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Flood warnings for North Island
Travellers could get caught as heavy downfalls settle over the North Island for the next 24 hours.
Bully attacks after girl's plea for help
Wanganui Girls College student Robin de Jong was chased down by a teenage girl and subjected to a savage assault
Attack 'the most horrible thing ever' - victim's mother
Parents need to take responsibility in the aftermath of a horrific attack which left a Whanganui schoolgirl bloodied and in need of hospital treatment, Education Minister Anne Tolley says.
Union denied access to meat plant
Meat inspectors at a Wanganui plant say they have to meet their union representative on a public road after being denied a meeting at the workplace.
Tot's killer not a monster - judge
"You did a monstrous thing, but I do not think you are a monster," a High Court Judge told the killer of a two-year-old boy today as he sentenced him to a life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years today.
Man who kicked toddler to death jailed for at least 17 years
A Whanganui man was today jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for kicking to death his partner's two-year-old son.
Hell's Angels challenge topples gang patch bylaw
High Court rules Wanganui cast net too wide and didn't consider all freedom issues
Shark spotted in Whanganui River
Police are warning users of the Whanganui River to beware of a shark that has been spotted in the river.
Crashed driver takes good Samaritans' car
Police are disgusted after a crashed driver stole a car belonging to an elderly couple who had stopped to help him.
Mob members weep as crash dead found
Mongrel Mob members huddled together and barked like dogs as a child's body was removed from the water.
Man guilty of toddler's murder
A Whanganui High Court jury has found Rikki Ngatai-Check, who kicked two-year-old Karl Perigo-Check to death, guilty of murder.