A teacher's aide accused of assaulting a colleague at Whanganui High School has successfully completed diversion and had his charges

A woman upset about text messages her boyfriend had sent shunted his car into house. Jennifer Hazel Whareaorere appeared in the Whanganui

A drunk driving teacher who was more than four times over the alcohol limit "nearly fell out of the vehicle" after leading police

An argument over alleged damage to a car led to one man punching another several times in the face. Terrance Toko-Warren had been

A 3am drunken yelling match in the middle of the street has earned one man a community work sentence. Kadin Parekura Connell and

A pair of people riding a dirt bike on the footpath in Gonville snatched a woman's handbag as they went past. Boston Baker is one

A retirement village employee stole a credit card from an elderly client to help her partner pay off his drug debts. The elderly

A man has denied ramming a police car with a ute in Marton. Christopher Malcolm Duane Muir, 35, pleaded not guilty in the Whanganui

After farming sheep, cattle and goats and filling many roles on national bodies rural Whanganui man Jeremy Austin is looking to become

Rangitikei District councillor Mike Jones will not stand for re-election this year after three terms in the position. Councillor

Archibald and Arabella McGurkinshaw are ready to head off to the Rio Olympics - although they may not get far, considering they're

Falling off a toilet, accidentally sticking themselves with a used needle, and running into a parked truck are all injuries Whanganui

A man who slaughtered two of his ex-employer's sheep said he was taking "one for me and one for my friend". Jason Mathew Work stopped

A woman who "pushed her way in" to someone's house and attacked the occupant over a dog has been given a supervision sentence. Cathryn

An intersection punch up has earned one man a supervision and community work. Rewi James Peke, 24, was working the night shift at

A dog whose owner died last year was mysteriously found sitting in the back seat of a woman's car with a window smashed but nothing stolen.

A supervisory sentence has been imposed to help a man's drinking issues after he chased someone to their house and tried to break

A man was caught in the process of pushing a stolen car down a driveway and trying to start it, a court has been told. Jacob Matthew

A man who illegally hunted a stag was told he could hunt on a property in that area, but not that one, his lawyer says. "My instructions

A man who was "literally taken for a ride" on a burglary trip has been sentenced to prison. Dean Eaton was with a group of people

A man will appear in court this week after allegedly rolling his car onto its roof while over the drink driving limit. A police spokesman

A sow breaking free from her burning pen alerted her owner to the fire catching onto the side of his house. The fire started in an

She's described as a positive young girl with stage four cancer. An auction of sports star's gear is hoped to raise money to help with her treatment.

Four people were arrested and charged with drug offences following search warrants this week. Police carried out six searches in

A woman managed to trick a supermarket self-service checkout machine to recognise a $20 meat pack as 89 cents worth of onions.

Police have accepted a woman who published sexual abuse victims' names on Facebook did not know there was a suppression order. Nicola

A blazing wheelie bin, exploding spaghetti, and a hunt for the culprit through the dark streets of Whanganui made for an eventful

It was a "slight error of judgement" when Phillip James Shand picked up an air rifle and fired it at his neighbour's house. That

Young people have been out at "ungodly hours" playing Pokémon Go, Whanganui Police say. Senior Sergeant Andrew McDonald said police

A man who tried to use Old Testament bible verses to justify sexually abusing a teenager has been found guilty of his crimes.