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Mum's fury over Facebook photos
An aspiring councillor has taken legal advice over an alleged smear campaign involving photos taken from her Facebook site and emailed to a number of residents.
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Body found in 'bad state' of decomposition
Police say the state of a body found during the hunt for missing Wanganui woman Marice McGregor is hampering identification.
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Body found in Whanganui
Police looking for Marice McGregor have found a body down a ravine in dense bush but are unable to confirm it is the missing Whanganui woman.
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Police find car thought linked to missing woman
Police have found a vehicle they believe is linked to the disappearance of Whanganui woman Marcie McGregor.
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Boy, 6, killed as 'inferno' guts house
A 6-year-old boy was killed when fire ripped through a Whanganui house last night.
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Missing woman: sinister new twist
Detectives have refused to rule out abduction or homicide in the case of Whanganui woman Marice McGregor, who disappeared on April 19.
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Woman's phone used after disappearance
Police have widened their search for Whanganui woman Marice McGregor to the Manawatu after evidence her cellphone was switched on in the region a day after she vanished.
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Fears for missing woman growing
The family of a woman missing for 12 days say they are going through a "slow living nightmare" as police admit something untoward may have happened to her.
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Missing woman's disappearance 'out of character'
The family of a Wanganui woman who went missing in mysterious circumstances 11 days ago has asked the public for information.
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Council ordered to pull Whanganui signs
Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws says signs advising travellers they were approaching "Whanganui" were erected in a "deliberate and provocative" act by NZ Land Transport.
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Tamihere tells Laws: scrutiny just part of job
Mayor Michael Laws must accept scrutiny of his private life, according to his radio station colleague John Tamihere.
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Police called to mayor Michael Laws' home
The partner of controversial Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws has moved out after he called police to their home.