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Squash: Local teams win places in Super Champs tournament
The Squash Super Champs will be held in late September.

Rugby: Whanganui to face Taranaki Devt XV
Steelform Whanganui will challenge Taranaki Development XV for the Jones Brothers Shield

Trampers must take rivers seriously
Wanganui Tramping Club says rivers an important part in outdoor rec, but require respect.

Rugby: Big win for Country over Town in annual fixture
With lots of unfamiliar combinations, there wasn't much continuity in the four quarters.

Rugby: Town v Country fixture next on the programme
John B Phillips previews next weekend's match to be held at Taihape's Memorial Park.

Legendary soundman swaps stadium tours for coffee
Rob Henry's hopes for a "quiet life" haven't quite worked out as planned.

Metro club rugby: Tough workout for local side ahead of semifinal
Whanganui meet Feilding Old Boys-Oroua in the semifinal at Spriggens Park

Premier club rugby: Border and Kaierau line up for Saturday's final
Kickoff is at 2.30pm at Cooks Gardens.

Premier club rugby: Border book berth in final
The Waverley side out-gunned Marist in the semi-final at Dallison Park.

Premier club rugby: Huge upset as Kaierau topples Taihape
After a surprise win, Kaierau is off to the Premier final.

Pulling in tourists by train
The monthly trip drops passengers at Taumarunui, National Park and Ohakune.

Premier teams line up ahead of next week's semifinals
The Grand Hotel Challenge Shield winner could be decided this weekend.

Senior club rugby: Marton on a mission this weekend
The Stihl Shop Wanganui Challenge Shield is up for grabs.

Polar blast: Desert Road closed
Snow is expected as low as 300m in some spots of the central North Island.

Premier club rugby: Emotional Ruapehu honour club stalwart
Ruapehu triumphed over Ngamatapouri after a wild final 12 minutes of the match.

Club rugby: Playoff spots up for grabs
The final round of regular season games is on Saturday, July 3.

Whanganui Covid-19 vaccination rollout leading NZ
The DHB is currently vaccinating Group 3.

Taihape end Border's winning streak
The Taihape side coped with the muddy conditions to win the Grand Hotel Challenge Shield.

Club rugby: Much-anticipated clash between Ratana and Hunterville
Ratana hope to go top of the table against perennial Senior favourites Hunterville

Taihape need to step up this weekend
Taihape have done it hard against Border in recent matches.

Taihape blaze 'escalated to a second alarm response'
A fire investigator is now on the scene.

American 'refugees' bringing laughs to Whanganui
Aaron Barber arrived in New Zealand on the last day before borders closed last year.

House 'totally destroyed' by fire near Waiouru
Two fire engines and a tanker responded to the blaze.

Club rugby: Winless droughts broken
There are no winless teams remaining in the Premier or Senior competitions.

Senior club rugby: 'Social' Buffalos take on winless Marton
A look at this weekend's club rugby fixtures.

Premier rugby: Border not resting on laurels
They're not taking this weekend's match against Ruapehu for granted.

Cause of central North Island power outage not determined
Power was restored to the 4000-plus homes three hours after the outage.

Four thousand central North Island properties without power
A fault on the Transpower network has cut electricity to the central North Island.