Winter Olympics staff train on Mt Ruapehu
The guests learnt about rescue techniques and ski patrolling skills.
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Comment: Parapara Highway slip major disruption to business
A major transport and business artery was severed last week...
Low voting return so far in local elections
Voting is slow in the region as election day looms.
Letters: Rubbish around city a shock for students
Readers' letters to the Whanganui Chronicle
Second water bottling application - larger than first
Applications for water take are decided only on environmental effects - Horizons.
Man who allegedly pointed gun at police, stole police car appears in court
Charges laid after manhunt.
Online manhunt: Town watches on Facebook Live as police storm home
Manhunt ends in arrests after dramatic Raetihi stakeout.
Ohakune manhunt: Tama Rawhiti still sought after police car stolen at gunpoint
Police are still hunting a man they believe stole a patrol car at gunpoint in Ohakune.
Police officers held at gunpoint, car stolen
The thief crashed the car into a gatepost and fled on foot.
Raetihi matriarch treated community as her family
The woman referred to as Raetihi's matriarch, Jessie Seaman, has died, aged 96.
Primary cross country results
Results of the 29th annual Aranui Primary Interschool Cross Country Championships.
Smile NZ initiative back for another year
Free Dental Day, Smile NZ, comes to Ohakune.
Gardening: Get the best from your blueberry patch
Gardening columnist Gareth Carter has advice on growing blueberries in Whanganui.
Squash: Whanganui Club wins Central Districts Champion of Champions crown
Wins first combined Central Districts club title since 2004.
Health Quality Awards celebrate Whanganui initiatives
The 2019 Te Tohu Rangatira Whanganui District Health Quality Awards were presented.
Ruapehu waterways get restoration grants
Groups have been given funds to monitor and understand Ruapehu waterways.
Getting ready for over 120 minutes of hell
"One of the lads said 'shall we practice some penalties'?"
Building a dream: The road to Tūroa skifield
A dream of a skifield above Ohakune motivated locals to build the Ohakune Mountain Road.
Witty, gritty poetry to support Brain Injury Association
Performers will support Whanganui Brain Injury Association with music and verse.
Raetihi walkway revives activity at Makotuku River
Two Raetihi women make native bush and swimming at the Makotuku River accessible.
'Smear Your Mea' campaign offers free cervical screening
Free cervical screening will be available at some clinics during September.
Firm of 'good bastards' celebrates 150 years
Law firm Treadwell Gordon reflects on the past and present after 150 years in practice.
Ruapehu's Horizons candidates cover spectrum
The Ruapehu District has three strong candidates for Horizons Regional Council.
Popular Ohakune park up for second award
Ohakune's carrot park competes with Taupo hot stream for favourite visitor spot.
Temperature nearly tops 20C in Whanganui's warm July
Manawatū-Whanganui region one of New Zealand's hotspots in July.
Ngāti Rangi chairman shocked by lack of consultation over Ohakune
Geographic Board changes Ohakune spelling after input from Ruapehu iwi.
Ohakune snow 'absolutely beautiful', blizzard on mountain
Ruapehu gets the ski season's first big series of snowfalls.
Senior tennis: Cranston in-form for worlds
Ohakune tennis ace in hot form ahead of world senior champs in Portugal.
Good footy fun in the country
Neville Hopkins had a grand old time up the Waitotara Valley last Saturday.
Inside the aftermath of ski lodge blaze
Fire and Emergency staff have shown the public through a fire-damaged Ōhakune ski lodge.
Rugby: Could Border vs Taihape be another classic grand final?
West vs East in the ultimate battle for the silverware at Cooks Gardens.
'Hosting half a million people on an active volcano': RAL boss calls time
Ross Copland will take up chief executive position with Remarkables Park Ltd in Queenstown
Ohakune boil water notice to be lifted on Thursday
The turbidity levels are now under what they need to be to meet drinking water standards.
Taihape defy the odds in Ohakune upset
Smart kicking, brave defence pulls visitors over the line against Northern Subunion mates.