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Lynley Tulloch: I have seen many rodeo animals in various stages of distress
The rodeo folk think of rodeo as competitive sport

Fred Frederikse: The Millisphere of Malang
This millisphere is Malang after the largest city in the southern East Java.

Conservation Comment: Wild pines a fire risk
It is time the fire service and DoC looked at ways to remove these pine trees.

Letters: Will MPs lead mine entry?
I didn't see Winston or Andrew among the trainees. Maybe some God is going to protect them

Capital gains tax may prove to be fizzer
Capital gains tax must be fiscally neutral, argues Peter Lyons.

Conservation comment: Paradise Lost, don't blame climate change
Is Pinus radiata a fire enhancing species

Looking back at some of the speakers at the Whanganui Science Forum
The science forum has no political agenda, just a search for truth, writes Frank Gibson.

Gwynne Dyer: Nigerian Election
The Independent National Election Commission postponed the election for a week.

Kate Stewart: Confessions of a Lime Scooter
Battery powered and with no emissions, I'm the "it child" of trendy transportation.

Editorial: Why shouldn't you pay tax, the rest of us do?
Editorial by Simon Waters

Terry Sarten: The Challenge – Whanganui Violence Free Zone
Terry Sarten puts his case for Whanganui to lead the charge against violence.

Frank Gibson: Scientific truth laid bare at forum
Experts shed light on subjects from state of our waterways to climate change.

Letters: Trial by traffic light
I'll never again fall into the trap of an empty angle park when I stop for my morning brew

Frank Greenall: Breaking up is hard to do
Winston Churchill, were he still alive, would be a rampant Brexit Remainer.

Letters: Driver critical of traffic-jam 'carpark'
Traffic jams a tribute to big-city living that most of us moved here to escape!

Jay Kuten: E-cigarettes, that's the real name "vaping" is the sexier term
Claims of endorsement of vaping are simply false

Gwynne Dyer: 'Little Ice Age' lessons unheeded
Gwynne Dyer on the "Little Ice Age", when the tens of millions of native Americans died

Fred Frederikse: El Chapo had tunnel vision
Fred Frederikse Mapping the Millisphere, "a new millennium travel story"

The ultimate V Day gift - thanks a bunch!
Kevin Page has just the thing for those needing inspiration for a Valentine's Day gift.

Letters: Beach lover welcomes ally
Sand from the carpark should be returned to the beach front, not trucked away.

Conservation Comment: Pioneer guide to adventure
The [Ruapehu summit] is spectacular terrain but also spectacularly perilous - Derek Schulz

Conservation Comment: Ridgway Lythgoe and the Summer Nature Programme legacy
Conservation Comment: Are we getting to soft?

Kate Stewart: Opinions for sale for those who can't think for themselves
Why bother having your own opinion anymore when you can just adopt someone else's

Nicola Patrick: Feeling the love on Valentine's Day
This Valentine's I also wish for security and stability in loving homes for our children

Terry Sarten: Online trolling, a game of trivial pursuits
Everyone has a right to express their views

Editorial - Whanganui, we're better than this
The world needs its leaders and role models. Our community needs its voices of reason.

Letters: Who pays for subsidies?
Govt is talking subsidies for electric vehicles and cyclists using public roads at no cost

Gwynne Dyer: Magnetic reversal: Don't panic
Scientists seem untroubled by signs that the north and south magnetic poles will switch.