Whanganui ChronicleDanny Keenan: Time to shake Land Wars tabooEARLIER this month, the Government announced there would be a national day to mark the New Zealand Land Wars. Remembering these wars 31 Aug 06:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: Pitching the Six O'clock NewsTHE weekday six o'clock TV news is often grim news indeed. Very weighty words are required to convey the grimness of this news. This 31 Aug 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChroniclePhysical wellbeing in good healthENSURING New Zealanders can access better, sooner and more convenient healthcare remains the Government's No1 funding priority. The 31 Aug 12:18 AM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Let's flaunt our sports heroesWITH nominations now being called for 2016 inductees into the Whanganui Sports Hall of Fame, it's timely to consider how much those 30 Aug 11:00 AM
Whanganui ChronicleJay Juten: PS: I'm thinking of Serco tooSOMETIMES the positive achievements of a United States president's administration are couched in the negative. Things not done, or 30 Aug 10:30 AM
Whanganui ChronicleFred Frederikse: Fall down bank well worth itRARE: The swelling pink bud of Rafflesia, the world's largest flower. WE REJOINED the tourist trail at Bukittinggi, West Sumatra30 Aug 10:00 AM
Whanganui ChronicleNZ needs to step up on refugee intakeThe closure of the Manus Island detention camp in Papua New Guinea is long overdue. Now it's time Australia closed Nauru. Australia's 29 Aug 09:41 PM
Whanganui ChronicleConservation Comment: Will public buy into pest purge?THE Government's recent announcement that it will pursue a goal of New Zealand becoming predator-free by 2050 has been widely and 29 Aug 06:30 AM
Whanganui ChronicleEva Bradley: Unreal world of 'Housewives'I'M FEELING hard done by. This week during a moment between making dinner and folding washing, I found myself watching a reality show 29 Aug 12:32 AM
Whanganui ChronicleKate Stewart: Let's get sensible about making this pain relief legalPain - it's something we all experience at some time in our lives. It's about as unavoidable as death and taxes. Chronic pain, however26 Aug 09:31 PM
Whanganui ChronicleSteve Braunias Secret Diary of...Australian surveillance teamMONDAY We held a briefing to discuss last week's botched attempt to covertly tape the All Blacks in their team room at the Intercontinental 26 Aug 09:29 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Tough as boots to fill Mayor Main'sWe won't just miss the Imelda-esque collection of boots ... Mayor Annette Main held her final full council meeting this week and 26 Aug 09:25 PM
Whanganui ChronicleChris Cresswell: What lies at the bottom of your garden?Carbon foodprint is a term used to describe the CO2 and other global heating gases created by food production. Growing food produces 26 Aug 09:21 PM
Whanganui ChronicleTerry Sarten: 'Wimmin' want equal pay but aren't even winning on kitchen frontWimmin - what do they know? They can have babies - yes. They say they can do anything - but we, the Misogynists Exclusive Network 26 Aug 09:16 PM
Whanganui ChronicleChester Borrows: Remembering the war we tried to forgetTo my shame I was confronted with another example of my almost complete ignorance on a slice of New Zealand history - this time with 25 Aug 06:58 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Better to know political leaningsI'VE noticed recently on social media at least one Whanganui District Council candidate complaining about other candidates' political 25 Aug 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Technology cannot replace a good teacherThe rapid strides in technology can undoubtedly be a huge boon to education, but the latest proposals by the New Zealand Government 24 Aug 07:10 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: All that glisters ... ain't goldThe glittering alloy biscuit that passes for the Olympic gold medal these days is a poor cousin of the pure gold specimens last awarded 24 Aug 06:11 PM
Whanganui ChronicleDan Jackson: For pity's sake, mind that truckHERE'S the thing about trucks - they're big and they're heavy. Yup, no real surprises there. But what is surprising is the number 24 Aug 12:49 AM
Whanganui ChronicleJay Kuten: Our core rights are in the gunLAST week Prime Minister John Key announced the formation of a new superspy agency -- a combination of the GCSB which was designed 23 Aug 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Battle behind the scenes at OlympicsTHE Rio Olympics are over ... that's it for another four years. Hope you enjoyed them. There were some great sporting moments - not 22 Aug 08:48 PM
Whanganui ChronicleFred Frederikse: On the road to PekanbaruAt about the same time as snow closed the Napier-Taupo highway we were in Melaka, acclimatising to the heat and quizzing locals about 22 Aug 05:10 AM
Whanganui ChronicleConservation Comment: Track funding jars with budgetSHOULDN'T WE be looking at how top rotect our under-pressure pristine landscapes? Do we need another Great Walk? Regardless of your 21 Aug 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleSteve Braunias Secret Diary of...Jonathan ColemanMONDAY The Prime Minister said, "Mate, would you like to go to Rio at the end of the day?" I said, "You bet I would, mate!" "Good," 20 Aug 12:50 AM
Whanganui ChronicleTerry Sarten: Vulnerable name tag not helpful for those ministry is meant to serveThere is an urgent need to tackle the problem of Vulnerable Political Strategy ... Those who proposed the name of Ministry for Vulnerable 20 Aug 12:44 AM
Whanganui ChronicleRachel Rose: Would-be councillors face a big jobWell, there were a couple of surprises when the nominations closed for local body elections. No fewer than 33 candidates have been 20 Aug 12:44 AM
Whanganui ChronicleKate Stewart: Say what?Last week I used the truism, actions speak louder than words. Whether you know them as truisms, adages or sayings you heard growing 19 Aug 04:09 AM
Whanganui ChronicleMP Chester Borrows: Whanganui gives NZ 'the slip'I guess I need to be careful what I say about Aucklanders. After all, many of the residents of New Zealand's biggest city fly or 18 Aug 03:12 AM
Whanganui ChronicleFrank Greenall: What about hands on homes?I'M GRATEFUL the Olympics only last a fortnight -- watching all that highly fraught determination to propel bodies, horses and bicycles 17 Aug 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Wow, we have done so very wellIT HAS sometimes struck me that there are people in Whanganui who have an inferiority complex about their home town. As if they need 17 Aug 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleHealthy staff make a healthy businessWith our current employment rates at 90.4 per cent, a whole lot of us are spending significant time and energy in our place of work 17 Aug 12:58 AM
Whanganui ChronicleJay Kuten: Cheap shots from tabloid showTHERE are lots of good things to be said about Whanganui, and it's worth repeating that we're beautifully situated with the beating 16 Aug 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleIan McKelvie: Encouraging signs of job growthLAST week Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Minister for Maori Development Te 16 Aug 05:30 PM
Whanganui ChronicleEditorial: Simple fix for surge in call-outsFires are devastating, and capable of wiping out whole households and memories. THE number of house fires in Whanganui and district 16 Aug 05:30 PM
