It will be a different Rātana event at the end of the month with no politicians.

Covid-19 for me, a retired chap, was a chance to kick back and enjoy life.

Your letters: NZ's 'real' history, no to bi-lingual road signs and dirty prison water.

Govt move appears to be aimed at centralising control of water supply and disposal

Opinion: There has been talk about the formation of a fourth international trading bloc.

The bird's going off in the bag trying to escape, George is pawing at it trying to get in.

New homes should include a water tank, writes a reader.

Your letters: Calls amplify to reduce the speed limit along Whanganui's Pickwick Rd.

Is it because home ownership is drifting out of reach for many young people?

She was supposed to be at the beach, not buying "bloody socks", writes Kevin Page.

Pickwick Rd is a residential area, with a narrow road, no footpaths and no street lights

Opinion: The way you celebrate New Year's Eve is dictated by what stage of life you're in.

We have already had the best Christmas present we could ask for.

"I spotted a child's Christmas teddy bear and other gifts lay idle on dry mud banks."

Your letters: One reader says its time we make our pedestrian crossings inclusive

It has been a challenging year for many so it is nice to think about happy events.

Opinion: Everybody has gaps in their knowledge, what's yours?

Christmas is terrible for putting pressure on families to buy gifts and spend up large.

OPINION: We were successful in limiting the numbers of both individual cases and deaths.

Opinion: Compared to other schemes in developed countries, ACC is the most generous.

OPINION: Investment in shares may be the way to grow a deposit for a home.

Opinion: Christmas nears and once again I am completely stumped.

A wedding anniversary brings out the best in Kevin Page, or so he thought...

Your letters: Who controls our money, asks Heather Marion Smith?

Your letters: Library vans fail to match retired bus, argues reader.

Russell Bell nominates his Whanganui businesses of the year.

Your Whanganui Chronicle letters.

Rob Rattenbury: To say that I am useless at golf is an understatement, I am pathetic.

Without a doubt the Labour Party must stick to it's leftist philosophies, writes Rex Head.

'I have found comfort in the way we handle death as Māori'.