Twelve people travelling as part of a group of 48 Italian tourists staying at a Jerusalem marae on Sunday night had $5000 worth of gear taken by thieves.

Medical staff say it is too dangerous to operate on a teenage boy after he was stabbed in the face with a screwdriver in Wanganui - reportedly for wearing a blue hat.

A supermarket manager had a firearm thrust into his stomach during a brazen armed hold-up of his Wanganui store on Saturday night.

A Wanganui Collegiate student is in a serious but stable condition in Wanganui Hospital with bacterial meningitis.

Wanganui district councillors Clive Solomon and Michael Laws remain habitual non-attenders at council and committee meetings.

Six much-loved pet lambs belonging to Wanganui school children were stolen at the weekend.

Organisers of the annual White Ribbon Day believe violence toward women has been reduced since the campaign started six years ago.

A documentary filmed in the Whanganui River settlement of Jerusalem is yet to be screened in Wanganui because its co-director is concerned about exposing the children it features, a local cinema proprietor claims.

Wanganui Collegiate School has gained integration into the state network of schools, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.

Wanganui artist Peter Ireland who exposed a fake Gottfried Lindauer painting at the Waikato Museum of Art and History says there are plenty more forgeries out there to be uncovered.

Thieves in Wanganui are risking death by cutting copper wire from live electricity networks.

A judge has told a former Wanganui businessman who stole thousands of dollars from clients that an apology for his crimes was "self-serving at the 11th hour".

Wanganui has been named one of 21 towns and cities around the world in the running to be named 2013 Intelligent Community of the Year.

Trespass notices against serial sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson are "unnecessary and unwise", two Wanganui District councillors say.

The legal status of Wanganui's two names is still unclear as the legislation which will allow the city to be named both Wanganui and Whanganui makes its way through Parliament.