Ninety-year-old Neil Manssen marks Anzac Day in a special way in a 1945 Grumman Avenger, a plane he had not experienced before
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After 117 years as a boys-only school, Marton's Huntley School is going to admit girls.
Just six working days after they had made extensive submissions, Conservation Department staff were told the regionalisation of their department would go ahead.
When an 1883 Catholic congregation in Wanganui saw that their nuns had changed brown robes for black some of them cried - they thought the pope must have died.
It is understandable after 22 hours in flight and going 48 straight with no sleep, that a 15-year-old's memory of the Middle East would be a little foggy.
The Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme will give Central Hawke's Bay farmers the confidence to invest in infrastructure for their farming future
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Final round of the NZ jetsprint championships at Shelterview. more
Goodbye Pork Pie road trip passes through Wanganui. more
Windermere Berry Farm Easter egg hunt: more
The Marton Harvest Fair is a popular event on the Rangitikei town's calendar... more
The Hospice Wanganui Summer Garden Fete took place on Saturday and Wanganui... more
Teams of hardy hunters combed the Whanganui River/Parapara hills for deer and... more
River City Rumble 2013. Wanganui Chronicle sent John Roestenburg to photograph... more
Wanganui's Cooks Gardens became a tent city at the weekend for the Cancer... more
Fun in the sun, from the river to the Sea. more
Teddy bears at Kowhai Park for the Picinic. Hosted by Lions clubs and Plunket. more
Tot Town Railway 50th Celebration party at Kowhai Park. more
Fire up the Whangaui river Ranana. Fire fighter load up to be heli'd in more
Srub fire 4km's south of the Wanagnui Ariport. more
A large scrub fire on the banks of the Whanganui River near South of... more
2013 Fieldings Central District Field day at Mansfield Park more
Skip Whanganui Childrens Day,Springvale Park. more
model train expo at Eulogy Lounge, Racecourse. more
childrens activities at Kowhai Park,part of Raukotahi summit more
ANZAC Day again saw a positive coming together of the nation with memories, tributes and, of course, a few tears.
'Only the dead have seen the end of war ' Plato. You seem to attack the US in the conflicts you mention yet you fail to comment on the millions killed in Africa by the inaction of European nations in their failure to respond to conflicts there. France...
A Wanganui company director had his two-year term on the national Plumber, Gasfitters' and Drainlayers' Board extended by another three years.
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I wouldn't know half as much as I do about gardening if it weren't for The Landscaper's clients, who, I'm convinced, get together on a weekly basis to think up difficult questions to keep us on our toes.
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An iconic landmark has been stolen from the Auckland suburb of Blockhouse Bay. The wooden three-metre boat which sits on the roundabout at the entrance to the area was taken on Friday night. Blockhouse Bay-Lynfield Lions Club secretary Alan Gray says it would have taken two or three people to move it. "I don't know why they took it. "It would have needed a trailer or a ute to take it.'' Alan Gray says someone might have taken it to fish, but that'll be a problem because it has a big hole in the hull.
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