Whanganui Chronicle
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Latest documents
- From the Lion's Mouth: Whanganui love stories in Jade Townsend show set for Sarjeant Gallery
The influence of Whanganui runs deep through Jade Townsend's exhibition, From the Lion's Mouth.
- Whanganui cyclists and pedestrians voice concern over wire on riverside boardwalk
Mesh wire on Whanganui's riverside boardwalk is under scrutiny after backlash from residents and Mountains to Sea (Ngā Ara Tūhono) Cycle Trail staff.
- Technology misadventure drives Mrs P to frustration - Kevin Page
As I'm sure I've mentioned over the past few weeks, I've been having an unintended bed-bound stay away from home.
- New Zealand music legend Shayne P. Carter to play acoustic show in Whanganui
A Kiwi music legend is set to play a solo show in Whanganui, with the venue operators "a little starstruck".
- One person dead after crash in Rangitīkei
A person has died after a single-vehicle crash near Santoft Forest in Rangitīkei District.
- Petition started to save Lindsay's Lotto post centre in Whanganui East
Taylor Nikora says he will "explore every avenue" to keep an NZ Post centre in Whanganui East.
- Noel Leeming and Spark stores in Hāwera targeted in ram raids
Hāwera's Noel Leeming and Spark stores have been targeted in early morning ram raids.
- Fire crews battle rural Whanganui shed fire for eight hours
Multiple fire crews worked to extinguish a rural shed fire at Papaiti near Whanganui.
- South Taranaki leaders say seabed mine bid dead in water
An Australian-owned company's bid to mine the South Taranaki seabed is dead in the water, local leaders say.
- How to make succulents and cacti thrive in the summer heat - Gareth Carter
Recent weeks of warm summer temperatures provide ideal conditions for drought-hardy plants such as succulents and cacti to thrive.
Featured documents
- Booze Barons
Asimple convenience or a plague on society? Whatever your view of liquor outlets, new laws on the way are expected to curb the enormous growth the industry has seen in New Zealand over the past couple of decades....
- Parole Board: System ‘fundamentally wrong’
Ateenage offender with alcohol and violence issues sat behind bars, in a cell neighbouring his father’s, for more than a year without receiving any rehabilitative treatment....
- What’s holding up open banking?
Why are our banks so far behind in providing customers with open banking? It’s a service that will improve a range of financial tasks, ranging from remortgaging to budgeting. Similar countries have had this technology for years....
- Pulling retail out of terminal slide
Auckland Airport’s international terminal is said to have its hum back, with emotions high among travellers reuniting with family and friends after more than a year of closed borders....
- Thousands of jobs at aviation fair
Auckland Airport is hosting job fair with around 2000 positions on offer and its chief executive Carrie Hurihanganui is well placed to know what it takes to get one of them....
- Driver escapes drug convictions
Adriver who had methamphetamine and cannabis in his system when he crashed a work vehicle, injuring two colleagues, has escaped drugged-driving convictions after correct procedure wasn’t followed in obtaining a blood sample....
- ‘Little’
trust hails funding for project cutting power bills
People behind the first Whanganui project to receive funding from the Government’s Māori Housing Renewable Energy Fund want to encourage others to apply for upcoming rounds....
- HUNTING the HUNTERS
Written on the wall of the Head Hunters’ gang pad is a quote from the classic Godfather film series that says: “Real power can’t be given. It must be taken”....
- VAXXED OR NOT?
The needle in the room:
Hi, neighbours....
- None
It was a single word, unflinchingly direct and utterly terrifying....