The heavy rain that swamped the Wanganui district yesterday created a major headache for authorities, with a number of roads closed by slips and surface flooding.The biggest problems occurred on ...

 With a colourful legend behind it, a full-on physical contact game is taking hold in Wanganui - and it has a local champion.Ki o rahi is a traditional Maori game ...

The weekend's Wanganui On Sale was the first of what will hopefully become an even bigger and better yearly event in future, says Main Street Wanganui's Geoff Follett.Mainstreet promotions facilitator ...

A Wanganui woman caught up in Christchurch's earthquake drama has told of nervous tension in the city.Michelle Vipond was in Christchurch doing a two-year Art and Design School contemporary photography ...

The Wanganui District Council has set up an appeal for earthquake-battered Christchurch residents.Deputy Mayor Dot McKinnon has already sent a message of sympathy and support to Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker.Councillor ...

Ricky Bretherton received the best Father's Day present ever yesterday - a 7lb 4oz healthy baby girl.The Wanganui restaurant worker was at the bedside in the Wanganui Hospital maternity ward ...

A team of highly trained Wanganui firefighters are on the earthquake frontline in Christchurch.The firefighters, Bryce Conybeer, Aaron Sumarhays, Ross Whetton and Brian Barkla, are part of the western North ...

Castlecliff youth are learning how to grow kai in the Grow Your Own Cookbook programme that meets twice a week at the Carsons St garden site.Youth Services Trust (YST) youth ...

Wanganui firefighters, attending what they thought was a Castlecliff warehouse blaze, were surprised to find a car ablaze inside the building in the early hours of Saturday.Senior Station Officer Craig ...

Only one word could sum up racing at Wanganui on Saturday - unusual.First two jockeys couldn't make the meeting - Chris Johnson and David Walsh were stranded in quake-stricken Christchurch, ...