An empty lot next to Mischief Cafe will be transformed.

'That would cause quite a bit of confusion.'

“This is a positive outcome for me and puts some closure on a very stressful time."

Valentino Laki was with friends and family when he got into difficulty in 2018.

'The whole inside of his foot was burned by the friction.'

“Some guards are being told ‘Nah, we don’t want to swim with everyone else’.”

Major work is also being done on State Highway 4 in Ruapehu.

Staff have been hard-working, dedicated and “bloody amazing” this season.

The crash involved a single motorcycle.

“As with all birthday parties it is a celebration of our life..."

Whanganui Renegades are out in front in Premier 2.

Top players will be in town next month to show locals the basics.

'Since we’ve been here I’ve felt very much at home.'

Sunday afternoon will be the time to get out and about.

'We’ve enjoyed fish and chips from the cafe here and we’ll be having some more tonight.'

The first receivership report for the ski lifts company has been released.

"I did have to provide some guidance because little blue penguins are never pink.”

“The council has a duty of care to provide safe equipment.”

' ... making people feel good and confident is a really, really cool feeling.'

'We’ve got our fingers crossed that we get good weather.'

The Whanganui District Council is in charge of 40 public toilets in Whanganui.

The nursery produced 40,000 plants in its first season.

'There’s something really magical about doing yoga outside.'

"We’re used to horizontal rain so the Whanganui rain doesn’t bother us."

Stage two of the work will cost the council $328,314.

“There has certainly been some alarming driving that has come to our attention.”

“I don’t think we’ll be beating that record any time soon".

It attracted 36,929 visitors in the 2022/2023 financial year.

Fireworks have caused large vegetation fires over the last year.