24 hours at Kai Iwi Beach
Rosalie Willis spends 24 hours at Kai Iwi Beach in Whanganui.
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Iwi collective targets hesitancy about vaccinating children
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Live: 18 new Covid cases in the community, 43 at the border
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Whanganui River DoC huts chock-full for holidays
It's a busy canoe season on the awa.
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'Difficult decision': Whanganui East pool only open to schools
"In the end, staffing has been the one issue we have not been able to solve."
Vinsen demands Three Waters debate
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Time travel: Your chance to fly in a restored 1945 Douglas DC-3
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Covid: Steady uptake of rapid antigen tests at local pharmacies
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Community Arts Centre hit by 'pure vandalism'
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'It was a good save': Marton volunteers contain house fire
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Arrest made in Whanganui after pre-Christmas gunpoint dairy robberies
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