Whanganui
May the best speaker win
Top students from secondary and tertiary institutions gather to compete for first place in a speech competition - in Chinese. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets students from around the North Island to see who… Audio, Gallery
Whanganui pushes ahead with sale of pensioner flats
Whanganui is to push ahead with plans to sell its pensioner flats. Audio
Hit and run driver dies in car crash fire
A hit-and-run driver's suffered a fiery death avoiding police road spikes in Whanganui. Audio
Dick Martin: tunnellers
Son of WW1 sapper Bertram Martin, one of the New Zealand Tunnellers. Audio
Sister Noelene Makes a Habit of Sustainable Development
A Saint Joseph nun in Whanganui is doing her best to minimize her environmental footprint and invests tens of hours in planting fruit trees, native trees and deciduous trees, developing wetlands and… Audio
DHB to support staff member facing manslaughter charge
The Whanganui District Health Board says it will continue to support a staff member charged with manslaughter after a toddler died on the hospital grounds in January. Audio
Chris Pryor and Miriam Smith: social rugby
Auckland filmmakers who spent a year in Reporoa, Bay of Plenty, to film The Ground We Won, a candid portrait of a New Zealand provincial rugby team. Audio
Whanganui proposes sale of pensioner units
The fate of some of Whanganui's most vulnerable residents hangs in the balance as the city considers the future of its two hundred and seventy five pensioner units. Audio
Cost of wastewater plant rebuild balloons
The cost of rebuilding Whanganui's failed wastewater treatment plant has ballooned from 25 million dollars to 38-million. Audio
Indigenous Convicts - Hindsight
The stories of Hohepa Te Umuroa of Ngāti Hau (Te Ati Haunui a Pāpārangi), Khoi San Leader David Sturraman and Aborigine Musquito are woven into a documentary produced by Lorena Allam and Louis… Audio
Crown rates exemption under fire
Whanganui has re-ignited the debate over whether the Crown should be exempt from paying local body rates. Audio
Forgotten photos
Athol McCredie, Te Papa's Curator of Photography, is trying to track down the backstory of some interesting photos in its collection. Audio
Delhi Village
On the outskirts of Whanganui city a group of like minded people have bought 12 hectares of rural land to develop an environmentally sustainable community. They all own their own homes, but the bulk… Audio
Further to polics naming of toddler
We have now been send these comments from The Whanganui District health Board about the death of 16-month- year-old Mace Caldwell. Audio
Politicians make annual pilgrimmage to Ratana
For the first time in a decade, the Labour Party will today walk onto Ratana Pa holding the local Maori electorate seat. Audio
Whanganui Police have released name of baby
Whanganui Police have released the name of the baby, who died at the Whanganui Hospital on 16 January, 2015. Audio
Whanganui mayor urges people to be compassionate
The Whanganui Mayor, Annette Main, is asking people to show compassion after the death of a toddler in the grounds of the town's hospital. Audio
Police poised to reveal details about toddler's death
The police are remaining tight lipped about how a 16-month-old boy died on the grounds of Whanganui Hospital. Audio
Officials tight lipped over death of Whanganui toddler
Police are still refusing to coment on the cause of death of a toddler in the grounds of Whanganui Hospital, amid speculation that the child was left in a car in the summer heat. Audio
I am the river, the river is me
Dame Anne Salmond explores the radical nature of the settlement between the Whanganui River iwi and the Government signed in August 2014, recognising the river as a legal person in its own right. This… Audio
