Latest from Whanganui

Local Focus: Museum opening collection still secret
Museum to open next month but what will be on show? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Feather in Collegiate's cricket cap
Whanganui Collegiate 1st X1 win the coveted Heathcote Williams Challenge Shield

Local Ratana kapa haka group to be first on stage at nationals
The Aotea Region's best kapa haka group competes first at Te Matatini this year.

Serial shoplifter jailed after attack with a scooter
Kiu and her brother Tane sent for violent offending involving scooter and machete.

Unruly tourists? British duo distance themselves from group
The men have been charged following an investigation into an alleged roofing scam.

Letters: Setting refugees up to fail?
I'd welcome these refugees; it would be heartless not to. But is this being done right?

Local Focus: Full steam ahead with rail restorations
Hot days in the workshop working with steel and sweat. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Full steam ahead with rail restorations
Hot days in the workshop working with steel and steam. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Protest and counter protest to refugee plan
Former council candidate says some refugees will come from 'Osama bin Laden countries'.

Animal rights activist survives accident, dog hurt
RAV4 flips three times before crashing through a fence and landing in a paddock.

New recruits' wings a strong incentive for trainee pilots
Academy welcomes a new cohort with a wings ceremony to provide motivation.

15-year-old girl missing for more than two weeks
Police are asking for information about 15-year-old girl who has been missing for 17 days.

Highway 61 rider guilty of dangerous driving causing death
James Eric Hiroki and Carey Raymond Leask will be sentenced on March 22.

Names of Kevin Ratana murder-accused revealed
One remains suppressed as three more plead not guilty in Whanganui District Court

British humanitarian Terry Waite talks crime and punishment
British humanitarian Terry Waite speaks about crime and punishment in Whanganui

Woman rescued from cliffs at Kai Iwi Beach, Whanganui
Emergency services responding to reports of swimmers in trouble

Remains of slaughtered cows dumped at riverside
Dumping linked to recent reports of stock thefts.

Unruly tourists: Duo remanded, another remains on the run
Three members of a group of British "tourists" have now been charged with fraud.

Speedway: 'Lucky omen' returns to Hawkeyes roster
The Hawkeyes are on track to capture their third title in four years.

British men appear in court in connection with 'roofing scam'
Pair granted name suppression, with JP saying he did not want 'a court of media frenzy'.

Traffic controller assaulted at road works
A witness alleges the assault occurred after the 60-year-old declined two men a cigarette.

Rountree tackles Australia
Whanganui's James Rountree in the thick of Oceania Challenge Cup at Motocross Grand Prix

Leadfoot Alan boots it
Whanganui racer Alan Austin returns to Leadfoot Festival hill climb in his RX7

Woman camping by river with pets after losing rental home
Camping isn't fun when there's no alternative

Your say: Council not setting example, Poll unwise, All one family
Letters to the Whanganui Chronicle