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Records Tumble In Annual Whanganui Street Fight

Scoop 27 Dec 2025
The grand finale on the fabled Cemetery Circuit on Boxing Day, a massive annual festival of speed that is always a popular last fling before New Year celebrations begin, certainly delighted the large crowd that showed up on Friday ....
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Whanganui Streets Braced For Spectacular Finale

Scoop 22 Dec 2025
The 2025 edition of the always-popular Suzuki International Series kicked off at the Taupo International Motorsport Park on the first weekend in December and round two was staged at Manfeild, in Feilding, just a week later ....
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Country Life: On The Job With Whanganui River's Rural Postie

Scoop 21 Dec 2025
Rural postie Tracy Marshall takes visitors along her mail delivery route which winds along the Whanganui River ....
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Temporary Fire Ban For Manawatū-Whanganui District

Scoop 15 Dec 2025
Manawatū-Whanganui District Manager Glen Varcoe says recent weather conditions have led to vegetation drying out quickly ....
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14 fire crews respond to Whanganui vegetation blaze

RNZ 14 Dec 2025
About 50 firefighters and four helicopters were working to contain a large fire in a pine forest near Whanganui on Sunday evening ... Three pumps from Whanganui and three water tankers were in action, as ...
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'A Gesture Of Courage': Whanganui Hapū Celebrate Settlement Milestone

Scoop 05 Dec 2025
Lead negotiator Ken Mair said the ceremony marked a major milestone in a "long and tiring" Treaty settlement journey ....
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'A gesture of courage': Whanganui hapū celebrate settlement milestone

RNZ 05 Dec 2025
Years of Treaty settlement negotiations came to a close at Parliament on Thursday as Whanganui hapū representatives initialled He Rau Tukutuku, the Deed of Settlement with the Crown ... in Whanganui.
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Plan Approval Sets Stage For Future Ruapehu-Whanganui Water Services

Scoop 24 Nov 2025
The Secretary for Local Government has also signalled ...
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Gold Clam Threat Prompts Warning To Whanganui River Boaties

Scoop 18 Nov 2025
Horizons Regional Council environmental manager Craig Davey said the Whanganui River Clam Response Group was already working to stop the destructive species from reaching local waterways ....
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Whanganui Glass Artist Lands National Residency

Scoop 05 Nov 2025
Batchelar, who recently returned to Aotearoa after nine years working in Adelaide’s vibrant glass scene, will spend four weeks in NZG’s world-class studio from 6 July to 2 August 2026 ....
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Manawatū-Whanganui Civil Defence boosting staff numbers as more stormy weather looms

RNZ 23 Oct 2025
Manawatū-Whanganui Civil Defence is bringing in extra staff to its Emergency Coordination Centre in response to the forecast ... this weather event on the Manawatū-Whanganui Civil Defence Facebook page.
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Climate Resilience Funding Boost For Whanganui Port’s South Mole Works

Scoop 17 Oct 2025
Design and consents are in place for the first component of this newly funded works programme to get underway ....
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Whanganui Tops 50% Voter Turnout – Highest Since 2016

Scoop 17 Oct 2025
Whanganui District Council confirmed a final voter turnout of 50.32 percent, the district’s best result since 2016 and one of the highest among larger districts nationwide ....
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Whanganui Elects First Māori Ward Councillors As Voters Signal Support For Seats

Scoop 15 Oct 2025
Whanganui’s first Māori ward councillors, ...
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Whanganui elects first Māori ward councillors as voters signal support for seats

RNZ 15 Oct 2025
Whanganui's first Māori ward councillors, Geoff Hipango and Julie Herewini, say their election marks both a milestone for local democracy and a call to strengthen Māori participation in local government.

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