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• Whanganui's Ototoka Beach leads in water quality for Horizons region's 2026 summer

  Whanganui District's Ototoka Beach ranked first of 84 swim spots across the Horizons region for safe water quality in the 2026 summer season, with other Whanganui beaches close behind.

• Marton street residents urge council to install duck crossing signs

  Residents of a street in Marton are pleading for duck crossing signage to minimise the number of the birds being killed by drivers.

• New owners plan more services at Whanganui's only bone-strength scanning business

  Whanganui's only bone-density scanning service has changed hands, with plans for expansion underway.

• The real test of local government reform is whether people still feel heard - Shelley Loader

  What stayed with me after Tuesday night's Whanganui Head Start public meeting on local government reform was not the discussion about boundaries, structures and systems, but the concerns beneath them.

• Whanganui social worker Holly Hill is on a mission to end family harm

  Holly Hill set out to be a lawyer, to put people who had harmed children in prison.

• Garlic, shallots and onions: Why mid-winter is the best time to plant - Gareth Carter

  With the shortest day only a week away on June 21, it is time to turn our thoughts to the coming summer's harvest season.

• Whanganui medical services prepare as winter illness creeps in

  As winter increases the risk of respiratory illnesses, Whanganui medical services are encouraging people to be proactive to ease pressure on doctors and the Emergency Department.

• Local government reform: Whanganui District Council begins public discussions on amalgamation

  Whanganui Mayor Andrew Tripe says the three-month timeframe for councils to submit amalgamation plans to the Government is "fine".

• Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery to launch new biennial art series Ināianei | Current

  A new biennial exhibition series showcasing the region's artists will launch at Whanganui's Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery in November.

• Whanganui Pride Week returns with new events for 2026

  Whanganui will light up in rainbow as Whanganui Pride Week returns for its seventh year.

Featured documents

• EDITORIAL One health department overdue

  Health Minister Andrew Little could be excused some hyperbole after the mostly warm reception to yesterday’s shake-up of New Zealand’s health provision....

• Public asked to stop releasing pet rabbits in parks

  Auckland Council is warning against people releasing rabbits and other animals into forests and parks ahead of the Year of the Rabbit Lunar New Year saying they could have a devastating impact on the environment....

• OPINION NZ lagging on right to disconnect from work

  Anew law giving Australian workers the “right to disconnect” — to refuse contact from employers outside their working hours (unless that refusal is unreasonable) — comes into effect this month....

• Horizons releases mite to curb pest

  Horizons Regional Council is to introduce a leaf-galling mite in a New Zealand-first bid to control the highly invasive pest plant known as old man’s beard....

• Foreign bugs okayed for use against pest plants

  Four species of insects are set to be imported and released in the Horizons Regional Council area after the Environmental Protection Authority approved their use to control an invasive wetland weed....

• Battle brews on easing euthanasia law

  Assisted dying in New Zealand is barely half a year old, but there are already rumblings about whether it is too strict....

• 5 BIG IDEAS

  The cold, hard fact about housing is that neither Labour nor National wants prices to fall....

• WHANGANUI RACES

  Wanganui Jockey Club 1PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION 1200, $10000, 1200m 9-9 All In Echoes (8) S Collett 1 4-4 Irish Red (10) S Weatherley 2 1-1 No Nay Jubilee (4) C Grylls 3 Scratched: Helluvah Return, Raccourci. Also (in finishing order): 2-2 The Stoney One, 6-6 Belardo Boy, 3-3 My Tarnz Girl,...

• CRIME WAVE

  Ram raids, smash-and-grabs, protests on youth justice facility rooftops: the visibility of youth crime has increased markedly, as have political frustrations, with Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon saying they’ve had a “gutsful”....

• 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”....