In its place, the law recognised something the Whanganui iwi had asserted for well over a century ... one appointed by the Whanganui iwi, one by the Crown, acting jointly as what the Act calls the human face of the river.
The original diaries are held in the WhanganuiRegional Museum archives and remain an important resource for researchers, historians and family historians alike ....
The 68-year-old was later found guilty by a jury of representative charges of sexual violation by rape, unlawful sexual connection and sexual conduct with a child, and last week was sentenced in the WhanganuiDistrict Court to 13 years' imprisonment.
The boy, from the Manawatū-Whanganui region, was significantly underweight and had sores on his body, indicating he had been lying down for a period of time ...Last week in the Whanganui District Court, ...
Having spotted a few extra dollars in their MyLotto account, they moved away from their usual ticket and purchased a Triple Dip, which gave them three lines of Strike in Wednesday night’s Strike Must Be Won draw ....
Native migratory fish have been detected nearly 300 km inland from the WhanganuiRiver mouth in recent research aimed at guiding restoration of the river.
Melissa Takao-Brandt, 46, said she had fixed about $300 worth of crystals to her mother’s grave in Aramoho Cemetery in Whanganui... The Aramoho Cemetery is Whanganui District Council’s main site for cremations and burials.