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Editorial: Billboard battles and block voting

THE local body election campaign is heating up with your voting papers being delivered this month and, of course, the results due

Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Richie McCaw

MONDAY At the end of the day my initial reaction when you talk about doing a film about yourself is that you don't want to seem like

Rachel Rose: Better ways to keep a honey bee happy

WELL done UCOL for bringing a comprehensive course in beekeeping to Whanganui. I'm one of 30 students (three times more than have

Terry Sarten: Cutting corners will be back to bite us

WE ARE rapidly developing a national identity as the land of the long white lie. The "100% Pure" brand has taken a hammering as we

Chester Borrrows: Whanganui in the eye of politicians

MY COLUMNS in recent weeks have largely been dedicated to reporting on events from around the wider Whanganui region -- including

Editorial: End of an era, start of an error?

IT'S official! Or as official as anything can be after an international congress in South Africa has worked on it for seven years. The

Russell Bell: Awards revive community spirit

IT IS always good for businesses to give back to the community. There are many ways to do this and a number of businesses are giving

More is now more at the bottom of the beauty biz

We have all heard of the saying less is more, and right or wrong it holds a great deal of sway in the beauty business. We have become

Conservation 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

Eva 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

Kate Stewart: Let's get sensible about making this pain relief legal

Pain - it's something we all experience at some time in our lives. It's about as unavoidable as death and taxes. Chronic pain, however

Steve Braunias Secret Diary of...Australian surveillance team

MONDAY We held a briefing to discuss last week's botched attempt to covertly tape the All Blacks in their team room at the Intercontinental

Editorial: Tough as boots to fill Mayor Main's

We won't just miss the Imelda-esque collection of boots ... Mayor Annette Main held her final full council meeting this week and

Chris 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

Terry Sarten: 'Wimmin' want equal pay but aren't even winning on kitchen front

Wimmin - what do they know? They can have babies - yes. They say they can do anything - but we, the Misogynists Exclusive Network

Chester Borrows: Remembering the war we tried to forget

To my shame I was confronted with another example of my almost complete ignorance on a slice of New Zealand history - this time with