Whanganui Chronicle
  • Whanganui Chronicle home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Taranaki
  • National Park
  • Whakapapa
  • Ohakune
  • Raetihi
  • Taihape
  • Marton
  • Feilding
  • Palmerston North

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • New Plymouth
  • Whanganui
  • Palmertson North
  • Levin

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Whanganui Chronicle

Fatal crash near Whanganui claims one life

Whanganui Chronicle
11 Aug, 2019 08:21 PMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Police are investigating a fatal two-car crash at Kakatahi.

Police are investigating a fatal two-car crash at Kakatahi.

Police are investigating a fatal crash near Whanganui on Sunday.

One person died following the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 4, south of Kakatahi, that occurred at about 7pm on Sunday night.

A spokesperson for St John said that one patient was treated and transported to Whanganui Hospital in a moderate condition.

Police reported that seven people had received minor injuries and enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

Fire appliances from Whanganui and Raetihi were also called to provide assistance and departed from the scene at about 10.40pm.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Discover more

Five minutes for speakers to share passions in Small Talks

12 Aug 05:00 PM
Crime

Court: Man with P pipe ran from police and hid after pursuit

14 Aug 05:00 PM

Fatal two-vehicle crash on SH3 at Waitotara

12 Aug 08:43 PM

Deadline for Whanganui election nominations approaching

13 Aug 05:00 PM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Whanganui Chronicle

Mayor raises alarm over Taranaki seabed mining proposal

18 Jun 01:57 AM
Whanganui Chronicle

Four injured in crash near Whanganui

17 Jun 10:34 PM
Whanganui Chronicle

Taranaki seabed mine under scrutiny as fast-track bid advances

17 Jun 09:23 PM

Jono and Ben brew up a tea-fuelled adventure in Sri Lanka

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Mayor raises alarm over Taranaki seabed mining proposal

Mayor raises alarm over Taranaki seabed mining proposal

18 Jun 01:57 AM

Whanganui’s mayor says there is a lack of detail in the claimed benefits for Whanganui.

Four injured in crash near Whanganui

Four injured in crash near Whanganui

17 Jun 10:34 PM
Taranaki seabed mine under scrutiny as fast-track bid advances

Taranaki seabed mine under scrutiny as fast-track bid advances

17 Jun 09:23 PM
Family selling their ski chalet to get better parking spot for their plane

Family selling their ski chalet to get better parking spot for their plane

17 Jun 07:55 PM
Help for those helping hardest-hit
sponsored

Help for those helping hardest-hit

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Whanganui Chronicle e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Whanganui Chronicle
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP