APN Print Wanganui will close its Taupo Quay doors for the last time just before Christmas. It’s the oldest commercial printing firm in Wanganui, dating from 1856. APN Print Wanganui has over the years printed the Wanganui Chronicle, as well as the River City Press, the Wairarapa Times-Age, the Horowhenua Chronicle, the City Voice, and a number of university student magazines.
Wanganui Chronicle photographer Bevan Conley took his camera for a wander around APN Print Wanganui’s factory, and captured these images.
Dawn service in Whanganui for 2023 at Whanganui's Memorial Hall, then the ANZAC Day service at Pakaraka and the 28th Maori Battalion Anzac Day service at Whanganui's Pakaitore/Moutoa Gardens.
An NZ army platoon assaults an enemy postion on an overlooking hill to their base camp at Whanganui's Landguard Bluff. It involves Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and Royal New Zealand Armoured Core officers and non-commissioned officers.
The St Anthony's School medieval fayre is a popular annual event. It began as a school gala in 2012, slowly growing in size and scope over the years. In 2019 it morphed into the medieval fayre as it is today. This year's event took place on February 18.
Whanganui Chronicle photographer Bevan Conley shares a selection of his images that were never published or were taken on the way to a photo job and were “just an interesting photo”.
Rugby: Premier Final Taihape vs Border at Cook Gardens. Border 16 vs Taihape 15. Saturday, July 16, 2022 Whanganui Chronicle photograph by Bevan Conley.
Crews are working to remedy a bitumen spill on the Desert Rd detour between Turangi and National Park with reports of the black, sticky substance sticking to vehicle tyres.
