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Sex offender jailed for assaults on boys
Convicted sex offender Alan Rubick was highly manipulative and skilled at identifying young vulnerable boys, the High Court at Wanganui was told.
Convicted sex offender Alan Rubick was highly manipulative and skilled at identifying young vulnerable boys, the High Court at Wanganui was told.
Police have given former Wanganui mayor Michael Laws a formal warning after he was accused of smacking his child.
Police investigating the homicide of Wanganui man Brett Hall have arrested and charged a man with his murder.
A bus driver who crashed a bus full of Wanganui college students, teachers and parents near Taumaranui has been given community work and disqualified from driving.
An Auckland man who fell 40 metres down a remote bluff into the Whanganui River on Thursday is lucky to be alive, his wife says.
A Wanganui dairy has gone smokefree - and business has never been better, says its owner.
A woman convicted of the 2008 murder of a Wanganui man, who was attacked in the mistaken belief he was a gang member, is being given the chance to appeal her conviction by the Supreme Court.
Three people have been killed on the roads this weekend, including a young woman who crashed into a tree after fleeing from police in Wanganui.
A woman killed in a crash after a police pursuit in Wanganui last night was caught driving drunk earlier in the evening, police say.
The cost of extreme weather events in New Zealand this year is likely to top $100 million, the Insurance Council says.
Flooding has forced two more blocks of Wanganui residents from their homes, as the city deals with a state of emergency from a swollen Whanganui River.
A Wanganui teen has admitted assaulting his ex-partner's mother with an orange.
Police officers are trained to save lives and help victims - and in the case of one quick-thinking Whanganui police officer that includes those with four legs.
The case of a Wanganui man accused of repeatedly grabbing his daughter's breasts has been declared a mistrial.
A man charged with threatening Wanganui mayoral candidate Michael Laws has appeared in court.
The wife of a soldier charged with performing indecent acts on two 13-year-olds yesterday gave evidence supporting her husband.
Two teenage girls have given evidence against a NZ Army warrant officer accused of sexually violating them.
The opening of a "pop-up" drug store in Wanganui has angered other retailers in the block and prompted community concern.