Counting down the top 10 stories from the website for the last seven days.
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Whanganui's Countdown Victoria Ave supermarket upgrade to include pharmacy
A Whanganui supermarket will soon get an in-store pharmacy as part of a revamp.
Wanganui Chronicle: Top ten stories from our website
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Whanganui Chronicle·
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Tornado damage at National Park Village. Photograph by Bevan Conley.
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Could Whanganui become the capital of pilot training?
At a time when commercial pilot numbers are plummeting and global demand keeps on rocketing, Whanganui's flight school is full up and intake numbers are expected to keep flying.
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Whanganui Work and Income has highest number of security incidents in New Zealand
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.
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Car crashes into tree on Whanganui's Heads Rd; no other vehicles involved
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.
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More than 500 cars expected at River City Park Up
Organisers are hoping this year's Protecta Insurance River City Park Up builds on the success of 2017's inaugural event.
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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.
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Whanganui escapes unscathed, but more heavy rain coming
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.
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Residents in shock as homes destroyed by tornado that rips through National Park
One home was destroyed and others were severely damaged when a tornado tore through National Park on Tuesday.
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Rachel Rose: 'There are worse things than dying'
Caring has traditionally fallen to women: caring for babies and children, invalids, the elderly and infirm. It still does.
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Whanganui's Gull Gonville service station cordoned off after ram raid
The Gull Gonville service station in Whanganui has been smashed into overnight in an attempted ram raid.
