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Car rolled by alleged drink driver
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 man will appear in court this week after allegedly rolling his car onto its roof while over the drink driving limit. A police spokesman
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.
Alleged sex offender Wytse De Vries would pray with the complainant when she went to bed, then return later in the night to indecently
A Whanganui man used Old Testament bible verses to say his alleged sexual abuse against a teenager was consensual, a court has heard.
A man who allegedly tried to grab a police officer's taser has been declined bail. Shane Oswald Solomon is accused of disorderly
A man who received stolen tools worth more than $1600 tried to sell them at Cash Converters for $150. Brad Haig Freddrick Johnston
An man who allegedly assaulted an ungrateful drunk appeared in court on Tuesday. Peter George Flesher at a property on July 16, where
Dragging his partner by the hair and banging her face against a wooden pole has earned a man a community work sentence. Shane Manson
If she sewed her pyjama buttons together, a rural Whanganui teenager hoped Wytse De Vries wouldn't come into her bedroom at night
NO SUPPRESSION ORDERS A victim who received a roll of tape instead of the shearing tool he paid $700 for will be paid back. Gregory
By Melissa Nightingale melissa.nightingale@wanganuichronicle.co.nz The judge's list in Whanganui was briefly adjourned today after
Two men have been arrested after being caught with 65 stolen beehives, prompting a call for public vigilance.
A man has had his prison sentence extended after telling a police officer a protection order wouldn't protect the victim if he got
A woman has been accused of obtaining $45,060 by deception. Vicky Anne Frith, a 48-year-old caregiver, appeared in the Whanganui
An "absolute blind drunk" woman who kicked a police officer in the leg appeared in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday. Gina
Michael William Pomana's victim hid in the toilet as Pomana stood outside his lounge window with a baseball bat, yelling for him to
A driver who fled police might have been worried about being breath-tested, a judge said. Tolo-Li Moala was spotted by police on
A man will be sentenced next month for growing cannabis in the family flat. Three children also lived in the building where Louis
Removing someone like Ngāpari Nui from his voluntary role at Whanganui Prison will do nothing to bring down the "shameful" rate
A Castlecliff family was left shaken on Monday morning after a stolen car crashed through their front yard and into their neighbour's
Whanganui's Hells Angels headquarters may be getting a little extra traffic this week as Pokémon Go players show up for their free
A father with his nine children and a woman with her golden retriever were just two groups who came to Clifflife Church on Saturday
It seems that these days the media are full of news about the damage that cattle are causing to New Zealand's environment. Stories