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Only an estimated 30% of people leaving prison have had any effective rehabilitation
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Letters: Vaping views just hot air
As a long-time smoker, I believe vaping is the most certain method for quitting cigarettes
Opinion: Progress in waterways cleanup not acknowledged
Like the Master Games competitor, it's often not easy reaching the finish line.
Gwynne Dyer: New food tech may help save us
We need a significant overhaul, changing the world food system on a scale not seen before
Frank Greenall: Cows got talent too
Could New Zealanders ever do the Wilde thing and lay off slaughtering animals?
Letters: Setting refugees up to fail?
I'd welcome these refugees; it would be heartless not to. But is this being done right?
Jay Kuten: A mission quite possible
For refugee resettlement to succeed, there needs to be a significant community buy-in.
Fred Fredrikse: By rail as excess baggage
The Tengger people coped with the tourist hordes by writing their own development plan.
Letters: Does NZ choose refugees?
If we're taking refugees who want to be NZers and and indulge in our culture, that's great
Letters: Let locals into houses first
If we cannot house ourselves, how is it that we are able to house refugees?
Conservation Comment: Why I won't fly
Actually, I'm joining the majority — 95 per cent of humans never fly.
Your say: 'God's laundry maid'; Masters magic; property woes
Readers get if off their chest - 'God's laundry maid'; Masters makes splash; property woes
Terry Sarten's State of the Nation speech
The current state of the union requires us to be united in finding solutions
Kate Stewart:PR is not for Public Relations but Personal Responsibility
Kate Stewart on personal responsibility
Shouting down Brash not the answer
Brash's opinions — odious to some, reasonable to others — should be heard and debated
Gardening: You can grow almost any plant in a container
Growing plants in containers presents gardeners with endless opportunities
Your say: Sand dunes enhance beach, Nuclear menace, Disconnect on ferry project
Letters to the Whanganui Chronicle
Christodoulos Moisa: Who the hell would want to be a writer in New Zealand?
Author Christodoulos Moisa wants government support for New Zealand's literary hopefuls
Chester Borrows: Waitangi Day a perfect time for talking
Fun on Waitangi Day did not mask the grievances of the treaty left to settle
Gwynne Dyer: Peace negotiations with Taliban better late than never
Why didn't the United States have this discussion with the Taliban 17 years ago
Federated Farmers: Facing a future that looks hard
Farmers and their communities are frustrated
Ian McKelvie: Ratana celebrations a great day
Ian McKelvie: Rangitikei doing very will
Frank Greenall: Look to past to fix future
Learning on the job can be the best education of all
Your say: Air-brushing abortion facts, Twin costs dead wrong, Images sickening
Letters to the Whanganui Chronicle
Kevin Page: I'm really going to miss you, Sport
But I won't fall for 100 free spins at online casino, a windfall tax refund or 'Cindy'.
Gwynne Dyer: Half a loaf spread with compromise can still taste bitter
Those lamenting the election of Tshitsekedi accept that it's probably the least bad option
Jay Kuten: More inconvenient truths
Just like the fate of real possums, that paralysis can be fatal.
Rachel Stewart: Fry me a river, climate denialists
COMMENT: There's no ignoring what's happening with the weather all over the world.
Letters: Keeping our city beautiful
Volunteers save the ratepayers and the Whanganui District Council staff time and money.
Letters: No end to clerical child sex abuse
Clerical child sexual abuse is a matter of scale, not wishful thinking and spin.
Fred Frederikse: Java at critical juncture
Upcoming elections will determine if Jakarta moves forwards or regresses.
Letters: 'In the dark' over spending
Let's turn on some lights so we can see the mushrooms in their true light.