At a time when commercial pilot numbers are plummeting and global demand keeps on rocketing, Whanganui's flight school is fullup and intake numbers are expected to keep flying.
NZICPA's new instructors Andrew Daken and Jeremy Anderson with chief flying instructor Ray Nelson and chief executive Philip Bedford at the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy (NZICPA) flight school in Whanganui.
Whanganui's Work and Income office has had the highest number of security incidents of any Work and Income centre in New Zealand in recent years, new data has revealed.
It wasn't only the thunder creating loud bangs in Gonville early on Tuesday morning.
Nearby residents were woken by the sound of a car crashing into a tree on Heads Rd near the intersection with Caius Ave about 1.15am. No other vehicles were involved.
Powerco has asked customers in the Whanganui, Taranaki, South Waikato and Coromandel areas to brace themselves for high winds and heavy rain from Tuesday afternoon.
There was a series of lightning strikes on Tuesday morning and more heavy rain expected overnight - but Whanganui and Rangitikei managed to survive winter's first major storm.
