It's been a long time between races for Waverley farmer Richard Watkins but, fingers crossed, this Saturday night he'll be mixing it in superstock action again. By his reckoning, he's ...

A woman had to be restrained by a neighbour as she tried to enter her burning home yesterday. The woman said she had been away from the Wanganui East house ...

If home buyers are looking for reasonably priced real estate, Wanganui is making a pretty strong case to be considered. In a snapshot of median prices collated by QV and ...

When Sarah Robertson found out her brother  had cancer she didn't know what it was. Regan, 13, was last year diagnosed with osteosarcoma, or bone cancer, after a large tumour ...

Hi-tech Marton-based company PEC Pumps Ltd has made a mockery of the country's economic recession by recording its biggest sales year on record in 2009. The company, which designs and ...

Lance O'Sullivan has given Everbright a huge thumbs up ahead of today's $1 million Auckland Cup at Ellerslie. The most successful jockey New Zealand has produced rode the 7-year-old, who ...

Flames burned up gullies, crackling through hectares of tinder-dry grass and trees in an out-of-control burn-off on a farm south of Kai Iwi yesterday. Wanganui rural fire officers joined forces ...

Moved by the plight of Wanganui's poorest children, Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws yesterday handed over a $10,000 cheque to Christian Social Services. The money came from the mayoral relief fund ...

 A random act of violence with no motive has left a Wanganui teenager bruised, battered and needing hospital treatment for his wounds. Senior Sergeant Dave Kirby said  three teenagers, a ...

Jill Hurley's belly dance fusion is based on the dances of the Middle East and American tribal styles, where women are empowered to feel their sexuality through the sensual movements ...