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Combined effort by Rebel Sport, Pita Pit and others

Children have been given bags of gear and suggestions for games.

Wanganui defence and discipline defeat South Canterbury in Heartland rugby opener

Team shows cool heads to minimise penalties and stop South Canterbury's bigger pack

Rugby: Wanganui Development beat Wellington Maori Development despite giving them players

Coach Jerome McCrea willing to risk an official loss so long as opposition have full side

Heartland Championship rugby in review

Several matches decided inside final 10 minutes have big bearing opening day points table

Tough weekend for young Wanganui rugby players and Samoans

Wanganui rep teams and Heartland Hurricanes fall to heavy defeats to strong opposition

Your say: Sweeping claim not right about Whanganui rubbish collection

Readers get it off their chest: Rubbish bags, assisted dying, the Treaty and Donald Trump

Rachel Rose: Agencies working to counter family violence

Domestic violence is increasing -- so is the work to combat it

Man dies in car crash

The driver received moderate injuries and was taken to hospital.

Like a Sherlock Holmes case, beekeepers track down stolen hives

Nathan David Churton received 64 beehives stolen from Settlers Honey sites in Kai Iwi.

Former tenants slam property management company

Former tenants say they are not surprised to hear of The Rent Centre's failings.

Improved hihi feeders installed at Bushy Park

Bushy Park has five new state-of-the art metal hihi feeders.

Champion boxer's itinerary still being worked through

Joseph Parker's visit to Whanganui still being worked out.

Dad sentenced after assaulting his special needs son's bully

Shane Anthony Solway had 40 hours of community work imposed on him in court.

Mongrel Mob tried moving in on Black Power turf, resident says

Local who lives near property where man was shot dead fears a full-blown gang turf war.

Nothing to fear, say police, in wake of fatal gang shooting in Whanganui

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a fatal gang shooting

Whanganui homicide: Police reassure community

Police launched a homicide investigation after the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old man.

Local Focus: Big brass changing lives

Big brass band teaches kids more than just music. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

NZ's first maximum three-strikes sentence handed down

Sentence comes as the Government holds its criminal justice summit.