Latest from Whanganui

Stabbed teen 'not in gang'

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.

Supermarket robbed in brazen hold-up

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

Student hospitalised with bacterial meningitis

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

Michael Laws defends missed council meetings

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

Rape case resumes after mistrial

Pet lambs stolen from school kids

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

Campaign helps reduce violence toward women

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

Cinema outrage at local doco snub

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.

Man admits supplying methadone after woman's fatal overdose

Body found on Whanganui beach not suspicious

Beast's trespass notices 'unwise'

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

Dope grower forfeits land

A cannabis grower caught with more than $600,000 worth of high-grade crop and over $40,000 in cash stuffed in a safe has been sent to jail.

Art scholarship awarded to Wanganui student

Mistrial declared in rape case

Patched gang member still on run

Man deemed unfit to stand trial dies

Hospital programme's 'witchcraft' link

'H' limbo continues for Wanganui

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.