Latest from Whanganui

Anne Salmond: Water is too valuable to squander

COMMENT: Across New Zealand, people from many different backgrounds have a deep and passionate connection with their waterways.

Man hospitalised after shot in leg

A 29-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Whanganui Hospital.

Injured biker faces long recuperation

The motorcyclist injured in a crash with a car near Okoia on Thursday will need about three months to recover.

Serious crash near Whanganui

Emergency services are responding to what is understood to be a serious car crash near Whanganui.

Gun-toting bandit terrorises worker

A man made off with goods from a Whanganui dairy this afternoon in a brazen daylight robbery.

1080 blackmailer was 'a bit tricky'

Retired Whanganui farmer Colin Cox thinks Jeremy Kerr, who was jailed for threatening to poison infant milk formula with 1080, was a bit tricky.

MP slams Fonterra payments

Man, 81, lay injured for a week

An elderly man lay injured and stranded on his bathroom floor for up to a week before being rescued.

Sex shop makes Whanganui residents unhappy

A sex shop with signs pointing its back door has enraged residents.

Police name motorcycle crash victim

Police have named the who died after he was thrown from his motorcycle on Whanganui Beach yesterday evening.

Man in custody after false firearm claims

Police were called by a member of the public to Victoria Ave just after 8pm tonight.

'Real slow' plan for fatal drive

Sophie Langston and her partner, Simon Thomas, weren't looking forward to their drive back to Auckland after a family funeral in Whanganui.

Flood-striken regions brace for more rain

Heavy rain is expected to drench the South Island tomorrow and then make its way up the country - possibly hitting the Whanganui and Taranaki region hard.

Murderer assaults prison officers

A convicted murderer has been transferred out of Whanganui Prison after assaulting two prison officers.

Stalwarts stand by their beers

It's takes more than the worst recorded flood in Whanganui history to put Riverside Bar regulars off a night at their favourite watering hole.

Waiting game for flood-hit residents

Three days after the floods hit Whanganui, there's no word yet on when residents evacuated from their houses can return.

Red Cross launches flood appeal

Red Cross is launching an appeal to help those affected by the weekend's floods - a disaster the organisation has labelled the worst to strike New Zealand since the Canterbury earthquakes.

Floods: Govt pledges early relief funds

Millions of dollars in Government relief will be pumped into the flood-ravaged lower North Island, as authorities warn it could take weeks to clean up.