Throwing drunken punches at police got James Martin Rapana nowhere - except on the ground, tased.

Amateur artist - and Prime Minister - John Key has donated a drawing of his workplace to the Turakina School Art Expo this year.

Air Chathams will be in Whanganui today to outline its plans for its services to the city.

Whanganui MP Chester Borrows fears many Holidaymakers will bypass his beloved central North Island city because of poor signage.

Mother who can't afford to travel to see her son in hospital says he is still in critical condition.

A Wanganui Cancer Society volunteer has shocked the organisation by offering up his beloved classic car for auction in a bid to raise funds for them.

Ryan David Campbell Thompson, 24, and Hereina Paul, 23, were in the car when it went over a bank at about 10pm and caught fire.

A Whanganui woman was so ensconced in her gambling addiction that she faked paternity documentation to get Working for Families benefits.

The completion of a settlement of major Treaty of Waitangi claims is in the balance after a hui was held to resolve issues over its management.

An injured man who spent the night trapped in a vehicle after it crashed down a bank has been rescued.

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A 29-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Whanganui Hospital.

The motorcyclist injured in a crash with a car near Okoia on Thursday will need about three months to recover.

Emergency services are responding to what is understood to be a serious car crash near Whanganui.

A man made off with goods from a Whanganui dairy this afternoon in a brazen daylight robbery.

Retired Whanganui farmer Colin Cox thinks Jeremy Kerr, who was jailed for threatening to poison infant milk formula with 1080, was a bit tricky.

An elderly man lay injured and stranded on his bathroom floor for up to a week before being rescued.

A sex shop with signs pointing its back door has enraged residents.

More details about a fatal crash between a house-moving truck and a ute near Whanganui last night have been released by police.

Whanganui could be inundated with Black Power members this weekend, as gang associates arrive for the city chapter leader's tangi.

A explosive found by a Turakina dairy farmer will be detonated this afternoon and police are urging people to stay away from the area.