirade The weekend edition of the Chronicle is usually an informative, entertaining read. Last weekend it left a bitter taste 10 Dec 09:27 PM
Whanganui ChronicleNicola Patrick: Parade brings joy to manyI GOT the ol' royal wave going last Saturday, taking part in the annual Santa parade down Victoria Ave. Before we even turned the 10 Dec 06:58 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Forget the cynics, it's a Kiwi ChristmasIT'S a sickly cliche advertisement for Air New Zealand. But oh, how well it works. Go watch the viral video doing the rounds on 10 Dec 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleTerry Sarten: Conspiracy theory comes back to bite meSATIRE is meant to have some bite but it seems to have become completely truthless and unable to leave a mark on the hard hide of 10 Dec 09:11 AM
Whanganui ChronicleYour view: Readers have their sayGallery shortfall "The district council has agreed to underwrite any cost over-runs or shortfall in funding ..." Such a simple statement 09 Dec 01:53 AM
Whanganui ChronicleChester Borrows: Bill's the man for meWELL, it's been a funny old week in Parliament. I made the announcement that I was stepping down at the next election and was flattered 09 Dec 12:21 AM
Whanganui ChronicleGwynne Dyer: Where are all those people?DID it cross your mind occasionally, in the past week, to wonder where all of the "250,000 civilians trapped in eastern Aleppo" have 09 Dec 12:18 AM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: Key to kingdom left unturnedJOHN Key has surprised everyone and pulled the plug. But it's probably a pretty good time to do it. With a workable consensus forming 08 Dec 02:56 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Rumour travels faster than lightWHEN Ole Romer determined that light has a finite speed it was 1676. Putting the year in perspective, it was 10 years after the 08 Dec 10:05 AM
Whanganui ChronicleNothing 'fairer' about STV election systemIT'S A funny thing, but after every election someone finds a reason to explain why "their" candidate failed to make it. Of recent 08 Dec 09:05 AM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: All to play for nationally ... and locallyPHEW. That was some curveball. Totally out of left field (sorry ... right field), John Key announces he's quitting and eclipses TV 06 Dec 08:05 PM
Whanganui ChronicleIan McKelvie: Community revels in Christmas spiritOur region is alive and well and heralding the festive season with market days, Christmas parades and even night markets - many of 06 Dec 05:55 PM
Whanganui ChronicleJay Kuten: Trump shuns media for twittersphereVon Clausewitz's aphorism that "war is the continuation of politics by other means" may well apply today, with reversal of the two 06 Dec 04:50 PM
Whanganui ChronicleSteve Baron: Council takes a punt in the business worldThere has always been a philosophical debate in politics - should governments/councils be in business? More specifically, should 06 Dec 12:18 AM
Whanganui ChronicleYour view: Readers' have their saySystem is sick I would suggest Mr Benfell (Chronicle letters, December 5) look up Greg Palast's website for the complex reasoning 05 Dec 11:29 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFred Frederikse: The good old, bad old days go up in smokeYou won't remember me," a fellow retiree said in town the other day. He was wrong. Vague memories surfaced of learning to swim and 05 Dec 05:09 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Rush of celebrity corpses largely illusoryThe death of Ray Columbus on Wednesday has added another music icon to what many see as a swingeing cull on pop stars in 2016. David 04 Dec 07:01 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour view: Readers' lettersSeparate dux Again, I wonder whether New Zealand is a country of equality or are racial distinctions still seen as necessary? We 04 Dec 06:06 PM
Whanganui ChronicleGovernment must up its game on climate changeAs I write my final contribution for the year (and - as I am about to leave Whanganui - for the foreseeable future), I am thinking 04 Dec 05:05 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour view: Readers' lettersCare confusion Re: The lovely independent 91-year-old and her troubles with Mid Central District Health Board and its home care policy. I 03 Dec 09:04 PM
Whanganui ChronicleTerry Sarten: Sheet makers in bed with pillowcases companiesYOU will be amazed by this satirical take on conspiracy theories and clickbait. Did you realise that there are untruths everywhere; 03 Dec 08:45 AM
Whanganui ChronicleChris Cresswell: Take tobacco road to stub out warmingTHE human race is like a smoker. As cigarette smoke is to the human body, greenhouse gases are to the planet. So we can learn lessons 03 Dec 04:53 AM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: The 'drivel' is all Mr Dunne'sNew mayor Hamish McDouall's idea of government department's in Wellington damaged by the November 14 earthquake re-housing in Whanganui 02 Dec 07:31 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Gibson: Talk reveals huge effort to relocate birdsLast month's Whanganui Science Forum talk featured Doug Armstrong from Massey University. A professor of conservation biology, he 02 Dec 08:06 AM
