Whanganui will get two more fulltime staff in a push by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora to hire 380 additional nurses, healthcare assistants and midwifery workers over the next year. It comes after the country’s biggest employer released its...
Women’s Refuge Whanganui was Ngamari Sharrock’s first home in Whanganui. Sharrock was 4 when she arrived at its doors in the 1990s with her pregnant mother and younger brother. Her mother had taken them to Women’s Refuge in Christchurch and...
Whanganui rugby stalwart Robert “Bob” Barrell has been made patron of the Whanganui Rugby Football Union, the third in its history. Barrell accepted the title at Cooks Gardens after the Steelform Whanganui v King Country Heartland...
Rangitīkei District Council is split on whether public toilets should be located under Taihape Grandstand. Taihape Grandstand Restoration Committee (TGRC) chairwoman Gill Duncan submitted an urgent request for the council to confirm...
If you’re in danger now: Phone the police on 111 or ask neighbours or friends to ring for you. Run outside and head for where there are other people. Scream for help so your neighbours can hear you. Take the children with you. Don’t stop to get...