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The Chronicle Q&A: Te Akerautangi Toataua on youth, the arts and local delicacies

Te Akerautangi Toataua talks youth, art and sport.

Rural sports awards finalists named

Finalists for the Norwood Rural Sports Awards named

Cyclone Gabrielle: Rivers rise across Horizons region

Waka Kotahi is urging people to stay off the roads if possible until the cyclone passes.

‘We get along like two good mates’: Couple's special Valentine's Day

Richard and June Thomasen married on February 14, 1953.

Whanganui region braces for Cyclone Gabrielle

Whanganui is expected to be hit by severe southeast gusts on Tuesday.

National record for ex-Whanganui athlete Beamish

Geordie Beamish has smashed his own NZ 3000m record.

Unions, business at odds on minimum wage rise

'Minimum wage workers will spend their money and they will keep the economy going.'

Whanganui residents urged to prepare for Cyclone Gabrielle

Civil Defence will be closely monitoring the situation over the weekend.

Cyclone Gabrielle: 10 of the worst tropical cyclones to hit NZ

Ex-tropical cyclones have wrought havoc in NZ. Here's 10 of the worst.

Medals won and records broken at Masters Games

Levin 83-year-old Barbara Sharp shattered her own 100m indoor rowing record.

Company co-founder on Jonah Lomu, Japanese surf breaks - and building a gin firm

Even "Samurai" Chadwick couldn't bring down great All Black winger Jonah Lomu.

Bunkers offer no shelter from the rain

Kevin Page finds a plan to escape the rain by playing golf has it's own pitfalls.

Whanganui weather: Temperatures falling this week

Cooler, drier air is on its way.

Rob Rattenbury: Waitangi Day a work in progress

Comment: The day is becoming of much more significance to more and more of us.

Whanganui hit with 'astonishing' amount of rain in a 15-minute period

“It shows you what the weather can do."

Treaty of Waitangi relevant 'every single day'

'A lot of our holidays are just treated as a day off but there is a reason for them.'

NZ Masters Games up and running in Whanganui

Rain can't dampen enthusiasm for the competitors, who range in age from 20s to their 90s.

Youth council puts the call out to artists

Artworks will be on display during the Artists Open Studios.