
Club rugby: Rātana shaping up as powerhouse in senior competition
The club is aiming to return to the heights it reached in the early 2000s.
The club is aiming to return to the heights it reached in the early 2000s.
John B. Phillips rounds up the rugby for Whanganui Midweek.
The ticket won a share of the second division and Powerball second division prizes.
The sides have big aspirations to make the finals this season.
Six teams in the country group are fighting to make the top 3.
Taihape's Reuben Alabaster will attempt the record later this year.
"The ball is in the Ministry of Health and DHBs' court, not in ours."
A wrap of this weekend's Premier and Senior competition.
Kāinga Ora says the Whanganui region is a priority for more safe and affordable housing.
Whanganui Metro will seek their first season win in the women's competition.
Marist take on Border in this Saturday's other Premier fixture.
There are only five premier teams and the second tier has been split on regional lines.
Some services will go ahead despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The new Mangaweka Bridge over the Rangitīkei River is scheduled to open in June.
Fire and Emergency said none of the people needed help being removed from their cars.
Growing blaze closed main trunk line for nearly six hours.
Each ward represents a population of approximately 1400.
Dedication, a wide range of skills and being able to drop everything are needed.
A motorcyclist had to be rescued from the bottom of a bank after a crash near Taihape.
People with symptoms urged to get tested, isolate if necessary to help "slow the spread".
There is a pop-up RAT testing station at the Whanganui Racecourse.
The practice has been operating out of its current premises for the past 10 years.
RATs take just 20 minutes to get a result versus days for PCR testing.
Roads across the wider Whanganui region are closed due to flooding and slips.
Rain - sometimes heavy - is expected to fall right through this weekend.
Taihape Subway remains the most recently notified location of interest in the area.
There's plenty of rain on the way for the region this long weekend.
Locations of interest in the Whanganui DHB area are continuing to increase.
Mōkai Pātea people want old wrongs righted and a new future through their claims.