Police and MPI seize over 700 undersize paua
The joint operation uncovered a massive illegal haul of paua, most of them undersize.
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Wanganui Women's Bowls team wins Val Honeyfield Trophy
Good start to the local representative season.
STDC commits up to $500k for Shaw building
The building is currently closed after being damaged by the 2013 Seddon earthquakes.
News in brief: Fashion show; dairy robbery; school band's success; tartan is tops
News in brief: Fashion on show; school success; aggravated robbery; council acquires land
Your say: Compelling case to stop seabed mining; virtue-signalling columnists; guilty unless proven innocent
Readers write: Stop seabed mining; putting virtue on show; guilty till proven innocent
Steelform Wanganui juggernaut in semis already
Steelform Wanganui is still hunting a win over Horowhenua-Kapiti this week.
Literary awards finalists announced
Awards' 13 finalists are spread across Taranaki, entries up again this year
Ladies First out of cup
Human error costs Whanganui-owned Ladies First a crack at Melbourne Cup glory
Ngā Rauru and Te Ohu Kaimoana join Ngāti Rangi and KASM
More groups join in opposition to seabed mining proposed offshore from Pātea.
Patea's LibraryPlus building to close for renovation
The LibraryPlus building in Patea is getting a $300,000 renovation
Quakes, volcanoes, rising seas - the Whanganui landscape
Professor Tim Stern talks of volcanoes and the underground shifts that cause earthquakes
KASM, Greenpeace, Taranaki-Whanganui Conservation Board continue their opposition
Groups are cross-appealing an appeal by mining company Trans-Tasman Resources.
'They could have killed me': Cancer survivor lucky to be alive after assault
Multiple assailants left Richard Warner lying battered and unconscious on Smithfield Road
Fortyfive holiday-makers leave Whanganui on historic flight
Inaugural Chatham Islands flight takes off at dawn
Why our most popular streams are too polluted to swim in
Fourteen-year effort to make Whanganui streams, Mowhanau Kai Iwi and Ototoka, swimmable.
Tennis: Wanganui Jnr tournament concludes tomorrow: Weather Permitting...
Lots of finals to get through, while other doubles crowns were decided on Sunday.
Snapped! Photographers explore Whanganui's avenues and alleyways
Attendees of national photography convention explore unique Whanganui features.
Chainsaws and gumboots at Whanganui's first TeenAg skills day
WHS students got some training in before the junior young farmer competition next year.
Tennis: Wanganui Junior Open sees first seeds beaten at weekend
None of the pre-tournament favourites win singles titles.
Outnumbered and unlucky, Maori see Tuera Shield slip away
Losing players, controversial try sink Whanganui Maori chances, as Cade Robinson says bye.
Mayors frustrated with increasing costs
Mayors in the region are fed up with lack of resources and want a slice of Govt funding.
Vapers rejoice - Whanganui now has two vape stores
Another new option for Whanganui quitters.
Tennis: Wanganui Junior Open starts this weekend
Numbers well down on 2017 but still a quality field to contest titles.
Celebration takes place, despite appeal by mining company
Opposers of seabed mining meet at Castlecliff Beach to celebrate High Court victory.
Maori told: Play with your head, then your heart
Team aims to get the Tuera Shield back of Taranaki.
Whanganui economic confidence 'buoyant'
Westpac has released its economic confidence survey for the September quarter
Iron sands mining opponents consider action
Trans-Tasman Resources appeals High Court decision, asks for urgent hearing
Whales off our coast of Whanganui
A massive whale and her calf came close to shore on Whanganui's North Mole
Whanganui news: Beef, awards, circus, election and guilty pleas
Whanganui news: The circus is in town; so is a woman who drove under influence of drugs
Eyeing up rugby sevens glory, over two months early
Wanganui invests in sevens preparation with training squad and warmup tournaments planned
Obituary: Moari Bailey a real people person
She was a woman that loved people, meeting them, talking to them and working with them.
What's on in the Whanganui region this week
Your guide to what is on in Whanganui this week