“At the moment, there’s a lot of motivated vendors that need to sell,” Verma said.

Kāinga Ora also wants common spaces, both indoor and outdoor, for some developments

The honey industry is going through a major correction, hurting beekeepers big and small.

"Renewable energy is always on the table."

Chamber chair Glenda Brown said businesses are pressured to pay premium wage rates.

"Everything's gone up ... We are losing a bit of money now."

Businesses need to be cautious and resilient in the face of OCR rises, expert says.

"We've been here 40 years and they [Whanganui public] have no clue."

"The learnings from the bottom block was the [need] to take some time and listen."

" ... local retailers will have noticed a difference in people's spending habits".

One of the buyers has died during the time it has taken to build the project.

Robi Martin says she will never report another dog bite again

Prices of near new cars are expected to "come off the boil" as the market normalises.

The whitebaiting season has been cut down from 15 weeks to just short of nine.

'Nobody told us the sand tracks had a life.'

The Police Commissioner said he hoped to see work start on a new Whanganui HQ this year.

"Managers are turning up to shifts ... they're 30 to 50 per cent down on normal staffing."

The last day for the public to have their say on the pig welfare code was Friday, July 8

They were low maintenance, 'lock up and leave' type houses, Bernard Reuters said.

Tom Hartmann described the drops in KiwiSaver as theoretical, 'paper losses'.

Regional connectivity was more in demand than urban services in submissions to Horizons.

The acting DHB boss warned the search for chemotherapy site may have to start again

Before this, Whanganui's biggest sale was $1.6 million

The new ship would have much more capacity than the Anatoki, bringing in about 2000 tonne

"A lot of people actually just don't care or perhaps don't realise."

Dr Ken Young is concerned there isn't a specific commitment to increase the GP workforce.

A decision has not yet been made on the resource consent application.

Whanganui residents talk about the challenges of approaching retirement age.

"They're not going to be picking up the phone and rushing to make an offer."

There appears to have been little progress in the plan for a chemo and transfusion unit.

"Food is one where it's making a terrible impact ... That's a basic."

WorkSafe said risk management principles were not being "effectively applied" at Medlab.

"It still doesn't feel real. I don't really know how to describe it."

"It's good timing. Not just for us, I think the country's been waiting for this."

Kitchen builder John Fearn said his business was close to being booked out a year ahead.

For first home buyers who have the funding, now is a good time to buy in Whanganui.

"He's one of the finest Wagnerian tenors in the world."

Councillor Helen Craig said Lotteries might help stump up some of the $9.4m shortfall.

There was also a beneficiary struggling to pay off 10 different buy-now, pay-later plans.

Lifting KiwiSaver payments, stricter budgeting and finding cheaper rent are some ideas.