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elcome wonderful readers - to our Autumn/Winter 2017 edition of Celebrating Whanganui. Inside you can read about updates from our Rivercity, as well as highlights and success stories since last year.

Our magazine has grown due to the local support of our Whanganui businesses, we are extremely proud to present our largest magazine yet! More interesting and informative stories of our Whanganui people and showcasing our region’s top businesses, opportunities and talent.

Inside this issue: the velodrome roof update, Te Awa Tupua – (our river, gained legal entity), Round the Bridges fun run hits its 40th anniversary, La Fiesta, Sarjeant Gallery update, new skate park, and a whole lot more.

world class schooling, thriving arts and culture communities, amazing sports venues, combine this with moderate temperatures all year round, - imagine a life in Whanganui!

This is our seventh edition, we have built a very strong network globally and continue to receive fantastic feedback from our readers, many of them abroad.

Celebrating Whanganui will reach all NZ Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates in the world, as well as district councils across New Zealand, and locally, you won’t have to look too far for your copy. If you would like extra copies please don’t hesitate to visit our local office or email me (info below).

Relax, read and enjoy!

Whanganui is a breathtakingly beautiful city to live in, offering unbeatable quality of life. Affordable homes (average house price in Whanganui in Feb 2017 NZ$220,000),

P3 - Message from the Mayor P4 - Visitor numbers up P5 - Air Chathams P6 - Unique legal status for Whanganui River P7 - DML Construction P8 - NZ Masters Games P9 - Liquorland P10 - Braemar House P11 - Wanganui Motors P12 - Gallery to encompass NZ art glass scene P13 - Elite Mechanical P14 - Tylee Cottage P15 - Trafalgar Square P16-17 - Whanganui rocks P18-20 - Education P21 - Velodrome closer to raising roof P22 - Landlords Link P23 - FOMS Ltd P24 - Community Bike Park P25 - Jurgens Demolition P26 - Ultimate NZ wilderness experience P27 - Bridge To Nowhere

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ust recently Council hosted our biggest ever citizenship ceremony.

It is always a happy and moving event. It is pleasing that so many people are choosing to commit to Whanganui, a refuge of safety, energy, success, beauty and friendship, in a world that sometimes seems dangerous and chaotic.

Every so often it is right to pause and celebrate this wonderful place. To paraphrase the late Paul Callaghan, the former New Zealander of the Year who grew up in Wanganui East, “we are a place where talent thrives”. Over the last year: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Corporal Keisha Malone was the Airman of the Year We were again in the Smart 21 a recognition of our digital leadership Council’s IT department won a best practice award Otamatea Olive Oil won a silver at the national awards Andre Bronniman won the National Portraiture award Rachel Stewart won a Qantas media award for best opinion writer Samuel Roach won best plasterer in the nation We were listed as a top ten destinations in an Australian publication The river, Te Awa Tupua is now a legal entity, a unique status that received worldwide media attention Our own Richie Dibben broke the lap record at the Cemetery circuit Pacific Helmets won a design award High School won the Stage Challenge Historian Danny Keenan won a Maori Book Award Gail Harrison from the Learning Centre was ACE Educator of the Year And our Butcher Boys won the Meads Cup for the second year running

Ever more people are learning about this jewel of a district. We need to have all 45,000 of us telling the rest of the world about Whanganui. I’m immensely proud to be from here, and feel so lucky every time I wake up to the sight of our valley.

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esults for December 2016 show visitor arrivals increasing by almost 13,000 people compared to last year.

Occupancy rates are up as is the length of stay.

January 2017 shows growth of 12% for visitor spend in the district over the last 12 months and a total of $14 million in visitor spend for January alone (a 17% increase in month to month growth).

And the Whanganui i-SITE has had the biggest monthly sales turnover for this February since 2006.

More and more people are choosing to arrive in campervans and motorhomes, staying with friends and family and using Airbnb and holiday home options.

This information comes from a new measurement tool, Qrious Tourism Insights (using anonymous cell phone activity). Along with accommodation figures from the time of the flood, the growth of these new trends suggest reductions in the number of visitors staying in motels and hotels.

“Looking at tourism statistics we always have to view it from a longer term perspective”, said Lyn Cheyne, Strategic Lead – Destination for Whanganui and Partners.

“As monthly and even annual statistics can fluctuate, I track and graph all our statistics every month from June 2014.

Everything we measure is continuing to trend up.”

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he Whanganui River now has the legal status of a person under a unique Treaty settlement passed into law at Parliament on 15th March, 2017.

The settlement means the river, the third-longest in the country, has all the “rights, duties and liabilities that come with personhood”.

Among other things, the river could now be represented in court proceedings, Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson said.

“I know the initial inclination of some people will say it’s pretty strange to give a natural resource a legal personality.

“But it’s no stranger than family trusts, or companies, or incorporated societies.”

The river would be represented by two officials, one from the Whanganui iwi and the other from the Crown.

Labour’s Te Tai Hauauru MP Adrian Rurawhe said that in Whanganui, the wellbeing of the river was directly linked to the wellbeing of the people.

Therefore, the concept of treating a river as a person was not unusual for Maori. It was captured in the well known Maori saying, “I am the river and the river is me”.

“It’s not that we’ve changed our world view, but people are catching up to seeing things the way that we see them,” Mr Rurawhe said.

It is the first time legal status has been given to a natural resource in New Zealand, but a similar legal innovation was used in the Tuhoe settlement in 2013.

In that case, Te Urewera National Park in the central North Island was also recognised as a legal entity with all the rights of a person.

The land was legally owned by nobody, but jointly managed by the Crown and Tuhoe.

The Whanganui Treaty settlement also included $80 million in financial redress, $30 million towards a contestable fund to improve the health of the river, and $1 million to establish the legal framework for the river.

Mr Finlayson said the settlement brought the longest-running litigation in New Zealand history to an end. Whanganui iwi had fought for recognition of their relationship with the river since the 1870s, he said.

Iwi marked the passing of the legislation with a waiata in the House.

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HISTORIC OCCASION: Whanganui iwi stand in the gallery at Parliament to sing a waiata to celebrate the passing into law of Te Awa Tupua, the Whanganui River Claims settlement bill.

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ince its inception in 1989, the New Zealand Masters Games has grown from humble beginnings of 1500 entrants competing across 29 sports to the heady heights of over 8,000 entrants and 67 sports, making it the biggest Masters Games event in New Zealand by far - held on alternate years in Whanganui and Dunedin.

The wind kept the flags aloft, a bright sun shone and representatives of dozens of sports showed up to open the Whanganui Masters Games in style on a Friday evening in early February.

A mix of cultural formalities and informal speeches, the occasion closed with the National Anthem, during which four RNZAF T-6C Texan aircraft performed a smoking flypast over Cooks Gardens.

Proceedings began when sports representatives and VIPs met at the Maria Pl entrance to the venue. Led by Mayor Hamish McDouall, Events Trust Chairman Mark Stoneman and various dignitaries and Games organisers, the procession entered the athletics track. Sportspeople walked with signs reading like a list of Masters Games events as master of ceremonies Craig Hanford introduced the programme and participants.

A note from the conch shell sounded throughout the Cooks Gardens amphitheatre as people started to move. High above a lone drone buzzed, recording the event.

Mark Stoneman accepted the challenge after Ned Tapa’s wero and called on in the traditional way, dignitaries filed into the front seats of a temporary auditorium in before a low stage. A large contingent of local iwi representatives provided kapa haka and song and kaumatua John Maihi spoke in te reo. A single blokart displayed its agility in the wind, Craig listed all the sports taking part and then the speeches began.

Mayor Hamish McDouall said how he loved the Masters Games and that he was proud to be mayor of the city hosting the event. “I think we are in the best place to be in the entire world right now.”

Mark Stoneman thanked the people responsible for putting the games together and supporting the biennial event, before welcoming visitors to Whanganui.

Events Trust chief executive Kathy Cunningham asked everyone to acknowledge the volunteers who worked to make the games happen and the sponsors who provided the resources. The National Anthem was led by sopranos Marie Brooks and Rosie Rendell, with

L to R: Mayor Hamish McDouall, Rosie Rendall and Marie Brooks led the National Anthem, (top right) the lone piper, (bottom right) Masters Games participants

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assistance from students of Whanganui Intermediate School. During the English version the RNZAF made its appearance, flying to strict military schedule, passing across the oval, trailing smoke and distracting many a camera.

After the formalities, the conch sounded again, and everyone left Cooks Gardens to proceed up Maria Place to the War Memorial Centre for the evening’s entertainment. A lone piper played as the crowd left.

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“It’s crucial your staff are friendly and welcoming with good product knowledge,” she says.

It’s the “customer friendly” attitude that turns casual shoppers into regulars and ensures everyone feels comfortable in the store.

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Even with limited space, Liquorland is well stocked and product is laid out in “rooms” where customers can browse. The stands are well spaced, easy to access, with room for mobility scooters and wheelchairs. Jenny says she is also keen to bring in new product at customers’ requests.

Throughout the shop there is variety, from tried and true to new imports and seasonal promotions.

Liquorland has an expanded range of craft beers for those willing to experiment with flavours and there are even more single malt whiskeys in stock.

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He sold the building in 1911 to Misses Alice and Kit Gordon, who converted it into Braemar Hospital for private, surgical, and maternity care.

In 1927 the property passed to a Mrs Christie who firstly continued the private hospital and then converted it to an older persons home.

By 1976 the home closed as a private institution. It was renamed the "Riverside Inn" by the new owner, Clayton Crowe, and had a chequered history with several owners until 1987 when Don and Maree Adams bought the property. They started the YHA hostel, ran canoe trips on the river and then coach tours in the area.

They also did the rural mail run up the Whanganui River Road to Pipiriki and took passengers. In 1991 the "Riverside Inn" passed to the Gedye family, who after nearly a 100 years of an eventful life, began extensive renovations. In 2001, the property was renamed "Braemar House" but by that time had absentee owners until new owners, Clive Rivers and Rob Gooch, took over the YHA hostel and BnB in 2002.

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new era has begun for art glass in Whanganui with the opening of New Zealand Glassworks - Te Whare Tuhua o Te Ao. “It’s an open access studio for both professional artists and the greater community to experience and educate in art glass,” manager Scott Redding said at the opening of the facility on Rutland St late last year.

The opening came five months after Chronicle Glass, a private enterprise run by artists Katie Brown and Lyndsay Patterson, was bought by the Whanganui District Council’s charitable trust.

“It’s going to bring a lot of tourists in. It’s going to be great for the general community and it’s going to be great support centre not just for glass artists but the whole arts sector here in Whanganui,” Mr Redding said.

The council said the move was about

keeping Whanganui’s reputation as a national centre for glass art, particularly following the closure of the Wanganui Glass School last year.

The facility will be used by hot and kiln glass artists, UCOL design students and there is a public gallery exhibiting work from around the country.

“So we’re bringing together the commercial side by having the retail aspect with the gallery, exhibitions and then allowing the space for both professionals and then that educational side for artists to develop further and then teach novices,” Mr Redding said.

Describing it as the national centre for glass art, Mr Redding said he had been travelling around New Zealand and had received great support from national glass scene.

“Our gallery will represent the best glass art in the country.” He said the New

Zealand glass scene was strong and that was why he moved back from Melbourne to lead the project. He is planning interactive evenings and workshops for artists and for the community.

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By Helen Frances ound artist/composer Susan Frykberg completed her five-month Tylee Cottage residency with a performance and installation created in response to the life and art of Whanganui painter Edith Collier.

The performances were in early February, at the Sarjeant on the Quay gallery and included flautist Ingrid Culliford, actor Kerry Girdwood, singers Shaila Hawkins and Ethan Castellanos, pianist Helen Gordon and video artist Brit Bunkley.

The performance included songs and a piece for spoken voice, with the texts based mainly on written quotes from Collier and some of her relatives. However, Frykberg wrote one - The day of my life is measured in paintings in the morning; in the afternoon nephews and nieces: But remember my grief at midday.

The installation included a video work by Brit Bunkley featuring Collier’s paintings and a soundscape by Frykberg.

Alongside this was a selection of works by Collier from the Sarjeant Gallery collection.

The installation, It Shows Really, a Rather Beautiful Spirit , expresses Frykberg’s feeling for Collier’s life and work and will run to May 7, 2017.

“Because Edith was such an important figure in Whanganui, I wanted to learn about her and get my own feel for her,” Frykberg said. “So I read lots about her, watched the films made about her and

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looked at her paintings.

“She painted like mad in England until she was about 30 but after she came back to Whanganui she didn’t paint much.

This can be attributed to a combination of events, including bad reviews, her father burning some of her paintings as well as the enormous task of taking genuine care of 37 nieces and nephews.

“I heard from two who are still alive and they said she was a really loving and caring aunt.”

Frykberg was inspired by Collier’s energy and the diversity of painting styles and techniques she explored.

“She was right there at that incredibly lively period of artistic change - 1913 to 1921 in Europe and England, and she was just coming into her own when she had to come back to New Zealand. Had she continued painting she would have been an outstanding 20th century painter - that said, she is still very good.”

Frykberg, herself, studied overseas in France, England and Canada with some leading figures in composition and sound art. As a life-long learner she also studied theology and ancient languages.

She has lived in Whanganui before (2010-12) at the Quaker Settlement, which she enjoyed immensely, so she was excited to return for the Tylee Cottage residency.

When she took up the residency, she wanted to base all her work on the sounds of Whanganui.

She said Whanganui’s soundscape

had some unique qualities which she has incorporated in her work.

“Because it’s so quiet you can hear the dawn chorus really well - the birds across the river as well as close by.

“From the top of the hill you can hear the sea early in the morning and when you listen carefully you can almost hear the shape of the waves.

“The Durie Hill tunnel; cabbage tree and flax leaves; bamboo and other trees in Kowhai Park all give the city its acoustic colour. And there are unique sounds - like those of the Waimarie and the carillon and during Vintage Weekend, the horns of the old-fashioned cars.”

In addition to the work on Edith Collier, Frykberg has composed a string quartet for the Richdale Quartet called Whanganui Soundscapes and a sound artwork called The Artists of Tylee Cottage with Joe Salmon and Kerry Girdwood, and both were performed at the gallery last year.

She also led a soundwalk which offered the experience of listening to the soundscape while walking.

“People loved it. One of them said it was almost like a composition - the way the sound of voices (at the market) slowly faded out and the sounds on the bridge faded in.

“Murray Schafer, who was the first person to systematically explore the soundscape, has a lovely saying: ‘We are all composers of the world soundscape’. It is a new way of experiencing the world.”

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As a ‘child of the ‘80’s’ Trafalgar Square has seen some changes over the years but none so spectacular as the new logo and façade upgrade works completed in 2016.

customers to use and browse, shop, eat and relax in our wonderful foodcourt.

Three of the stores in the centre have been there since the beginning; Countdown (formerly Foodtown) Wendy’s Supa Sundaes and Trafalgar Lotto.

The bathrooms and foodcourt have also been upgraded and modernised to ensure the best experience for all the customers who visit the centre.

The creation of the annex building, which now houses Carpet Court, utilised the former site of the Criterion Hotel.

Number 1 Shoes has grown significantly over the years in to a 727m2 store to meet all footwear requirements.

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Now in its 28th year of trading, Trafalgar Square is proud to remain at the heart of the Wanganui community.

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hat's black and white and read all over? If you happen to walk in one of the public areas in Whanganui the answer could be a painted rock.

Whanganui Rocks is not only a statement about our city but also the name of a group devoted to painting rocks and placing them around Whanganui. Group organiser Stephanie Ward came upon the idea after seeing a similar group pop up in Palmerston North.

In October she decided to start up her own version in the river city. "I thought ‘oh that sounds really fun.' I looked to see if there was one in Whanganui, couldn't find one so I started one up with my friends. It just kind of spread from there."

She says she was amazed by how big the craze has gotten with the group having over 5000 followers on Facebook. "When this first started and we were getting up to 200 I was like ‘oh my goodness'."

The idea is to paint a rock and place "It's been out there for about three them in public areas for other hunters to weeks now, it's been to the beach, it's been find and members tell other rockers the geocaching, it's been to peoples' homes, location on the Facebook page. people write poems about where they are hiding him."

"People can be as vague or as specific as they like. We've had people write poems as a clue or take a photo." But there is a top rock in Whanganui, a turtle named Frank, that everyone is trying to find.

Creator Vanessa Paikea said she wanted to make Frank a bit differently. "Most of the time when a rock is found they would then be scooped up and taken home.

"I thought wouldn't it be cool if I did a different kind of a rock and just put on the back ‘re-hide'," she said. The idea was Frank the Turtle - painted by Vanessa Paikea. Frank has been found and re-hidden by dozens of people since he first a hit. appeared at Virginia Lake

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17 “I provided the rock but the real movement behind Frank is the people.” She says the rocks are bringing the Whanganui community closer together. “What I love about Whanganui Rocks is the fact that the community are talking to one another, usually if you go out to the lake usually if you went out there for a bit of a walk you’d just see people around not talking to each other. “ Now you see people, walking in areas they usually wouldn’t walk into, people chatting, kids getting excited. My kids went there and found a spider eating a wasp, and normally they wouldn’t notice these things because you’re just walking and there’s no reason to look.” She wants all members to know Frank had a companion join him reently, Bugs the rabbit.

The Wanganui Chronicle joined with Resene to run a competition in five age groups, which raised $400 for St John Ambulance.

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hanganui has moved a step closer to roofing its cycling velodrome. Resource consent was granted by an independent commissioner.

The Whanganui District Council, in conjunction with the Regional Velodrome Development Trust, has developed a draft business plan and preliminary design work has been undertaken.

Council chief executive Kym Fell said the Whanganui velodrome was a strategic asset for the Manawatu-Whanganui region and acknowledged the importance of council support to protect the facility.

“Without a roof, the feedback we have had from engineers is that our velodrome will need to be removed or rebuilt in about six years’ time, so now is the time to be thinking about how we can make sure this regional asset is preserved,” Mr Fell said.

“As part of the roofing project, we are looking at developing the area in the centre of the facility so it can be used for a wide variety of regional activities as well as cycling and inline skating.

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Trust is progressing with a developed design and geotechnical work to advance the project.

Funding for the project has been allocated in the draft 2017/18 Annual Plan.

Simon Waters - Wanganui Chronicle It’s encouraging to know that there is still support out there to protect and enhance this major sporting and event centre in the city.

It was voted #1 by the public in a referendum a few years back but wasn’t supported by the mayor of the day.

Cycling NZ have identified the need for regional development hubs to support the national centre in Cambridge and Wanganui has been appointed for this providing it is weather protected and it will serve the area from Wellington to New Plymouth Of course having it covered would encourage promoters to organise both major cycling and non-cycling events without the threat of a rain out.

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he country’s forestry sector can expect to see the current strong market continuing long term, fuelled by the ongoing demand from Asia.

New Zealand export log prices are currently at the highest quarterly average in over a decade, pushed along by low shipping rates and demand from China, the country’s largest export market.

An AgriHQ survey of exporters, forest owners and sawmillers said the forestry industry was continuing to enjoy a spell which has regularly been described as the strongest in at least 20 years.

And the data has been backed up by Marcus Musson, a director of FOMS Ltd (FOMS).

Mr Musson’s company provides harvesting and marketing services to private forest owners across the North Island and he said the returns for owners had been the most stable the market had seen since 2013.

He said historically there was a sharp price correction following Chinese New Year celebrations in February when log inventory levels in China reached levels exceeding 4 million cubic metres.

Usually there was something like 50,000 cubic metres of logs and lumber landing in China each day during the holiday period, “a time which basically has zero demand for between two and four weeks”.

Unlike previous years when the log prices have drastically receded as a result of a supply and demand imbalance, this year there has been price increases in the face of the highest post Chinese New Year in-market inventory in memory (5 million cubic metres). “Off port demand in China is currently running at 80,000 cubic meters per day whereas supply is 60,000 cubic metres therefore the high inventory levels are receding rather quickly” “China has reduced their annual domestic harvest in response to water quality issues which has resulted in increased demand for our products,” Mr Musson said.

“We expect some further increases in cost of freight rates in April but we only expect this to be short lived as the global commodity trade remains flat and fuel prices are steady” he said.

Domestic log prices have also been buoyant over the past 12 month period with many sawmills experiencing very low log inventories.

“While the high export returns do play a part in the low domestic sawmill inventory, one of the main driving factors is the increased production many of these mills have been able to achieve due to upgrades and mechanisation” Mr Musson said.

Mr Musson expected the forest sector to continue to provide forest owners with healthy returns.

He said it was a view supported by the number of Chinese buyers looking for forest investments here.

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tage one of the community bike park is complete thanks to the many contributions and donations from a variety of Whanganui community groups and businesses.

The bike park, which is adjacent to the Splash Centre, is a community-based project initiated by cycling enthusiast Greg Brodie and created in partnership with Sport Whanganui, Whanganui Mountain Bike Club and various local businesses and community groups.

While the Whanganui District Council is not contributing financially, it has made Council land which was previously underutilised available for this project and has supplied plants for landscaping around the facility.

The first stage of the project was to build a junior pump track and fence the facility, but due to weather delays, the completion of stage one took longer than expected.

Sport Whanganui’s Community Sport Manager Jodie Brunger says she is pleased

to say people have been using the junior track.

“Throughout the first stage of developing the bike park, we kept the community informed through print and social media. As a result, we’ve had other organisations get in touch with us to see how they can help with the project. We have had lots of support from businesses and volunteers to help get the track to where it is today, which has been awesome.”

Stages two and three of the bike park include a senior track, a learn-to-ride track with traffic lights and a roundabout for children 10-years old and under who are learning to ride. A water fountain, picnic tables and shade sail will also be installed.

It is estimated that the bike park will be completed by March 2018.

Leighton Toy, the Council’s General Manager, Property says that without support from local businesses and volunteers from the Whanganui Mountain

Bike Club, the project wouldn’t have happened.

“This is a really good example of how community, business and the Council can come together to make something great happen. The contribution from businesses and volunteers has been outstanding.

It shows real community spirit and will be another recreational asset for Whanganui when it is completed. Even though it is a facility for bike riders, when the picnic tables and shades are installed it will be a useable as an outdoor area for everyone. The Council is really happy to have been able to make this land available for this purpose.”

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he revitalisation of Whanganui’s port could see local boat-builder Q-West relocated by year’s end and even a new venture, Cloudy Bay Clams, in place.

That’s the hope of Whanganui mayor Hamish McDouall following a flood of submissions to the draft master plan.

Submissions on the plan closed recently and 200 submissions were received by the district council - a “good response”, Mr McDouall said.

But yesterday he cautioned that the port re-development would not happen overnight, but rather would be a gradual process.

“A lot of people are saying they have been wanting for this for a long time.”

Central government has undertaken to provide $500,000 funding to help the council develop a detailed blueprint to revitalise the marine precinct. The funding is available through Accelerate 25, the Whanganui-Manawatu Regional Growth Study.

One of the first steps is the relocation of Q-West’s boat building’s premises to Tod Street. Mr McDouall said that his hope was that move would be made by the end of this year.

He also hoped that Cloudy Bay Clams may also be operating from the port by then - “if they choose to come here”.

The Blenheim-based company has indicated it wants to use Whanganui’s port as a base for harvesting shellfish from the Foxton coast. It has a quota of 2000 tonnes of shellfish to harvest in seas that stretch 26km north and south of the Manawatu River bar at Foxton.

“We’re working hard to get them here,” Mr McDouall said.

There was also significant interest in the development of a viable ferry service, including that proposed by Mid-West Ferries. He said council was awaiting a robust business plan from the company.

A smaller scale ferry service between Whanganui and Nelson was also proposed in the submissions.

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Other submissions covered recreational uses for the port basin, such as fishing platforms and sea fishing. “We have a great coastal fishery here.”

But commercial development needed to be the initial focal point.

Mr McDouall said it was too early to put cost estimates on the various ideas but that council would need to look carefully where it spent the available capital.

Funding would come from ratepayers, central government and from commercial interests.

It was also important to future proof any work done, such as perhaps the addition of rail linkages.

Coastal shipping was becoming more relevant, Mr McDouall said, and Whanganui was in a unique position with the only south facing west coast port in the North Island.

Details of submissions and an update on the next stage of the port redevelopment would be released soon.

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ura dominated the crowd at Moutoa Gardens to celebrate Pakaitore Day with local iwi.

It’s been 22 years since the 79-day Pakaitore protest when mana whenua argued Moutoa Gardens/Pakaitore and the river were never part of the Crown purchase - something the city denied.

Rather, the iwi said, the site was a pa and a traditional place for trade.

February 28 has since been a day for local iwi to acknowledge the tribal unity and continue to spread understanding about the protest.

Pakaitore spokesman Ken Mair said more and more people were becoming aware of Pakaitore Day and more kura were joining.

“I just watched my 5-year-old grandson, Tu Korero, perform on stage with Te Atihaunui-A-Paparangi ... it’s great to see all our whanau come together and enjoy the day.”

This year Pakaitore Day worked in collaboration with UCOL orientation day with students gathered for the morning powhiri.

Mr Mair said around 700 to 800 people attended the powhiri and around 400 were in and out throughout the day.

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This year the day concluded with a presentation by members of the Pakaitore Oral History Project. They shared 50 oral interviews about the 1995 occupation. Iwi, council, police, reporters and others were interviewed.

Whanganui mayor Hamish McDouall attended the morning powhiri and returned late afternoon.

He said it was a very cohesive and enjoyable celebration.

“It was great to see local iwi get together, and I know many Maori issues were discussed, which is important,” he said.

Mr McDouall said it was also a good opportunity to celebrate how far “our Whanganui community has come”.

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t was fun and frivolity orchestrated with loud shouts of laughter outside Lady’s Rest in St Hill Street in late February - the annual Frocks On Bikes event was getting under way.

More than 100 competitors were decked out in fab frocks lining up to register and receive their “riding” instructions ... a list of seven cryptic and inventive clues.

On a balmy Sunday afternoon the competitors leaned over their bike handlebars waiting to start in one of the most popular events of La Fiesta which has been described as “New Zealand’s coolest little festival.” La Fiesta is Whanganui’s month-long festival celebrating women.

There was a ravishing array of costumes, from tulle to elaborate satin and velvet gowns and a stunning mix of wigs, hats and fascinator-fashioned helmets.

While La Fiesta celebrates women of Whanganui and the world, this particular event has never been short of courageous blokes who also front up in tiny skirts over their cycling shorts.

Resolute Carla Donson, manager of the Women’s Network and La Fiesta organiser, was writing at a hectic pace as competitors lined up on the steps. One competitor was even dishing free apples to everyone.

First timers Shona Kirkby and Julie Blair, two registered nurses and great friends from Whanganui Hospital, said the event would be their first practice run towards a 800-kilometre cycling tour through Vietnam and Cambodia in October.

The main aim they said was to get their “bums” prepared for their big cycle tour.

“It’s a long haul and you have to be up to it,” they laughed.

La Fiesta celebrated eight years in 2017 as well as recognising the 106th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8.

Above: Shona Kirby and Julie Blair.

Left: Enjoying last year’s event Tom Oskam, Ethan Aupapa, Matthew Johnson and Tom Johnson.

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Former NZ Governor General Sir Jerry Mataeparae was born in Wanganui and attended Castlecliff Primary, Rutherford Intermediate and Wanganui High School.

The Durie Hill Elevator, built to provide transport to and from Durie Hill in Wanganui, is a rare and innovative example of public transport. Built in 1919, it is the only earthbound elevator in New Zealand and one of only two in the world. A pedestrian tunnel leads 205 metres inside the hill to the elevator which rises 66mtrs.

The Wanganui Jockey Club is the oldest racecourse in the country formed in 1848 and is the oldest surviving NZ club still racing at the original venue.

PS Waimarie i i - In the h llate 1800s the h Whanganui h River was an international tourists’ mecca, boasting a 12-strong fleet of riverboats run

by Alexander Hatrick & Co to provide access from the coast to Taumarunui. PS Waimarie was built in 1899 by Yarrow & Co Shipbuilders at Poplar, London, and transported in kitset form to Wanganui. Originally named Aotea, she was operated by the Wanganui Settlers River Steamship Co until 1902, when she was sold to Alexander Hatrick and renamed Waimarie (good fortune/peaceful waters) – still in operation in Wanganui today.

Wanganui has two sister cities as designated by Sister Cities International: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia since 1983 and Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka, Japan since 1988.

The Wanganui Tennis Club, along with the Parnell and Thorndon Tennis Clubs, are the oldest in New Zealand, and among only a few others in the world from these times still in existence.

The Wanganui Chronicle is New Zealand’s oldest newspaper starting in 1856.

Population as at June 2013: 43,100.

Wanganui means big bay or big harbour. Europeans called it Petre (pronounced Peter), after Lord Petre, an officer of the New Zealand Company, but the name did not persist.

On 27 January 1962, a world record time of 3 minutes 54.4 seconds for running the mile was set by Peter Snell on the grass track at Cooks Gardens.

Wanganui has the third most temperate climate in the world!

Perhaps the city’s biggest scandal happened in 1920, when the Mayor, Charles Mackay, shot and wounded a young poet, D’Arcy Cresswell, who had been blackmailing him over his homosexuality. Mackay served seven years in prison and

his name was erased from the city’s civic monuments, while Cresswell (himself homosexual) was praised as a “wholesomeminded young man”. Mackay’s name was restored to the foundation stone of the Sarjeant Gallery in 1985.

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he Property Brokers 40th ‘Round the Bridges Fun Run/Walk will be held on Sunday, May 21, 2017.

Plunket will be the recipient of proceeds from this year’s event.

It is the fifth year Property Brokers have sponsored the event.

Branch manager Philip Kubiak believes the round the bridges is an important community event.

“Wanganui is a beautiful city and if everyone got out two to three times a week to walk across at least one of the bridges and savour the beauty

of the city, we’d all be better off.”

Wanganui Chronicle Commercial manager Alison Hollard said without Property Brokers’ generous support events such as the fun run would not be possible.

Ticket prices have been held at $5 per adult and will be available for sale from April 10.

An emphasis is being placed on creating more of a carnival atmosphere with the fun run.

There will be entertainment, food and treats, with lots of spot prizes to reward participants who turn up in costumes.

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n historic element of early Whanganui is re-enacted each Saturday morning as stalls are set up alongside the downtown reaches of the Whanganui River ready for a busy mornings trading.

Fast becoming known as one of the best in New Zealand, as many as one hundred stalls combine to ensure a diverse range of products are on show.

Appropriately named ‘The River Traders’, this popular weekend attraction is located in an area of riverbank recorded in history as a busy riverside trading site for local Maori, and recognising this, the access to the area was named by early European settlers as Market Place.

Enterprising people from our region are proud to be continuing this tradition as they set up in the first light of Saturday mornings, with the misty Whanganui River as their backdrop. The River Traders features a wonderful cross-section of stalls containing the work of local artists, craftspeople, artisans and generally creative locals. This large riverbank market has a

fully restored original tram and coal-fired paddle-steamer as adjacent activities.

The market also includes the Whanganui Farmers Market where local food growers and producers offer tastings of fresh season fruit, and home-baked breads are a specialty. The market also has a variety of garden related stalls, selling plants, compost, garden signs and fresh flowers.

Live music is a feature of this market with local musicians sharing their talent with appreciative audiences. Flash events are always a surprise, so far an opera and a haka have been huge successes, who knows what may be next!

Rain or shine local growers and producers from the wider Whanganui Region are enabling locals and visitors to deal with the people who are producing their food. From carrots to cakes, avocados to artichokes, ginger beer, berries, goat cheese, olive oil, if it grows here then you will find it in season at this market.

A couple of hours can be easily spent, catching up with friends over a delicious coffee made with locally roasted beans, and a brunch snack from creative cooks who use the best of local ingredients.

After the market visit the many galleries and shops featuring local art and glass, and share a leisurely lunch with friends in our downtown shopping area where hanging baskets are a delightful feature of Victoria Avenue where heritage buildings house local businesses and shops.

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ut John Aldersley in a boat and he's all at sea but, despite that, he's developed and just begun marketing a lifejacket he believes is unique.

Mr Aldersley is a director of Sales Pitch, a company based at his home in the Turakina Valley. As an importer and distributor of safety gear around the country, getting involved in lifejackets was new territory for him.

"But I had this idea of a neoprene jacket with a zip-off collar and that's the thing that makes this unique. As far as I know there's no one in the world doing this," he said.

But being able to take the collar off means it can be used for water sports, jet skiing and kayaking.

"You can get nylon jackets with a fixed collar which gives added buoyancy but I thought ‘Why not have a two-in-one design where you can use it without the collar for water sports and then zip the collar back on when you go head out fishing'?"

He has unloaded stock in recent days and has four businesses selling the

jackets in the Whanganui area. They include Wanganui Farm Supplies, Marine Services, Wilsons Hunting and Outdoors and Mitre 10 Wanganui. He aims to find outlets across the country.

Lifejackets range in price from $150 to $200. Mr Aldersley said his will sell in that range but has the flexibility of the removable collar.

The jacket's available in four adult sizes from medium through to XXL. He said the jacket meets ISO international safety standards and that means it was accepted by Maritime NZ. "In the light of the latest boating tragedy at Kaipara and summer coming, my invention's a reminder to boaties to actually ‘wear' their lifejackets, not just have them on board," he said.

He isn't one for boating because he said he gets "crazily sea sick" but said he saw a need for the jacket.

His lifejackets are currently manufactured in Asia but he's hoping a contact he has in Fiji could see production move there soon. A friend has been making lifejackets for at least 20 years and is keen to move in to that sort of production run.

SUMMER SAFE: John Aldersley with the lifejacket he’s designed.

Without the collar, Mr Aldersley's jacket is fairly standard. It's the detachable collar that marks the difference.

"Neoprene is more comfortable to wear and more buoyant than nylon jackets and also gives thermal protection as well," he said.

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n 2013 Progress Castlecliff Incorporated began an ambitious project to rejuvenate Whanganui's beachside suburb.

Project facilitator (and Castlecliff resident) Jamie Waugh said "It was important that the Castlecliff community directed its own rejuvenation, rather than being told what needed to be done from afar - after all, it is the locals that know what makes our suburb such an amazing place to visit, live and play."

The project started with PCI members meeting with over 30 local community organisations from kohangas to churches, local businesses and passionate locals.

From there the entire community was invited to three large public meetings

where what was required to realise the potential of Castlecliff for the beneďŹ t of the entire region was discussed and debated.

Ultimately a master plan was unanimously supported by the community in late 2016. Putting the plan into action began with the ďŹ rst step (as chosen by the community) of the rejuvenation of Rangiora St (the main road to the beach and surf club). By March 2017 the street had been transformed through an extremely successful partnership between the Whanganui District Council, Progress Castlecliff and local private organisations - what was a windswept, desolate stretch, with vacant shops, is now home to a nationally unique succulent planting and streetscape, a bustling cafe and community

hub, selling breakfast, burgers and craft beer with regular live music (known as the Citadel), Ivan Vostinar's Open Pottery studio and gallery, and Cliff Life church.

Jamie Waugh said "It is great that the area has had so much life breathed back into it, really positive things are happening here that have been a long time coming the rejuvenation is a credit to the vision of the local community and the support of the Whanganui District Council.

With PCI now turning its efforts to the beach and surfclub, the Whanganui District Council Port rejuvenation in full swing and a shared pathway bringing the Mountains to Sea cycleway to the North Mole in 2018, it is clear the best is yet to come for Castlecliff."

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Inductees in the Whanganui Sports Hall of Fame - recognising sporting achievements by athletes and coaches who have made a significant impact on Whanganui’s sporting heritage - www.whanganui.govt.nz/our-district/sports-hall-of-fame

Moke Belliss - Rugby

Philippa Baker-Hogan - Rowing

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nducted in 2008.

One of New Zealand’s most successful international rowers, being the first New Zealand woman rower to win a World Championship, with three women’s world sculling titles.

She won the world lightweight single sculls at Vienna in 1991 which led to her being named NZ Sportswoman of the Year plus the Halberg Award.

In 1993 she teamed up with Brenda Lawson to win the world senior double sculls at Racice in the Czech Republic and the pair retained the title at Eagles Greek (USA) the following year.

They won the 1994 NZ Team of the Year plus Halberg Award.

The pair competed at and were finalists at two Olympic Games, Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996.

Baker-Hogan, who rowed for Canterbury and Cambridge before moving to Whanganui to join the Union club in 1993, won 21 New Zealand Championship Titles, the lightweight singles twice, heavyweight singles and doubles three times each, the coxless pair and four once each and the quadruple sculls and eights six times each.

Four of the victories were in the Wanganui Union Boat Club colours.

She received an MBE for Services to Rowing in 1993 plus Waikato (1989, 1991) and Wanganui (1993, 1994) Sportsperson of the Year.

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nducted in 2009.

“Players of his era ranked him with the world’s best” was the way radio commentator Winston McCarthy wrote about the Whanganui 1922 All Black captain.

Belliss, who played 20 times for New Zealand, six as captain on the 1922 All Black tour of Australia, and played three tests in the drawn series against the 1921 touring Springboks, was regarded as one of the best wing forwards of his time.

The NZ Rugby Museum claims he was the equivalent of a Waka Nathan or Wayne Shelford.

Moke Belliss, the grandfather of Peter Belliss, multiple world lawn bowls champion who also played rep rugby for Whanganui as a loose forward, represented Whanganui 44 times between 1914 and 1931.

He played for Moawhango Huia in the Taihape sub-union.

During his rugby career, which included being a key member of the NZ Army side that won the Kings Cup tournament in England and toured South Africa, Moke Belliss played in 98 first class games.

He was in outstanding form in the scoreless drawn final test against the Springboks at Athletic Park in 1921, playing most of the match with a broken thumb.

His son Jack was to become a key member of the Whanganui representative team to be followed by his grandson Peter and great-grandson Paul.

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uilt in 1919, the stunning Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui is one of New Zealand’s oldest purpose-built galleries, home to one of this country’s most significant art collections and is unrivalled in the regions.

The Category 1 heritage building is under serious threat of earthquake damage and the severely inadequate storage of our $28.8m collection has seen it at risk of irreversible damage.

In order to future-proof the gallery, The Sarjeant Gallery Trust is embarking on a major project to strengthen the existing gallery building and to construct a new wing to the north of it so the collection can be properly exhibited and cared for and Whanganui will be able to access its precious taonga.

The developed design drawings prepared

by Warren and Mahoney Architects will create purpose-built storage facilities to the north of the existing domed Gallery together with additional exhibition space,

Sunset - the iconic Sarjeant Gallery with Mt Ruapehu in the background

education facilities and events space.

This will enable more of the permanent collection to be seen than is possible at present as well as looking after the collection for the future. The original Sarjeant Gallery will be strengthened against the risk of earthquakes through the use of base isolation. At the same time the environment throughout the public and storage spaces will be controlled to preserve collections on display and allow

major touring exhibitions to come to Whanganui.

The redevelopment will be the largest cultural project undertaken in Whanganui since the building of the original Sarjeant Gallery in 1917-1919.

The $35m redevelopment project will bring huge economic and cultural benefits to Whanganui and New Zealand, it is expected to double visitor numbers to as many as 80,000 per year and encourage international artists to exhibit here – making Whanganui an essential stop on an arts trail between Wellington and New Plymouth.

Fundraising for the project is progressing well with over $26m committed and in cash to date. Construction is expected to commence in 2018, with a proposed opening in 2020.

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he Aramoho Railway Bridge has been an important local structure and integral to the Wellington-toNew Plymouth line since it opened in May 1877 at a cost of £14,831.

Originally a timber truss design of five spans, each 37m in length, the bridge was designed in 1873 by Public Works Department engineers. It was part of a project to construct a national railway network, following the Railways Act 1872. As with much local infrastructure, however, getting the bridge built was not straightforward.

A punt was used to take borings in January 1874, and local citizens expressed concerns about restricted river navigation or, as the Wanganui Chronicle editor put it, “Free navigation . . . is so much more important than the railway.”

By November the same year, it was dubbed the “Bridge of Sighs” because plans to site it and the station3km out of town essentially bypassed Wanganui. No other settlement had to suffer such indignity.

A further insult was that railway authorities refused to fund the Aramohoto-town line.

In 1875, a wag said Wanganui would extend itself to the bridge before the railway was brought to town. Railway work progressed more rapidly at Napier, where the superintendent was wellconnected and vocal.

The bridge was set on cast iron cylinders and mass-concrete abutments. The end abutments were founded on driven piles of locally sourced totara, which were still in perfect condition in 1962.

Cylinders were a typical construction method for large railway structures at the time. They were built up from cast iron rings bolted together and filled with concrete after sinking. By May 1876, all but two of the cylinder piers had been sunk.

In June it was confirmed that the railways would appropriate central riverside land for shunting yards, turntables and a station. This saw the closing of many private wharves, replaced by a wharf restricted to railway use. And in September, a massive boom from the upper section of the girder on the town side of the bridge collapsed.

Workmen lifting the item at the time fortunately escaped injury. The accident was caused by a faulty iron ring attached to the top scaffolding (there were five into which tackles were hooked to regulate the purchase).

The boom weighed 11 tonnes, which was supposed to be equally distributed among the rings. The other rings held, and the eventual collapse was attributed to stretching of the block tongues by the falling boom. There was a month’s delay while the girder was reconstructed.

In March 1877 the Wanganui Herald editor complained about unsatisfactory progress on the Wanganui-Manawatu line. Work on the Town Extension hadn’t begun. This, despite a promise by the Minister of Public Works in 1875 that the extension was essential and that survey work for the line and central station would soon be under way. The railway was critical to connect the large producing districts around Wanganui with Wanganui Port In 1897, an earthquake damaged bolts and severed the unpiled wingwalls from the east-side piled abutments. Pile scour was a concern, but river conditions changed in 1900 and protection became unnecessary.

From 1900, heavier steam engines were introduced. Plates were attached to iron bottom chords on the truss spans for strength using an ingenious method, and cylinders were cross-braced for stability.

In 1962, the timber trusses were replaced with steel truss spans due to increased scarcity of precision saw and adze skills, and the heavy cost of maintenance inspections and renewals.

Now, 140 years after being built, the bridge remains in active service.

• Story by Karen Wrigglesworth, a Whanganui engineer, writer and research volunteer at the Whanganui Regional Museum.

LEFT: The original timber trusses of the Aramoho Rail Bridge are replaced section by section by new steel trusses during refurbishment in 1962.

Photo/Wanganui Herald; Whanganui Regional Museum Collection Ref: W-ARB-013. MIDDLE: Aramoho Rail Bridge with its original timber trusses, looking across what is now Anzac Parade in the foreground, towards Aramoho. Photo/Whanganui Regional Museum Collection REF: W-ARB-007.

RIGHT: Present day

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oyle and Associates is certainly part of the rich fabric of Whanganui.

The accountancy firm is a second generation family-owned business with strong links to the many facets of the community that provide the River City its life blood.

The business was first set up by Gavin Doyle in a Wicksteed St address where son Matt Doyle learned his craft before taking over the reins over a decade ago on his father’s retirement.

Matt, with his wife Claire as Business Manager and Business Partner Sharon Grant operate from offices in the former General Machinery building in Taupo Quay to cater for a growing enterprise.

Doyle and Assoicates also have an office in Turangi.

“We are a dynamic, progressive and street smart accounting practice serving clients throughout New Zealand with offices in Whanganui and Turangi,” Mr Doyle said.

“The firm was founded on the premise that the entrepreneurial businessperson is looking for service from his or her accounting firm that goes beyond simply processing and presenting numbers.

“We recognise that our growth has been due, to a large extent; to the success and growth of the clients we serve. One of the ways we work to ensure the growth and success of our clients is through our business consulting approach to client service.

“While our clients desire timely and cost-effective accounting, tax and consulting services, it is equally important that they retain committed professionals that take a personal interest in the success of their total organisation and are capable of ‘seeing beyond the numbers’.

“We believe we are large enough to have the resources and personnel to resolve the most complicated tax or sophisticated accounting issue, but small enough to give you the personal attention, responsive service, and senior management involvement that all our clients deserve,” Mr Doyle said.

The company employ 18 staff in total, 14 in Whanganui and 4 in Turangi.

Doyle and Associates pride themselves on being part of the rich culture that makes Whanganui what it is today.

They, like many others, were seriously affected when the Whanganui River burst its banks on June 20, 2015.

Floodwaters poured through the doors at Doyle Associates and neighbouring business houses.

But through adversity has come satisfaction in sharing in the recovery of such a devastating event.

Using local craftsmen and sourcing local suppliers along with the guidance from local interior designer Tara Rountree– Doyle and Associates now have sparkling new premises.

“We used GDM to refit the reception and they have done a magnificent job,” Mr Doyle said.

“Meteor Office Products Depot has provided us with the office furniture and fixtures which include sit stand desks for the comfort and wellbeing of our team”.

“The refit took many months and our entire team was relocated to the first floor during this time. It was like flatting again with 14 people crammed in together.”

Team building at its finest.

Matt, Claire and Sharon also support the Whanganui art fraternity with major works by Andre Bronniman, Rachael Garland gracing the walls, furnishings

by Sorensen Furniture topped with David Traub glass.

For a decade Doyles also supported the now defunct UCOL Fine Arts Glass Degree, and for their efforts many beautiful pieces add to the simple, but classy ambience that pervades 32 Taupo Quay.

Closer to home, an in-house cadetship scheme has been established.

“A pilot program provided to promising students that are already part of the fabric of Whanganui. An apprenticeship of sorts, supporting them in study towards an Accounting degree – it’s a winning formula that suits everyone.”

Whanganui Office 32 Taupo Quay PO Box 641, Whanganui 4540 Ph: 06 349 0466. Fx: 06 348 0050 Turangi Office Shop 74, ANZ Bank Building PO Box 13, Turangi 3353 Ph: 07 386 8900. Fx: 07 386 6330

Matt, Claire and Sharon with the Whanganui team

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44 Virginia Lake One of Whanganui’s premier parks, Virginia Lake offers a range of activities including a 25 minute woodland walk around the lake.

The birdlife, both on and around the water, is a major attraction and this is complemented by an aviary.

The Winter Gardens is an all-year-round attraction with colourful displays whatever the season or weather. Entry is free and hours of operation are: Mon-Sun from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Adjoining the Winter Gardens is the Art Garden which combines an intriguing blend of sculpture and garden art.

Virginia Lake features the Higginbottom Fountain, which is lit at night. Add in

a children’s playground and this makes Virginia Lake one of Whanganui’s most popular attractions.

Westmere Lake It’s an easy 40-minute walk around the tranquil Westmere Lake, with exotic forest and regenerating natives, and a wealth of bird life.

It’s a great place for older children to run free, and bird watchers might like to sling a set of field lasses around their necks before they set out. If they are patient and quiet they may see dabchick, shoveler ducks, grey teal, New Zealand scaup and sulphur crested cockatoos as well as the usual black swans, shags, kingfishes and mallards.

There are also the usual land birds - tui, kereru, shining cuckoo and fantail.

The walk starts on Rapanui Rd, about a kilometre from its intersection with SH3 on the Taranaki side of St John’s Hill. It’s clearly signposted, and there is room to park.

Lake Wiritoa Lake Wiritoa is located 12 minutes out of Whanganui and is an ideal place for all water based activities such as water skiing, fishing, swimming and sailing.

It is also the home of the Wanganui Water Skiing Club. There are facilities available to have a picnic or barbeque which makes it a great place to take the family.

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W

anganui Veterinary Services is the complete mixed veterinary practice with a dedicated team of vets and support staff passionate about applying their skills to assisting all animals and their health and production in the Whanganui region.

The practice was one of the very first in New Zealand to gain Best Practice accreditation and we are always looking to further improve our services.

Large animal work is provided to the greater Whanganui region and is mostly based around sheep, beef and dairy work, but the animal team of three vets and two technicians have wide and varied experience with the increase and in lifestyle blocks and the types of animals that are encountered.

Contracting and consultancy are available to farmers, including the sheep

conveyor and calf debudding services.

A full range of companion animal services are provided including vaccinations, x-ray diagnoses, pregnancy scanning, dental work, flea and worm control, obesity control programmes, pet export certification and much more.

All routine surgery is performed as well as full surgical management for conditions such as twisted stomachs, bladder stones, fractures, lump removal and caesareans.

With over 50 cages and a separate isolation ward the clinic has the capacity to cater for the fluctuations of companion animal veterinary demands.

Upstairs, Vetcare Nursing facilitates the training of the Certificate in Veterinary Nursing course offered by AgChallenge.

With a classroom on site students have immediate access to the clinic and a full range of learning opportunities.

Adjoined to the clinic is Pet Essentials, a standalone shop that stocks everything your pet could desire. There is a wide range of cat and dog food, including the preservative free meat selection made in store and locally made dog rolls.

There is also tropical and fresh water fish, leads, beds, dog coats. A huge selection for of small animal goods for rabbits, guinea pigs and birds, great giftware and so much more.

The practice operates Vetcare Grazing which has 10,000 heifers under management.

With 22 years’ experience the Vetcare brand offers consistently top weight gain results, veterinary monitoring, regular reporting, animal health insurance, longterm clients and top graziers on very good land.

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What is the significance of the Ratana celebrations?

The annual visit to the Ratana Pa, at a small settlement south of Wanganui, is to commemorate the birth date of the founder of the Ratana religious and political movement, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. It also marks the start of the political year.

The Kingitanga and the Ratana Church have had close associations with the Labour Party in the past - which ended emphatically in 1996 when New Zealand First won all the Maori seats.

Left: The Ratana Brass Band played as the bells rang to call the faithful to church - 25 January 2017

The Anglican Church in Whanganui

“We are family; we are disciples; we care for the last, the lost and the least.”

We’re just a whole lot of friends challenging one another to go higher in God. We love to serve our community with events like Free Day and Light Party, weekly youth programmes, and more.

Sunday services are normally held as follows: Christ Church, 243 Wicksteed Street – 9am and 10.30am weekly St John’s, Matarawa, No. 2 Line – 11am on the first and third Sundays of each month St Chad’s, Great North Road – 9.45am on the first and third Sundays of each month St Oswalds, corner Western Line and SH3 – 10am on the first Sunday of each month St Mary’s, Upokongaro – 11am on the second Sunday of each month.

You’re welcome to join us on Sunday mornings at 10am at our new venue, Rutherford Junior High, Toi Street. Our services include contemporary worship music, a challenging & inspiring message, and fun programmes for 3 - 13 year olds.

Wednesday services: All Saints, Moana Street – 10am St Peter’s, Koromiko Road – 1pm.

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Parish office: 243 Wicksteed Street, open 9am-3pm Tuesday to Friday.

Phone: 06 345 7723 Email: chchwang@xtra.co.nz

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47 The Churches of Whanganui invite you to join them 54 Nixon Street, Wanganui East Tel: 06 343 8999 www.webc.org.nz

“To Know Jesus and Make Him Known” • Faithfully Preaching God’s Word • Family Oriented • Youth Group Every Friday • Junior Church

Westmere Presbyterian Memorial Church 51 State Highway 3, 4571 Wanganui RD1

Services on Sunday at 10:00 am and fortnightly at 6:30pm. All welcome. westmerepresbyterianmc@gmail.com

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• They can become better learners through learner training with their teacher.

• There are less time constraints so they can go at their own pace and not feel pressured by the progress of other students.

• Low stress environment frees students from the fear of failure.

• Ability to personalize conversations and assignments • High quality interaction where students feel heard • Avoids overstimulation and eliminates many distractions

Anna is a fully registered, experienced teacher providing an informal, relaxed setting where children, teens and adults alike can grow in confidence and have fun whilst learning.

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Sheep On The River Road

Durie Hill Tower

Tue 11 Apr 11:00am - 1:00pm Glenn Miller & The Andrews Sisters Whanganui War Memorial Centre Swing along to this great music - a tribute to Glenn Miller and the Andrew Sisters.

Thur 15 June 11am-1:00pm From Phantom to Les Mis Whanganui War Memorial Centre A showcase of modern musicals - Phantom, Les Miserables, Evita, Miss Saigon Cats and so much more…

Fri 21 Apr 8:00pm Dave Dobbyn: A Slice Of Heaven Royal Wanganui Opera House Kiwi legend Dave Dobbyn is celebrating 40 years as a songwriter, recording artist and performer.

Sat 24 Jun 7:30pm Urzila Carlson Royal Wanganui Opera House Every time you hear, “studies have shown” you know you’re about to learn something ridiculous!

Sat 29 Apr 6:30pm - 12:00am The Poppy Ball Whanganui War Memorial Centre A sophisticated Charity Ball to raise money for the Red Cross and RSA Poppy Appeal.

Vintage Weekend

Virginia Lake

Sat 29 Apr 8:00pm - 11:00pm The Chills Royal Wanganui Opera House Fronted by the rare talent of Martin Phillipps, The Chills were originally formed in 1980.

Sun 30 Apr 10:00am - 3:00pm Glass Art Workshop The Glass Factory Introduction to Kiln Glass suitable for those with no or little prior glass experience.

Tue 16 May 8:00pm-10:30pm Take Me Home - The Music & Life of John Denver Royal Wanganui Opera House Singer Bevan Gardiner, accompanied by international musicians perform all the John Denver songs.

Surf Rescue Boat

Bason Botanical Reserve

Thur 25 May 8pm-10:30pm Four Flat Whites In Italy Royal Wanganui Opera House Roger Hall’s hugely successful hit comedy, promising big laughs and nights of fun in 28 venues around the country.

Sun 4 June 10:30am-2pm Ohakune Carrot Carnival Ohakune Fantastic community event with stalls, games and rides.

Wanganui Opera House

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Wed 7 June 7:00pm-9:30pm Answers From the Other Side Royal Wanganui Opera House Prepare to be amazed and enlightened as Sue Nicholson connects with both spirit and the audience.

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Tue 27 Jun-Sat 1 Jul Ice Skate Tour Wanganui Girls College The Ice Skate Tour travels around New Zealand with state of the art, artificial ice rinks.

Wed 19 July 7:30pm-10:00pm Herman’s Hermits Royal Wanganui Opera House Herman’s Hermits, one of the biggest groups out of the UK with their hits Sat 19 Aug 9:00am-5pm and Sun 20 Aug 9:00am-4pm Wanganui Home Show Jubilee Stadium The Wanganui Home Show brings together the very best in products and services for the home.

Thur 24 Aug 6:30pm-9:00pm Waste Free Parenting Workshop - With Kate Meads St Pauls Church Lounge A humourous, entertaining and inspirational event full of tips and ideas around ways you can minimise waste at home.

Thur 24 Aug 8:00pm-10:30pm One Night of Queen Royal Wanganui Opera House One Night of Queen, performed by Gary Mullen and The Works.

Wed 6 Sep 8:00pm-10:50pm A Festival of Russian Ballet Royal Wanganui Opera House This stunning and diverse programme consists of an eclectic mix.

Thur 7 Sept 11:00am-1:00pm The Last Night of The Proms Whanganui War Memorial Centre A variety show of magnificent melodies, singalongs, skits, madness, and mayhem.

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