Woman injured in crash
A woman was taken to Whanganui Hospital on Saturday evening after a car was found in a ditch on Waitotara Valley Rd. Emergency services received a call at 7.30pm after a car was discovered in a drain and a woman was transported to Whanganui by ambulance at about 9.20pm with moderate injuries.
Quake felt in Whanganui
An earthquake just north of Waverley was felt in Whanganui yesterday morning. The quake struck 10km north of the south Taranaki town at 10.40am and was recorded as being at a depth of 141km and a magnitude of 4.3.
Backlash scuttles play
A central North Island school has cancelled its play after backlash about the production being racist. Tongariro School had planned to stage The Toy Soldier, which features Asian character Ting Ling whose lines include: "Pimply the poy solyah?" However, board of trustees chairman Kiley Millar said the play had been pulled after a photo of one of the script's pages was posted online. The photo, which has since been deleted, incensed some website users. One person said the forced accent and mispronunciation was "egregiously racist" while another commented that it was "disappointing . . . and likely if the kids had a choice they probably wouldn't want to do that".