Whanganui couple celebrate 75-year marriage
Tom and Nola Wright spend their time together at their rest home.
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Museum Notebook: 'We were poor ... everyone was poor.'
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NZ Masters Games: Meet the athletes competing in the most events
Don Weston competes to win - but he also aims to have fun.
Sustainable living focus for founder of popular online group
Whanganui-based Te Ururangi Rowe is building his Aotearoa Kai Gatherers business.
Local Focus: The burgeoning backyard business of bridge
NZ's largest bridge suppliers the perfect match. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Child flown to hospital after dog attack
A child was seriously injured after being attacked by a dog on Friday.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Iwi checkpoints about protecting communities
'Stop moaning about iwi checkpoints and let Māori leadership help us through.'
Nine newborn puppies found dumped at Whanganui beach
The puppies were discovered at the North Mole on Tuesday morning.
The companies dumping contaminants down the drain - and getting away with it
Some of New Zealand's biggest manufacturers and brands are repeat offenders.
Drysdale's late entry thrills crowd at Billy Webb Challenge
Drysdale is the first man home, while Anna MacQuerrie wins the women's single skull race.
Local Focus: Can four people assemble a Model T in half an hour?
And then drive it away? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Rātana leader urges followers to break away from Labour
It's only the second time the Labour Party won't be at Rātana in their 84-year alliance.
Local Focus: Founder reflects on opera school and Opera Week success
Future looks bright for Whanganui opera. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Ardern warns pace of house price increases unsustainable
Ardern is talking on the housing crisis and new US President Joe Biden.
The Conversation: Covid work revolution has increased digital overload
The Conversation: Are too many online meetings and notifications getting you down?
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Rātana without politicians a welcome break
It will be a different Rātana event at the end of the month with no politicians.
Greyhounds deaths prompt calls for track closure
The dogs died from injuries ranging from broken hocks to a ruptured stomach.
Politicians not invited to Ratana Pā this year
Ratana marae committee plans one-day event, for Ratana followers only.
Hotel review: The country retreat where the garden is the star
Stay in this cottage on a working farm, surrounded by palms, cycads, cacti and more.
Last weekend of the Christmas break - how's the weather?
There may still be a chance for one last beach trip this weekend before returning to work.
'Long haul' alternative house build completed
Ari Bailey's partner of 20 years moves into the earth house she was inspired to build.
New ablutions block to be built at Whanganui marae
Two Whanganui urban marae hope to soon begin another stage in their upgrades.
New opportunity to be 'good Treaty partner'
Tāwhiao McMaster says history must reflect Māori as well as Pākeha versions of events.
Why casual wear on Fridays will be replaced by PJs
Futurist Melissa Clark-Reynolds predicts life in 2021 post Covid-19.
Local Focus: St Paul's Pūtiki looking for helpers
Popular tours need more guides. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Dad told the cancerous lump on cheek was a tooth abscess. Now he's dying
"Telling the kids their dad was dying was the hardest thing we have ever had to do."
Couple back home after nine months stuck in South Africa
After a two-week isolation they expect to be in Whanganui on January 2.
Local Focus: Resurgence of the fountain pen
'People think better on to paper'. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Christmas not the day it used to be for many Kiwis
Christmas is terrible for putting pressure on families to buy gifts and spend up large.
Redundancies at Whanganui's pilot academy
Whanganui's pilot school has let three staff go as the border closures begin to hit hard.