Wild weather is hitting the Whanganui region. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Wild weather is hitting the Whanganui region. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

100 years of the route through the Paraparas. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The route through the Paraparas has been open for 100 years. Made with funding from NZ On AIr.

Heavy rain is expected across NZ this week in the wake of Cyclone Debbie

500 out of town competitors descended on Whanganui. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Artists in Whanganui open their studios. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Artists in Whanganui open their studios. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Shearers raise funds for cause close to their hearts - Made with funding from NZ On Air

Two separate police pursuits ended in crashes on Thursday evening

COMMENT: The Te Awa Tupua Bill is a unique approach which we need more of.

COMMENT: Jamie Whyte feels our legislators have embarrassed themselves.

EDITORIAL: It was no surprise to see reports of Whanganui's new legal definition pique the curiosity of the world's news wires.

Forestry trucking is ripping up Whanganui's rural roads. Now ratepayers face a possible $20 million bill to fix them.

The Armed Offenders Squad and police dog teams were deployed during the incident.

COMMENT: Lawmakers have done what to many is incomprehensible - turned Whanganui River into a person.

The rate of smoking in Whanganui has not changed in three years - despite almost $1.7 million being spent to stub out the habit. A

We've heard about giving corporations the rights of a person - but what about a river?

Double fatality in National Park a family tragedy.

A house fire in Whanganui this afternoon led emergency services to cordon off a street. Barrack St was cordoned off from Somme Parade

Whanganui police are seeking the public's help to find 27-year-old Michael Stewart who has been missing since Monday. Police are

Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall has rejected a report by the Maxim Institute suggesting many regions like his will drop or stagnate within three decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall has rejected a report by the Maxim Institute suggesting many regions like his will drop or stagnate within three decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Plumber Dan has done it again, with a raft race down the Wanganui river to raise money for Plunket. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Plumber Dan has done it again, with a raft race down the Wanganui river to raise money for Plunket. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

In 2015, the first year of a three-year survey 33 blue whales were sighted in the South Taranaki Bight, this year there were 68 different individuals.

Greenpeace and KASM give evidence about the potential impacts on marine mammals at the EPA seabed mining hearing in Wellington. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Trans-Tasman Resources gave evidence today at the hearing which will determine whether or not they will get marine consents to mine iron ore off the coast of South Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Trans-Tasman Resources is proposing to mine 50 million tonnes of iron ore per year off the coast of Patea in south Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A man who held up McDonald's in Whanganui with a knife has been given time behind bars.