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Letters: Stick with the status quo, Animal testing, Faux meat
Letters to the Wanganui Chronicle

Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Free Speech Coalition
COMMENT: It's amazing how quickly people have responded to the Free Speech Coalition.

Opinion: Animal cruelty no feather in cap
Cruelty to animals and the resultant court penalties are nothing new in Godzone

Letters: Mayor wrong to bar pair
The pair were called "alt-right populists" — sensible people who know what is going on.

Little thought needed on who to lead big task
Former Whanganui MP needs to sell smart of justice agenda

Frank Greenall: World Cup theatrics v real football drama
Awfulness in the underworld as World Cup melodrama plays out.

Letters: Rubbish recycling options
A survey containing only a "preferred option" is not a survey. It is an ultimatum.

Jay Kuten: Border crossing no crime for refugees
Separating children from parents is a terrorising technique of authoritarian states.

Opinion: Population figures important
Short of everyone assembling to be counted, we may be stuck with not knowing for sure.

Letters: Rubbish bag stuff-ups
Will the residents of Whanganui take this abuse lying down?

Kevin Page: Bummer of start to the day
Whoever invented bicycle seats should be shot

Gwynne Dyer: England's National Health Service a model for the world
For the moment Americans must go on paying the cost of their ideology.

Opinion: And 2018's best Whanganui district councillor is . . .
It is an important community role and Whanganui deserves dedicated, committed councillors.

Letters: Vegan protein not panacea
We must maintain a variety of protein options to ensure NZers are fed in difficult times.

Conservation Comment: How far for a dollar?
Valentine has not broken the law, but he is ruining a cherished landscape.

Nicola Patrick: Cars as safe as nuts behind the wheel
Those who die are not statistics.

Kate Stewart: How many councillors does it take to change a lightbulb?
When a Whanganui councillor suggested there were too many of them, Kate Stewart agreed...

Steve Braunias: Secret diary of impossible burger
COMMENT: The meat-free burger offered by Air NZ sends a message to world NZ is rudderless.

Gwynne Dyer: Trump's America won't be victors in a trade war against China
The US can't win the trade war that Donald Trump is planning to wage

James Renwick: Real climate facts there, if wanted
Don't be misled, climate change is real

Chester Borrows: Class of '78 a lesson to us all
It seems most young offenders "age out" of miscreant behaviour quickly.

Opinion: Well-being Bill has ominous implications
We don't expect councils to act like miniature nations or wise stewards of our well-being.

Opinion: Potential of plant-based protein
The realpolitik is simple. We are already seeing wars caused by access to water.

Editorial: Support Great War exhibition before it's gone
It would be wonderful if the Great War Experience could be retained.

Frank Greenall: We're myth-makers, believe it or not
Something's rotten when someone works a full week and still has to rely on food parcels.

Ian McKelvie: Unprecedented interest in End of Life Choice Bill
'I am wary of hasty decisions, especially where vulnerable people are involved.'

Jay Kuten: Legal medicinal cannabis blocked by bureaucrats
Legal medicinal cannabis suffers death of 1000 cuts at the hands of bureaucrats.

Letters: Let's get a real number cruncher
Let's get rid of all the councillors and have an accountant or someone of that nature.