World Athletics honours Peter Snell and Cooks Gardens
Snell set a new world record on the Whanganui track on January 27, 1962.
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The new rules are "a really big change for primary schools".
60 years on from Peter Snell's record breaking mile at Cooks Gardens
15,000 people crammed into Cooks Gardens for the world famous event.
Grey Power gets behind Horizons councillor's push for better bus services in Whanganui
"Bigger cities receive far more support and higher funding rates per capita."
Wheels in Wanganui team continue fundraising despite event being called off
Raffles replace Wheels event this year
Live: 23 new community Covid-19 cases; 15 confirmed as Omicron
Omicron cluster grows to 56 after 15 new cases announced today.
Lake Alice Hospital: Accused psychiatrist dies at age 92
He was accused of using electric shocks and paralysing drugs to punish patients.
Youth offenders in court following Rangitīkei dairy assault
They face charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated wounding.
Fatigued drink driver's costly crash
Viliame Temo told police he must have fallen asleep at the wheel.
Club patron celebrates 50 years with Wanganui Vintage Car Club
He purchased a 1928 Studebaker Dictator, which soon became the family's pride and joy.
Whanganui benefit numbers fall in 2021 driven by industry growth
Extra effort put into getting long-term beneficiaries into work, minister says.
Plan to reinstate reserve access after bridge destroyed
Rangitīkei branch of Forest & Bird maintains 100ha of reserves in its district.
501 deportee wins right to drink in licensed premises with family and friends
Aaron Pryce is encouraging other deportees to appeal conditions if they don't seem fair.
PM reveals new mask-wearing mandates; 40 million rapid antigen tests ordered
The new mask rules take effect on Thursday, February 3.
Ten new Omicron infections as variant spreads to Tauranga, 25 community cases
New exposure sites across Auckland emerge including bottle shop, bakery and bus routes.
Live: Omicron at second Auckland wedding; retirement home staff test negative
Retirement village in the clear, but another wedding named as a location of interest.
Store owner assaulted in Whanganui East
One person was transported to Whanganui Hospital via ambulance.
Have you checked your Lotto ticket?
Three big prize Lotto tickets sold in the Whanganui region last week haven't been claimed.
Kevin Page: Simple walk gives me a rush of blood to the head
Eventually I got the whole, sorry caravan back to the car.
Coastguard, public help in rescue after Wanganui River capsize
'Quick and calm rescue' for boat that capsized near Whanganui Port.
'Get on with it': Hospitality sector ready to tackle red light
Return to red light with Omicron is "business as usual" for one restaurant owner.
People-powered wheels rule in February
February is about getting out on your bike ... or scooter ... or ...
Omicron rising: Eight new cases, now 19 in total - as locations of interest grow
There are 10 people in hospital with the virus.
International soprano at Opera School in Whanganui
Madeleine Pierard offers opera students tuition
Literary and personality diversity at LitFest
Literary Festival celebrates variety, diversity.