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Building a dream: The road to Tūroa skifield
A dream of a skifield above Ohakune motivated locals to build the Ohakune Mountain Road.
Witty, gritty poetry to support Brain Injury Association
Performers will support Whanganui Brain Injury Association with music and verse.
Raetihi walkway revives activity at Makotuku River
Two Raetihi women make native bush and swimming at the Makotuku River accessible.
'Smear Your Mea' campaign offers free cervical screening
Free cervical screening will be available at some clinics during September.
Firm of 'good bastards' celebrates 150 years
Law firm Treadwell Gordon reflects on the past and present after 150 years in practice.
Ruapehu's Horizons candidates cover spectrum
The Ruapehu District has three strong candidates for Horizons Regional Council.
Popular Ohakune park up for second award
Ohakune's carrot park competes with Taupo hot stream for favourite visitor spot.
Temperature nearly tops 20C in Whanganui's warm July
Manawatū-Whanganui region one of New Zealand's hotspots in July.
Ngāti Rangi chairman shocked by lack of consultation over Ohakune
Geographic Board changes Ohakune spelling after input from Ruapehu iwi.
Ohakune snow 'absolutely beautiful', blizzard on mountain
Ruapehu gets the ski season's first big series of snowfalls.
Senior tennis: Cranston in-form for worlds
Ohakune tennis ace in hot form ahead of world senior champs in Portugal.
Good footy fun in the country
Neville Hopkins had a grand old time up the Waitotara Valley last Saturday.
Inside the aftermath of ski lodge blaze
Fire and Emergency staff have shown the public through a fire-damaged Ōhakune ski lodge.
Rugby: Could Border vs Taihape be another classic grand final?
West vs East in the ultimate battle for the silverware at Cooks Gardens.
'Hosting half a million people on an active volcano': RAL boss calls time
Ross Copland will take up chief executive position with Remarkables Park Ltd in Queenstown
Ohakune boil water notice to be lifted on Thursday
The turbidity levels are now under what they need to be to meet drinking water standards.
Taihape defy the odds in Ohakune upset
Smart kicking, brave defence pulls visitors over the line against Northern Subunion mates.
Ōhakune residents still boiling drinking water
More rain expected, standard of Ōhakune water still fluctuating.
RDC and TLC ensure access to water for people in Ohakune
A rare event has a power outage coinciding with a weather initiated water safety notice
Whanganui premier rugby semis difficult to predict
Whanganui rugby semifinals are no forgone conclusion.
Ohakune residents warned to boil drinking water before use
The boil water notice comes after high rainfall in the area.
Local democracy denied, Horizons role 'frustrating' - Rollinson
Bruce Rollinson to leave Horizons Regional Council, frustrated by outside interference.
Rugby: Border make statement with big away win over Taihape
Challenge Shield is staying in Waverley for summer, and home semifinal will be there too.
Pride, home playoffs, and Shield all on the line
Final spots in semifinals yet to be confirmed.
Wairarapa Ski Club uninhabitable following Ohakune fire
Clubs in close proximity have offered their support to those that were on holiday
Central crews extinguish fire at Wairarapa Ski Club
The building on Totara St in Ohakune was well-involved with fire
Whanganui ref column: A meeting of the minds over a ruck in Ohakune
Seven different referees had three different interpretations of the play.
Rugby: Taihape and Kaierau looking to close out spot in the Division 1 semifinals
Penultimate round robin matchups are like quarterfinals.
Clutch performance by the home team in Ohakune
High quality Division 1 game played under the mountain on Saturday.
Man's move from the big smoke to Raetihi pays off
Peter Blakeman wanted to be close to the mountain and found a new passion in the process.
Border don't care about points table; Border care about winning
Doing the math just does their heads in.
Whanganui's dark, cold, isolated, risky bus shelter is a heritage building we don't need
NZ's most out-of-the-way, antiquated, rundown and least attractive inter-city bus station.
Football: Wanganui Athletic slip up in the wet against New Plymouth Rangers
A miserable day not made better by the lack of hospitality for a visiting team.