Musos invited to add to Lockdown Hymn Book
April 3, 2020
With Covid-19 confining people to their homes, we're looking at how locals are adapting everyday activities for the lockdown. Mike Tweed reports on how a Whanganui musician is recording and...
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Annual Awa clean-up by Kayak Club
April 2, 2020
The Whanganui Kayak Club, affiliated to Canoe Racing NZ undertook its annual Awa Clean-up on March 14. As spokesperson Stephen Lace says, “This is something that the members love doing, there is...
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Whanganui ex-pat self isolating in Spain
April 2, 2020
Whanganui ex-pat Rox Lloyd is currently in the small Spanish city of Benalmadena, where she's in lockdown after finishing a stint working for a health insurance company. Lloyd said Spain "went into...
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A tribute to the many volunteers who make athletic meetings happen
April 2, 2020
Although the track and field season may have ended prematurely, we can look back with some pride on a highly successful season and can reflect on the huge contribution of our volunteers that allowed...
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Covid-19 takes away school leavers' final chance at NZSS glory
March 31, 2020
With New Zealand now experiencing its first death from Covid-19, and cases still climbing daily with about 500 as I write, I fully support the Government's decision to go to alert 4 and a nationwide...
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Rugby: Whanganui's Cade Robinson home after title-winning season in England
March 30, 2020
Former Steelform Wanganui loose forward Cade Robinson is very relieved to be home after a shortened but championship-winning season with his English rugby club. The 25-year-old played three first...
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Chicken and Pea Pasta - Peter's third recipe
March 30, 2020
Whanganui-born, world-famous chef Peter Gordon shares his third and final recipe of a series based on his Roast Chook and Veggies. The third recipe follows rounds out the series and is based on...
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Soup to nourish during lockdown - Peter's second recipe
March 30, 2020
Internationally renowned chef Peter Gordon continues his series of recommended recipes for people isolating in his hometown, Whanganui. Gordon has just moved back to Auckland after 31 years of living...
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WHS Senior debating team wins back-to-back competitions
March 28, 2020
**Whanganui High School is once again celebrating the success of its students who have again taken home the trophy for the Central North Island Debating Competition. ** The school hosted 15 schools...
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Peter Gordon shares top tips and recipes for surviving lockdown - Peter's first recipe
March 28, 2020
When your favourite takeaway outlets and restaurants are closed and your cooking skills are minimal at best, who you gonna call? _Reporter Liz Wylie called on Whanganui-made, world famous chef Peter...
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Whanganui expats locked down in Berlin
March 28, 2020
Former Whanganui residents Brodie White and Peter Mangan have lived in Berlin, Germany, for more than a decade, and now find themselves hunkered down together in an apartment in Prenzlauer Berg, on...
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Whanganui woman living in Perth says situation is 'a mass of confusion'
March 28, 2020
Whanganui's Paige Mailman, currently living in Perth, says with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, help from the Australian government is "pretty much non-existent for Kiwis here". Mailman moved...
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School Holidays brought forward due to Coronavirus
March 27, 2020
💚 Take Care Everyone 💛 Stay safe and be kind to one another. ☺️
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School Counsellors availability
March 27, 2020
After the school holidays both the School Counsellors will be available to students via email. We will reply to your email as soon as we can during School hours. From there we can organise the best...
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College Sport News: Whanganui High School Achievers
March 27, 2020
Before schools closed this week, Whanganui High School had been keeping up its busy end-of-summer programmes. The Whanganui Chronicle takes a look at a number of events and stand out performances yet...
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