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Canada wildfires huge learning curve for Whanganui firefighter
"In our camp alone we went through 90,000 litres of drinking water. I would drink 48 500ml bottles of water a day. It was so important to stay hydrated and healthy."
Bill English in Whanganui with $6m funding for velodrome
The Government is putting up $6 million for the Whanganui velodrome project.
Steelform Wanganui win muddy affair
If Steelform Wanganui move like leopards on a dry track then just like a feline they find water and mud against their nature - following a scrappy 25-14 win over cellar-dwellers Poverty Bay at Cooks Gardens on Saturday.
Whanganui candidates talk youth issues
As the election campaign enters its final fortnight Whanganui candidates moved on from wooing Grey Power to getting down with the kids.
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10. Woman tells police she was looking for the most expensive item to steal
"I was looking for the most expensive thing in the store."
9. Judge: You are now branded a thief
A Whanganui woman was caught trading in a stolen gold diamond ring worth more than $1000 to receive $80 in cash.
8. Cyclorama takes Lewis Gardner's love for photography full circle
It's not all car-drool and snapshots; this is a serious business.
7. New top dog is one out of the box
Andrew Hansen brings passion and a unique set of skills to the table as the new face of greyhound racing in Whanganui.
6. Whanganui's Cactus Creme first off the block in CJ's shops
There's good news and more good news: Whanganui's beloved Cactus Creme Cafe is reopening and it will be the first tenant in the long-empty Victoria Retail Centre shops fronting Victoria Ave.
5. Long shifts allowed, no harm to patients, investigation reveals
An investigation into a Whanganui surgeon's 16-hour long shift says no patients were placed at risk and does not recommend extended shifts be stopped from happening in the future.
4. Whanganui's own 9/11 disaster
September 11 will forever be remembered for the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York ... but in 1877 it was a day which brought shock and deep sorrow to the township of Wanganui.
3. 606 shoes lay in Whanganui for suicide prevention
Two bright sneakers were among 606 pairs of shoes laid out at Whanganui's Majestic Square yesterday morning.
2. Police chase ends at Whanganui cemetery
Residents have been left to clean up the wreckage of a police car chase that ploughed through Whanganui's Aramoho cemetery and into their private property.
1. Two Whanganui dairy attacks, one woman left with 30 head stitches
"One leant over the counter and hit me in the head with a hammer a few times. I had my head down leaning on the counter not wanting any trouble," he said.