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Write a regular column on sustainability and it's natural to discuss climate-change facts and issues from time to time.

Rural

Big bucks back misinformation

PLAYED A BLINDER: "Hat's off to Aaron Gilmour.

Opinion

Lice are nice for school lunches

Gilmore also asked the Batman 'do you know who I am?'. 'The Joker?' might have been an apt response, says Craig Cooper.

Opinion

Batman can't rid Gotham of Gilmore

The New Zealand Herald recently reported the results of a survey into the spending habits of Kiwis. The headline result was that nearly half (44 per cent) of New Zealanders are living day-to-day without any savings to fall back on.

Business

Oily Rag: Beer and cigs or own digs

University students Emily Bell-Hoerth and Elliot Kramer expected the sweeping landscapes of the Lord of the Rings when they came to New Zealand. What they found was a lot more complex and less definitive.

News

NZ impresses two US students

The Primary Industries ministerial portfolio is a large, challenging one. For Horowhenua farmer and Otaki MP Nathan Guy the first few weeks on the job have been hectic, with the most severe drought since the 1940s striking the North Island and parts of the South, reports Felicity Wolfe

Rural

The farming Cabinet: Who you need to know

Doctor says drink for health and longer lifeMEDICAL OPINION: Dr Philip Norrie advocates drinking in moderation.

Lifestyle

Wine: A glass a day is more than okay

Employers must enrol all new, permanent and eligible employees in KiwiSaver as Federated Farmers' legal adviser Jane Traynor explains.

Rural

Kick starting KiwiSaver

All new employees who will be permanently employed by you, including part-time employees, aged between 18 and 65, must be automatically enrolled in KiwiSaver through you.

Rural

Kick starting KiwiSaver

First things first - I would like to extend a big thank you for all the feedback I received on last week's column.

Opinion

Smoking's not the worst of it

Madeleine Peyroux's recording career has been a stop-start affair, with The Blue Room just her sixth album in 17 years.

Entertainment

Album Review: Madeleine Peyroux, The Blue Room

The Wanganui Chronicle has a new editor.

News

New hand at the helm

Maybe my expectations are too high or maybe it's a sign of the times but I am very disappointed with some of the TV journalists ...

Opinion

TV news a dimwitted formula to entertain

Horizons Regional Council rates are likely to rise an average of 1.79 per cent this year - much less than the 6.78 per cent signalled in its long-term plan.

News

Rates to go up less than expected

Wanganui Chronicle columnist James Penn has won a prestigious scholarship to an American university.

News

Opinion writer off to study in US

A Wanganui teacher has won a top prize for her study at Massey University last year.

News

Local teacher wins Spanish prize

Rescuers are struggling to reach the bodies of 2degrees boss Eric Hertz and his wife Kathy believed to be inside the plane wreckage on the sea floor as day two of the operation nears completion.

News

Rescuers struggle to recover bodies

Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard are ready for rally season

Motoring

Motorsport: Duo back in driver's seat

While some Taleban will disagree, there is a joke that NATO really stands for 'No Action, Talk Only'.

Rural

The Offal Pit: Is strong wool NATO?

Susan Devoy is smart, motivated, and pretty decent.

Opinion

Devoy may prove a good choice

The Wanganui Jockey Club will play its "community services card'' to convince the NZ Racing Board there are mitigating circumstances to retain Hospice Cup day.

Sport

Hospice Cup day threat

HEADLINE BUSTER: A strategy of eco-thrifty education/incentives/management would render this headline unnecessary.

Lifestyle

Reducing household energy waste

Discipline and performance issues remain high on the list of calls to Federated Farmers 0800 legal helpline.

Rural

Employers - beware of the hooks

"I wanted to be arrested."

News

Feuding neighbours have day in court

Sensory deprivation is just too time consuming, so don't even go there.

Opinion

There's a question mark over Census

I found myself in the horrific position of having to drive across Auckland while we were putting the final touches on this weekend's Driven.

Motoring

Matt Greenop: Raging against traffic

I never thought a time would come when I would ever have to compete for my boyfriend's affections, especially in bed ... with a man

Opinion

Computer guru not the Apple of my eye

Switzerland has said "enough" with the golden handshakes and so should we.

Opinion

Just say no to golden handshake

Teachers' union members are marching on National MPs offices to protest about Novopay. I am at a loss to see what they will expect to achieve, writes Chester Borrows

News

Too much focus on Novopay debacle

If there is any truth to the concept of honour among thieves, it certainly isn't evident in Wanganui.

Opinion

Thieves without a heart

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