Whanganui ChronicleConservation Comment: Is conservation in crisis?THERE is an increasing trend in New Zealand and overseas towards offloading responsibilities for conservation action on to community 20 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleCohen 'special beyond belief'WHILST quoting my humble hero, Leonard Cohen, last week, I was unaware he was dying. I'd recently shared a link to his latest album 18 Nov 07:16 AM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersJurors' pay Who advocates for the jurors? It's a crime how little a jury member is paid for their time in this country. At $31 17 Nov 04:50 PM
Whanganui ChronicleChester Borrows: Bravo, Whanganui - just do itYOU can't but think Whanganui is on the cusp of something really big when you stand on the riverside and watch a massive ferry with 17 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersUnder suspicion For some months Kiwibank has treated me as a robber suspect when I go in to pay a power bill. Until I take my hat 16 Nov 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleGwynne Dyer: Climate change and TrumpEVEN before Donald Trump hijacked the Republican Party, he was loudly declaring that the science of climate change, like Barack Obama16 Nov 04:40 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: Witness the Don of a new ageSOME months back, my racehorse-mad friend Tony -- the one of American/Italian extraction -- expressed grave fears about the possibility 16 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersMoonbeams 1.50pm, Monday, November 14. I am watching the TV news, waiting for the boffins to confirm that moonbeams played a role 15 Nov 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleDan Jackson: Shakes too close to homeTHESE quakes have got me thinking about our own little patch of the Shaky Isles. As the shake the other night more than illustrated15 Nov 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleJay Kuten: Basket of deplorables bites backQUOTING Tony Abbott's "Shit happens!" -- appropriately, this time -- it's been one hell of a US presidential election and a bad time 15 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleBusiness Zen: Painless to plan for the worstMONDAY morning started early, 12.03am to be precise. The house shaking and rolling, like a plane in turbulence. We were joined by 15 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleIt's our fault as well...These quakes have got me thinking about our own little patch of the shaky isles. As the shake the other night more than illustrated15 Nov 03:32 AM
Whanganui ChronicleGwynne Dyer: Ruthless ambition costly"IN TURKEY, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the 14 Nov 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersTrump and us Chester Borrows (Chronicle, November 11), if you think the reactions of people [to the US election result] are hilarious14 Nov 04:50 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFred Frederikse: Always ask a taxi driverALMOST everyone I spoke to was predicting that Hillary Clinton would be the next president of the United States -- all except my friend 14 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial:Raise your glass to market successThe fine-tuning has probably begun on the Whanganui night market but except for minor tweaks it was a raging success. The Thursday 14 Nov 12:27 AM
Whanganui ChronicleTerry Sarten: I'm desperately seeking a time-out room for US votersThe politically powered time machine has transported us back to the 1950s. We now find ourselves in some kind of celestial seclusion 14 Nov 12:21 AM
Whanganui ChronicleEva Bradley: Reasons to be really happy this weekIT HAS been an upsetting week. Expectations got turned upside down, uncertainty about the future now abounds and (in the opinion of 13 Nov 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleConservation Comment: Our vanishing environmentSCIENTISTS say the Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction caused by human impacts on biodiversity, including habitat loss, hunting13 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChroniclePositive change is always possibleSitting down to write your column on the night it looks like the United States elected Trump is not an easy ask. I had an idea brewing 12 Nov 03:07 AM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: What happens now?Donald Trump's win made me eat a whole packet of pineapple lumps on Wednesday night. They were destined for slighter bigger things10 Nov 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleChester Borrows: Voters get what they deserveIN A walk up Lambton Quay the morning after the election in the United States, it was interesting to hear the conversations. Amazing 10 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersGood question Nicola Patrick's Conservation Comment asks why the Department of Conservation is "Going soft on seabed mining" (Chronicle10 Nov 02:48 AM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: Memories live on after deathA DEAR friend passed just a few days ago. Passed on, passed away, passed over, whatever. There are plenty who say such euphemisms 10 Nov 02:41 AM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: A positive start for councilTHERE was a moment at the first full meeting of Whanganui's new district council on Tuesday when newcomer Hadleigh Reid sounded like 10 Nov 02:32 AM
Whanganui ChronicleHonest admission a refreshing startThere was a moment at the first full meeting of Whanganui's new district council on Tuesday when newcomer Hadleigh Reid sounded like 09 Nov 09:00 AM
Whanganui ChronicleLady Liberty's message enduresWHEN I come home to Whanganui after a time away, I'm immediately struck again by the simple beauty of the long stretch of land from 08 Nov 05:00 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersShocking green Regarding the recent painting job in the Bason Reserve. What a terrible, shocking green. It is not the green of nature08 Nov 04:50 PM
Whanganui ChronicleIan McKelvie: We're doing wellNEW ZEALAND is in good shape. We have the fourth fastest economic growth rate in the OECD at 3.6 per cent. We are making great strides 08 Nov 04:40 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersForget Facebook Caroline Ritchie displays astonishing -- and, unfortunately, increasingly rare -- true wisdom in her editorial of 07 Nov 04:50 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEva Bradley: Can't wait for end to US campaign circusAS I LIE prostrate on the ground in supplication and torment, I beg anyone with any power at all ... just bloody well elect a US president 06 Nov 04:45 PM
Whanganui ChronicleConservation Comment: Going soft on seabed miningTEN years in the Department of Conservation leaves me with many fond memories, especially when I see photos on Facebook of my old 06 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFred Frederikse: Welcome to Te MoananuiTHIS column attempts to set the scene for the visit of the USS Sampson next week - the first visit by an American warship since the 04 Nov 04:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleYour views: Readers' lettersPositive start The first test of our new council occurred over two full days this week. There is concern amongst our community that 03 Nov 04:40 PM