Student arts winner to hold exhibition
January 20, 2021
Grace Swanston, a student at Whanganui High School, has won Fine Arts Whanganui's 2020 Young Artists Scholarship. Craig Hooker, chairman of Fine Arts Whanganui, said the scholarship was part of a...
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Speedway: Whanganui drivers have strong showing in Napier
January 20, 2021
A punishing weekend of stockcar racing didn't bring any titles to Whanganui, but a number of local drivers enhanced their reputations. From a marathon qualifying session ending at midnight Friday...
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Whanganui waka ama paddlers have podium ambitions for upcoming nationals
January 18, 2021
Two Whanganui clubs will be looking to make a splash next week when they head up to Lake Karapiro for the Te Wānanga o Aotearoa National Waka Ama Sprint Championships. Nearly 3500 paddlers are...
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Actor Chris McKenzie talks treading the boards and why he loves Whanganui
January 18, 2021
Whether playing a Shakespearean lord or a pantomime dame, Chris McKenzie is a is well-known to Whanganui theatre goers. Next month he will occupy both stage and director's chair for Amdram's...
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Whanganui line up for Wairarapa
January 16, 2021
The Whanganui representative team take on Wairarapa in the Furlong Cup on the Victoria Park No 1 wicket this weekend. In what should be an even battle, the Riverview Motel Whanganui side again has...
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Speedway: Whanganui stockcars head to Hawke's Bay for double night of races
January 15, 2021
A mass migration eastwards for Wanganui Stockcar drivers is under way. Seventeen Wanganui cars are among the 230-plus entrants for the Hawke's Bay Doors New Zealand Stockcar Championship at Meeanee...
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Whanganui's Jason Ellis ready to release first feature film 'Two Idiots and a Tin Whistle'
January 12, 2021
Independent filmmaker Jason Ellis was born and raised in Whanganui, shooting his first home made videos in Gonville with kids from the neighbourhood. Now Wellington-based, Ellis and his friend Eli...
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Speed Skating Nationals 2021: Chase Morpeth was crowned Junior Boys Champion
January 9, 2021
Perennial champions South Canterbury again pipped hosts Wanganui in the 2021 Speed Skating Nationals. Wanganui hosted the nationals in the city from December 29 to January 3. The Road championships...
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Whanganui High School students revive 1969 Land Rover
January 9, 2021
Today we launch our Petrolheads series, which tells stories of Whanganui people and their vehicles. To begin with, Laurel Stowell visits Whanganui High School to check out the 1969 Series 2A Land...
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'Painful' watching normal life in NZ, Whanganui ex-pat in Hong Kong says
January 9, 2021
A Whanganui expat in Hong Kong says Covid-19 means visiting his home country will be too difficult for the foreseeable future after almost 12 months away. Jack Judd, a school teacher, has tried to get...
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Whanganui riders primed for nationals
January 7, 2021
The 2021 New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK) power up in Christchurch this weekend and so will begin the battle to find the nation's best motorcycle road racers across half a dozen separate...
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Alec McNab: Relays and team culture in cross country crucial in development of young athletes
January 7, 2021
The noise and excitement levels at any school athletic meeting rises at relay time and so often provides the finale to the day. In team matches the final result so often depends on that final relay. I...
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Speedway news
January 4, 2021
An afternoon of smashing New Year's Eve entertainment was promised, and that expectation was more than met. The final speedway meeting of 2020 at Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway was all...
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Whanganui cafe reaps holiday bonanza but others prefer to take a break
January 4, 2021
The holiday season is a balancing act for hospitality business owners as they weigh up whether to stay open and incur extra staff costs on public holidays, or take a break. Laurel Stowell talked to...
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Whanganui locals look forward to 2021, hoping to put 2020 behind them
January 2, 2021
Whanganui people share their hopes and aspirations for 2021. The effects of the global Covid19 pandemic have dominated 2020, but after three months of alert level 1 in Whanganui, locals are optimistic...
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