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Your weather: Showers today but mild winter forecast

It may be wet today but winter is set to be warm and dry.

Rugby: Metro poised to strike

Metro sit poised to strike in fourth spot in the Manawatu Colts division rugby competition

City College wrap

The Sport Whanganui review of college sport continues focusing on Whanganui City College

Letters: Cold comfort for bus travellers

Surely coach travellers are worthy of a better facility, not some throwback to the 1940s.

Local Focus: NZ's youngest councillor sees climate change as the challenge of the century

Councillor Chandulal-Mackay on the region's challenges. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Local Focus: NZ's youngest councillor sees climate change as the challenge of the century

Councillor Chandulal-Mackay and the challenges facing the region. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Letters: Council costs needed first

To know what council spending might be stopped, we must first know the costs involved.

Logo created for Whanganui's first Heritage Month

Designer Cecelia Kumeroa has created a logo for the first Whanganui Heritage Month

Letters: Legal marijuana negatives

Colorado's economy has, however, greatly benefited from the legalising of marijuana.

Local Focus: Newest Technology for Oldest Collection

Explore the Sarjeant Gallery from anywhere in the world. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Winter isn't coming New Zealand - it's here, and it's cold, brace yourselves

Temperatures dipped below zero overnight as snow blanketed parts of New Zealand.

Letters: Avoiding agonising death

We must change our attitude to death and discuss it openly with family and friends.

Letters: Local fuel prices a puzzle

Government needs to determine whether the big oil companies are in genuine competition.

Letters: Let's have a simple traffic fix

We need a practical engineer with an iota of common sense to look for simple fixes.

Letters: Switch banks for cheques

It's quite simple; just change banks to get the service you want.

'Scary': Govt steps in to help 367 schools - the full list

Officials have stepped into a third of all low-decile schools since 2009.

Letters: Bias in job search not new

Thanks to Therese Enriquez for exposing a big problem in Wanganui — sadly, not a new one.

Letters: Legal cannabis threat to smoke-free goal?

It would be illegal to smoke a tobacco cigarette, but you could happily smoke a joint.