"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.

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.

High Court rules Wanganui cast net too wide and didn't consider all freedom issues

The High Court has ruled Whanganui District Council's gang patch ban is unlawful.

Police are warning users of the Whanganui River to beware of a shark that has been spotted in the river.

Police are disgusted after a crashed driver stole a car belonging to an elderly couple who had stopped to help him.

Mongrel Mob members huddled together and barked like dogs as a child's body was removed from the water.

The Law Society has renewed its call to reinstate the partial defence of provocation following its successful use in the Bourke manslaughter case.

World rowing championships medalists Mahe Drysdale and Alan Campbell headline Saturday's 5km Billy Webb Challenge on Whanganui River.

A Whanganui man was last night assaulted by two teenagers who attempted to steal his car when he took them for a drive in order to get them out of his house, say police.