1500 people expected with dancing, piping, field events and the Ben Nevis run.

Gorgeous Gardens - Pauline Allomes' private garden in Aramoho.

House burns while family away celebrating Christmas.

Barbara Broughton's city garden is small but perfectly formed.

Social justice and a mission to help the least able.

The sound of St Paul's Church organ will once again be heard.

In 80 years of official records, Whanganui has never had a dry spell like it.

Local art teacher is helping others to paint.

Students overcome obstacles to graduate in NCEA Levels 1 and 2 at YMCA.

Local art teacher to make headdresses for The Tempest.

Whanganui's fire risk was moved from moderate to high last Friday.

New UCOL personal trainer qualification will allow students to work anywhere in the world.

Two new - and unusual - faces at Gonville School.

Continuing dry sees Whanganui move to a restricted fire season.

Salvation Army needs two houses to rent so it can help families in need.

The students make it worthwhile, plus the love for their job.

Social worker important for the well-being of students, principal says.

Coastal areas especially dry in unseasonal dry spell.

Residents and staff of the Jane Winstone Retirement Village had food drive to help others.

Students show greater engagement and participation in these programmes and at school.

Family keep the link to Castlecliff going

Ken Broughton and his perfect timing.

Employers thanked for giving students work experience.

Whanganui UCOL prospectus outlines courses for 2018.

Exciting new course and workshops on offer at Whanganui Community Education next year.

Popular Whanganui event in January to be visited by steam train built in 1939.

Keith Street School wowed by White Ribbon Riders.

Dazzling variety in UCOL students' work.

First stage of school's building project to be completed by Christmas.

Teacher Shona Buchanan said it was important that students were prepared.

Meet some of the volunteers devoted to teaching our children about conservation.

Confusion over when work on school's new wharenui is to begin.

Castlecliff School donates more than one can per child to the Salvation Army food bank.

Workshop on child development and communication held in Whanganui.

Best foot forward at Kai Iwi School's pet day.

Prabh Mokha to teach maths teachers in tiny Asian nation of Brunei.

School fundraiser will see golf balls dropped down the steps of the Durie Hill tower.

A barrier designed to help prevent damage from flooding has been released in Whanganui.

Guy Fawkes display on the beach a bid to boost local student numbers.

Parade for Meads Cup-winning Wanganui rugby team.

Fordell School's playground was turned into a farm yard last Friday for the annual Ag Day.

Turakina School pupils enjoy farming fun at their pet day.

Preschool's new bike track is a big success.

Subject areas to be scrapped for Whanganui City College's junior school.

Students learn about wildlife at Bushy Park.

Artist creates special mural for Westmere School.

School offers activities during Chinese Language Week.

A corner of Wanganui Collegiate School is closed off for renovations.

Community effort to open Rutherford Junior High's new bike track.

Conservation Week celebrated at Bushy Park.

Tandem bike stolen from blind Whanganui teenager has been returned.

Driver in hospital after a medical event causes a spectacular crash.

Darcy's bike is no ordinary bike - and he needs it back.

A passion for tomatoes has kept Lisa Salanoa off the dole.

Lead cut, but no change in the Whanganui result after special votes are counted.

Whanganui UCOL roll at an all-time high - and still growing.

Book-themed holiday activities for kids of all ages at the Whanganui Regional Museum.

Tartans were the order of the day for the annual Kirkin' o the Tartan service.

Wanganui Orchid Society celebrates 50 years with a popular show.

Vets On Carlton celebrate their fifth birthday.

Fifty years of blooms to be celebrated by Wanganui orchid group.

Looking for a good book? St John is having a book sale beginning on Thursday.

Coalition with National could be suicide for a party that campaigned to change the govt.

School's pupils start the search for their new principal.

St George's students and staff celebrate their love of books.

Whanganui - an electorate of two halves.

Entire school involved in annual production.

Labour's Steph Lewis wows to be back in 2020.

Too close to call with 20 per cent of the vote counted.

More than 350 people attended the Countdown Charity Ball on Saturday night.

Not everyone was happy with Hospice Wanganui's fireworks display.

Organisers promise further protest action on seabed mining.

Sisters outraged after heavy object thrown at their windscreen.

Magpie studio artist seizes chance to work at Whanganui Regional Museum.

Medieval feast

Excellent turn-out for annual spring flower show.

Two local mothers are organising a Castlecliff protest against seabed mining.

Donation of 30 bikes boosts YMCA's after-school programme.