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Taihape tourist attraction closes for good

Rangitikei tourist attraction fails to find a buyer

Rates postponement policy on the table for Rangitikei

The criteria has been altered to include the majority of ratepayers.

Over the phone consultations still the norm for some GPs

Majority of medical practices are allowing patients to come and wait in the waiting room.

Cheers to that! Bars reopen under strict guidelines

All customers will have to be seated while having their drinks.

Continued opposition slows Taihape treaty settlement

There is ongoing debate about who can negotiate the Taihape treaty claim settlement.

Whanganui officials urge sensible behaviour at level 2

Officials say 123 breaches of level 3 were recorded in the region at the weekend.

Whistle blows for rugby restart

The 10-week competition will feature premier grade and senior grade split into two pools.

Hospital mulls relaxing visitor restrictions as level 2 looms

Community-based assessment centres will still be testing people in level 2.

Buying flood-prone Anzac Pde houses 'not an option'

Horizons councillors get a tour of lower Whanganui River issues.

Premier have three bruising rounds and full finals series to find champion

Season kicks off on March 28 on the road to the Grand Finals on July 25.

February, yes, it was a hot month - one day was the hottest yet

Whanganui's rainfall in February was above average - but its soils are still very dry.

End of an era for Pirates

Another late scramble to put together the draw as Counties Brothers also gone from Senior.

It's more than just throwing a gumboot

Organisers hope this year's Matt Hobbs Plumbing Duck Race will draw the crowds.

Old machinery fascination: butter churner, phonograph and more on display

The Manawatu Vintage Ag Expo is on this weekend in Feilding.

Two WRFU grades instead of three divisions for titles in 2020

Delay till mid-March for clubs to get ducks in a row.

Rain brings little relief to dry conditions

"It was a freshener - nowhere near enough to turn the tide."