John Nolan - a pioneering chiropractor, a Rotary stalwart and a popular 'Santa Claus'

Survivor NZ contestant faced big challenge in stepping away from her life in Manawatu.

Geoff Follett was getting to grips with some scary props yesterday in readiness for Mainstreet's Halloween on Thursday in Community House on Ridgway St.

The Whanganui Central Baptist kindergarten now has its own korowai (cloaks), which were blessed at a special powhiri for the kindergarten community last week.

Homai Te Pakipaki victor William "Wiz" Tokelau's reggae version of Cupid went right to the hearts of the voting public to top Maori Television's premier talent show on October 4.

Leo Kosmala was 21 when he arrived in New Zealand from Australia, and headed to Motueka to pick tobacco.

Yesterday it was past principal David Dale's turn to return to his old school Rutherford Intermediate (now Rutherford Junior High) where he gave the present-day students a powerful mihi.

Four Wanganui Cullinane College students were over 10,000km from home, living among Buenos Aires' teeming population of 3 million.

Compensation for Raetihi's water-supply contamination is being investigated by Ohakune lawyers.

While last week's flood prompted a state of emergency in the Wanganui district, it was not appropriate for the Rangitikei region.

Raetihi business people are looking at compensation for loss after the contamination of their water.

Raetihi water is now good for showers and laundry.

Why was Rangitikei not declared in a state of emergency if the Whanganui and Ruapehu districts were, a Whangaehu local is asking.

The raging Whanganui River peaked at 14.60m at Pipiriki at 4pm on Tuesday and dropped dramatically between midnight and 1am Wednesday morning.

It was a long and cold Tuesday night at the mercy of the Whanganui River for Robert "Baldy" Baldwin and Leon Beautrais on board The Adventurer.

Early yesterday afternoon the rain had stopped in the upper Whanganui River at Pipiriki, and across Waimarino, which allowed water levels to begin to recede in the Ruapehu district.

Owning a mobility scooter gives people freedom, but they also need to know the appropriate etiquette.

Some Wanganui locals thought they had paid the money to buy the equipment for the digital switchover.

The strong winds which have been ripping across the region brought down a high-voltage power line in Kitchener St, Wanganui East, about 1.30pm yesterday.

The 300-strong Fijian community is inviting the Wanganui community to celebrate Fiji Day with them tomorrow.

Being treated as individuals has not been healthy for Maori.

Southerly crosswinds at Wanganui Airport yesterday grounded two Air New Zealand planes and caused 32 people to change their travel plans.

Sean Tauroa is one of two Whanganui UCOL trainee chefs to be given a free lunch.

The Makotuku Stream that Raetihi township gets its water from is likely to be contaminated for the next three months and perhaps up to a year.

Wanganui members of the National Council of Women continue to make their mark in the political world.

Wanganui woman Amanda Weck was in Arizona last year when she miscarried her son Phoenix at 18 weeks.

Raetihi's water crisis will see Ruapehu District Council start picking up the town's laundry today and Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) footing the bill.

Two Australian women have big dreams for Castlecliff and believe the suburb is superb, despite being warned off buying houses in the area.

They're turning up the heat in the kitchen and Wanganui High School is appealing for the community to vote for them in the "Let's Cook with Parmco" competition.

Piripi Menehira has a few years on his students, but he keeps up the momentum leading Aka Maori martial arts.

The building from which a teenager fell on Friday night is a popular but perilous place for young people to climb says the owner.

A man in his late teens is in a critical condition in hospital after he fell through the glass verandah roof on the Work and Income building

In the 10 years author Joan Rosier-Jones has lived in Wanganui, she has breathed life into the literary arts

Graham Hancock receives peritoneal dialysis four times a day, and it's the kind of treatment that he can take with him

Yesterday was a celebration for the hard work Rozanna and Frank Rawlinson have put into the Harakeke Forest.

Former Wanganui Collegiate rower Paparangi Hipango has been lapping up the action out on San Francisco Bay

A biting northerly buffeted the morning powhiri on Tauranga-Ika Marae at Nukumaru on Wednesday at the launch of Te Kaahui o Rauru "Puutaiao Management Plan"

A shop selling psychoactive substances will be picketed today in a community push to stop the substances being sold there.

Vandals nearly scuppered a treat for 60 Wanganui schoolchildren and their parents on Saturday.

Wellington-based music collective Fly My Pretties are in concert in Wanganui on Saturday for a show with a difference.

Tawhero Primary School pupils have given the big tick to drinking milk in schools.

Wanganui man Hector Shutte was a warden in the 1970s and says the Civil Defence set-up was great for the community.

Wanganui was among the cities and towns throughout the country yesterday to launch the Travelling Books project that will see another 7000 books on the m

After 12 tough weeks, Wanganui woman Kerri Wason has stepped out for her Big Reveal. Temperatures dropped in the city late on Thursday, but it was nerves that had Mrs Wason shivering as she entered Roam Cafe to the big sound of What a Feeling.

Secondary school teacher Costas Thrasyvoulou is adding another string to his bow with a Masters in film making - and he wants to share his passion for cinema with Wanganui students.

Wanganui rugby players Shaun McDonough, Josh Edwards and Areta Lama are leading the pack with their Blue Check Undies.

Wanganui woman Amanda Spooner says she feels lucky. "There's no point dwelling," she says of the breast cancer she has survived. Ms Spooner knows how lucky she is because she is now supporting her mother, Gay, who is also coping with cancer.

Quilts given to 40 Wanganui children yesterday may be the first special item they have to call their own.

It appears at least one Wanganui dairy has found a way around the Psychoactive Substance Act and its intention of regulating the sale of "legal highs".

Castlecliff School is small with only 80 students, but they did well in the Puriri Safe as Houses art competition, says principal Katherine Ellery.

Gita Brooke has trepidation about taking her late husband Anthony's ashes to Sarawak next month.

Works by Whanganui School of Design students are on show in the UCOL Edith Gallery on Taupo Quay daily from 11am-2pm until Friday.

The call came just after 7am yesterday morning - six cattle were eating the plants in the whanau maara/garden at Kaiwhaiki.