Briefly: Win circus passes, Skier collapses, Rates rise 7pc

The circus is in town. Photo / Stuart Munro for the Wanganui Chronicle

Win circus passes
The circus is in town and the Chronicle has double passes to give away. To enter send us your name and contact details.

Email us at competitions@wanganuichronicle.co.nz or drop your entry in to our office on the corner of Guyton and St Hill streets, Whanganui.

The passes are for evening performances next Wednesday and Thursday and the draw takes place on Monday. Winners will be published Tuesday.

Skier collapses
A 22-year-old woman was flown to hospital after collapsing at the Whakapapa ski field on Wednesday afternoon.

She was taken by ambulance to the National Park airfield and flown by the Westpac Waikato Rescue Helicopter to Waikato Hospital for treatment.

Rates rise 7pc
Horizons Regional Council rates are to rise an average 7 per cent in year 1 and 5 per cent then 3 per cent in the following two years, as a result of councillors adopting the council's 2018-28 Long-Term Plan.

The actual increases per property will vary, depending on property values and rates targeted at local issues. The council is to begin rating $50,000 a year to make properties in Whanganui's Anzac Pde more resilient to floods, and to put $4.9 million into repairing structures on the lower Whanganui River over the next 30 years.