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Whanganui rugby: Good signs ahead of Heartland season

The Whanganui Heartland squad were looking to build depth in the Game of Three Halves.

‘It was very scary’: Firefighters called to blaze at Whanganui hotel

"It was pretty well alight.”

Car rolls in Gonville

The incident occurred on Saturday night.

Visiting glass artist's ties to Whanganui run deep

Vicki Fanning has spent the residency creating new works of stained and blown glass.

Rental prices 'absolutely crazy' but demand still strong

“It’s a bit like food at the supermarket - once it goes up that’s it."

Trusted 'Grandad' figure jailed for sexually abusing young girl

A young girl was sexually abused by a man her mother thought she could trust.

Rangitīkei's Labour candidate says it's not just a 'farmer's electorate'

"... I’ll be on the road, on the streets, everywhere.”

Council banks on decade of high population growth

"We don’t need to build a motorway to accommodate a growing population."

Whanganui rugby: First hitout for Heartland squad

The Whanganui Heartland squad gets its first hitout this weekend

Bowls: Rising star sets sights on Blackjacks

Kaylin Huwyler splits his time between Whanganui and New Plymouth bowling clubs.

Big rates hike 'a pain'

“We all know costs go up very quickly, but it changes going down."

No job, no insurance - burglar learns hard way about consequences of crime

Man who stole from orchard tries and fails to get discharge without conviction.

Baby killer deemed undue risk for parole as statutory release date approaches

Nicho Frater used methamphetamine before killing a baby in a fit of frustration.

'I know that I’ve got the morning': Why do dementia patients get worse in the evenings?

A phenomenon called sundowning impacts people with dementia.

Popular city cafe up for sale

Te Aroha and Bill Mackintosh are ready to move on.

Travellers flock to Ohakune for school holidays

The late notice of Mt Ruapehu's ski fields opening left some businesses out in the cold

Want to be a web developer? Here's your chance

“We thought, ‘Here is a community we can support and we can grow’."

Georgina Sekone-Fraser on friends, family and flip-flopping around the dance floor

"Our town always has something happening and somewhere to go."