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![Local Focus: Museum opening collection still secret](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Local Focus: Museum opening collection still secret
Museum to open next month but what will be on show? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Feather in Collegiate's cricket cap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Feather in Collegiate's cricket cap
Whanganui Collegiate 1st X1 win the coveted Heathcote Williams Challenge Shield
![Local Ratana kapa haka group to be first on stage at nationals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Local Ratana kapa haka group to be first on stage at nationals
The Aotea Region's best kapa haka group competes first at Te Matatini this year.
![Serial shoplifter jailed after attack with a scooter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Serial shoplifter jailed after attack with a scooter
Kiu and her brother Tane sent for violent offending involving scooter and machete.
![Unruly tourists? British duo distance themselves from group](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Unruly tourists? British duo distance themselves from group
The men have been charged following an investigation into an alleged roofing scam.
![Letters: Setting refugees up to fail?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Setting refugees up to fail?
I'd welcome these refugees; it would be heartless not to. But is this being done right?
![Local Focus: Full steam ahead with rail restorations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Local Focus: Full steam ahead with rail restorations
Hot days in the workshop working with steel and sweat. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Full steam ahead with rail restorations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Full steam ahead with rail restorations
Hot days in the workshop working with steel and steam. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Protest and counter protest to refugee plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Protest and counter protest to refugee plan
Former council candidate says some refugees will come from 'Osama bin Laden countries'.
![Animal rights activist survives accident, dog hurt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Animal rights activist survives accident, dog hurt
RAV4 flips three times before crashing through a fence and landing in a paddock.
![New recruits' wings a strong incentive for trainee pilots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New recruits' wings a strong incentive for trainee pilots
Academy welcomes a new cohort with a wings ceremony to provide motivation.
![15-year-old girl missing for more than two weeks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
15-year-old girl missing for more than two weeks
Police are asking for information about 15-year-old girl who has been missing for 17 days.
![Highway 61 rider guilty of dangerous driving causing death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Highway 61 rider guilty of dangerous driving causing death
James Eric Hiroki and Carey Raymond Leask will be sentenced on March 22.
![Names of Kevin Ratana murder-accused revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Names of Kevin Ratana murder-accused revealed
One remains suppressed as three more plead not guilty in Whanganui District Court
![Love and Learn branches out to embrace Whanganui East community](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Love and Learn branches out to embrace Whanganui East community
Centre for children grows to add an advocacy and support trust.
![Woman rescued from cliffs at Kai Iwi Beach, Whanganui](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman rescued from cliffs at Kai Iwi Beach, Whanganui
Emergency services responding to reports of swimmers in trouble
![Remains of slaughtered cows dumped at riverside](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Remains of slaughtered cows dumped at riverside
Dumping linked to recent reports of stock thefts.
![Unruly tourists: Duo remanded, another remains on the run](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Unruly tourists: Duo remanded, another remains on the run
Three members of a group of British "tourists" have now been charged with fraud.
![Speedway: 'Lucky omen' returns to Hawkeyes roster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Speedway: 'Lucky omen' returns to Hawkeyes roster
The Hawkeyes are on track to capture their third title in four years.
![British men appear in court in connection with 'roofing scam'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
British men appear in court in connection with 'roofing scam'
Pair granted name suppression, with JP saying he did not want 'a court of media frenzy'.
![Traffic controller assaulted at road works](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Traffic controller assaulted at road works
A witness alleges the assault occurred after the 60-year-old declined two men a cigarette.
![Rountree tackles Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rountree tackles Australia
Whanganui's James Rountree in the thick of Oceania Challenge Cup at Motocross Grand Prix
![Leadfoot Alan boots it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Leadfoot Alan boots it
Whanganui racer Alan Austin returns to Leadfoot Festival hill climb in his RX7
![Woman camping by river with pets after losing rental home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman camping by river with pets after losing rental home
Camping isn't fun when there's no alternative
![Your say: Council not setting example, Poll unwise, All one family](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Your say: Council not setting example, Poll unwise, All one family
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