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2 Spring is here and we look forward to the lovely warm Whanganui weather.

Welcome readers to our 12th edition of Celebrating Whanganui, the magazine celebrating our wonderful Whanganui lifestyle and local successes.

Our community has come together once again to help produce this beautiful magazine for readers locally, nationally and internationally. We are passionate about supporting our local businesses and inside you will find some fascinating stories, sharing achievements and celebrations and promoting goods and services.

Locals already know they live in a breathtakingly beautiful city, so it is fantastic to be able to share this with the rest of the country, as an official finalist in NZ's ‘Most

P3 - Message from the Mayor P4 - Cheaper to buy than rent P5 - Lifestyle Farmers Club P6-7 - Whanganui Heritage Month P8 - Established family business P9 - La Station P10 - Fire Emergency New Zealand P11 - Elite Mechanical P12-13 - Connors wins the Holy Grail P14 - Harcourts Whanganui P15 - Moore Law P16 - Aero Club still going strong P17 - Ginza Bargains P18 - Iconic heritage building P19 - Property Brokers P20 - Larsen Collision Repairs P21 - Air Chathams P22 - Merv's Chatham Islands Tours P23 - Every post a winner for Lisa P24 - Jurgens Demolition P25 - Harcourts Whanganui P26 - 10th birthday celebration P27 - Trafalgar Square P28 - Restorative City Whanganui P29 - Students' plan 'treemendous' P30-31 - Harcourts Whanganui P32 - Motorbike legend dies at 93

Beautiful City Awards 2019’ and the recent growth in population is proving the lifestyle here is certainly hard to beat.

Make the most of the longer days and wonderful climate to enjoy everything the city has to offer, arts and culture, heritage and nature walks, beaches and sporting events ... there’s something for everyone.

Enjoy your summer and we will catch up again in our Autumn issue 2020.

We continue to receive fantastic feedback from our readers, so if you have a success story you would like to share in our next issue or would like any back issues of Celebrating Whanganui, please drop me a line. My email address is below

Warm Regards - Gené Toyne NZME Whanganui

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Tena koutou 2019 has been a busy year for the Whanganui community.

The year has seen some incredible events, the most recent being the inaugural Whanganui Heritage Month.

More people are coming to our city to celebrate its heritage, unique natural environment and community. The 2018 Census results were recently released revealing that our population has increased by 3,156 since 2013.

With the growth in population we need to make sure our district works for everyone as we grow and change, while retaining the history and creativity we are known for and value.

With the increasing population comes pressure on housing and we have developed a Housing Strategy to address this.

Recently the Council adopted its Annual Plan 2019/20 which sets out the plan for

our community for the next year. One of the most exciting decisions in this Annual Plan is the commitment to the future of Whanganui Port. Bringing funding forward to this financial year and increasing it sends the clear message that we are dedicated to reviving this important facility and helping to grow our city’s economy.

Our district has a long and rich history and this year the Council allocated funding to develop and implement a heritage strategy.

successful airline. The partnership will see hundreds of IndiGo Airlines pilot students living and training in Whanganui.

As always, there is a lot going on in Whanganui and a lot planned for the future.

To everyone who has picked up a copy of ‘Celebrating Whanganui’, whether you are a long-term resident, a newcomer or a tourist, I hope you will find something of interest in our stunning district.

This will give us a framework to better understand, manage and protect our heritage in partnership with the community. Heritage is a unique selling point, and it is something that enhances the place we call home, as well as attracting visitors to our district.

It’s also exciting that Whanganui is achieving its goal of becoming an important aviation training centre. Earlier this year the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy was awarded a multi-year, multimillion-dollar contract to train pilots under a cadet pilot programme for India’s most

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hanganui is one of the North Island’s best performing housing markets, with the median value of all residential property in the town jumping 9.4 percent in the last quarter, 26.1 percent in the last year and more than 52 percent in the last five years.

However, it is important to put such percentages in context.

The town’s median property value is $290,000, with the lift coming off a very low base of $180,000 five years ago.

The town and the wider Whanganui-Manawatu region are considered very affordable when compared to many other urban centres in New Zealand.

The high volume of affordable stock appeals to first home buyers, who represent more than 20 percent of new mortgage registrations in the area. The strong rental returns are also of interest to investors. In fact, because of the high rental prices, it is cheaper to buy a house than rent one in most of the town’s suburbs. Four of the five suburbs that have experienced strongest annual lift in house prices – Castlecliff, Gonville, Whanganui Central and Whanganui East – all have median values of less than $260,000. It is clear appetite for affordable entry points to the market is driving growth.

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nce upon a time farmers were farmers and townies were townies.

Nowadays the lines are more blurred, and we have seen the rise of the ‘lifestyle block holders’. The name ‘lifestyle block holder’ of course covers many kinds of properties and operations, but they are in need of many of the products and services provided at Wanganui Veterinary Services and Wanganui Farm Supplies.

So, earlier this year the Lifestyle Farmers Club was established for the Whanganui area by the two above businesses partnered together.

The inaugural meeting took place at Andrew and Jane Toy’s property on Western Line where they generously shared their ideology and ambitions for their small block.

What shone through was a care for the land and their animals and their aim to live off their land, enhancing what they have, but also minimising their impact on the environment.

Those attending had a very enjoyable afternoon and it soon became obvious that the Lifestyle Farmers Club was established, also that it had more facets to it than originally thought.

We aim to provide the chance to view and share in other people’s efforts and aspirations, the ability to learn about and access products and services, provide a directory of other resources,

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but especially the opportunity to meet new people, socialise and have a sense of belonging to a group that represents them in some way.

On an educational basis the club intends to hold at least three afternoons per year on different properties covering a variety of topics on each day, coupled with a club newsletter and relevant articles provided to the group. The ability to meet people who have a huge amount of experience and knowledge in different fields allows people to not just rely on businesses whose focus has largely been on traditional farming.

Another advantage of networking within the club is to share the costs of some items that are sold in larger amounts, which are again aimed at traditional farming.

While the products are still appropriate for lifestyle blocks, they are not commercially available in small packs, so to make them economically viable it is important to work together.

No matter what your situation, if you have a lifestyle block you will most likely find something in the Club that is of interest to you, not the least of which will be a whole lot of fun. You can join the Lifestyle Farmers Club by contacting Wanganui Veterinary Services or Wanganui Farm Supplies.

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he Whanganui Regional Heritage Trust was behind the inaugural Whanganui Heritage Month which ran from 2nd August to 15th September 2019.

The month turned into a six week programme due to sheer interest from contributors and the spread of events starting with 100 years of the Durie Hill Elevator, and then the Sarjeant Gallery and finally the opening of Bushy Park’s new Visitor Centre.

“The celebrations and events highlight our rich and diverse built heritage and history” says Helen Craig who led Heritage Month for the Trust.

Whanganui has one of New Zealand’s highest concentrations of European heritage buildings dominating the city centre. They represent a complete and significant number of building styles dating between 1860 and 1960.

There are also a number of Maori sites of significance including the St Paul’s Memorial Church, Putiki which was recently awarded NZ Heritage Category 1 status, and numerous marae along the Whanganui River Road to the settlement of Jerusalem.

Over 40 eclectic events were held, everything from talks to exhibtions, a heritage knitting demonstration, tours of buildings and exquisite stained glass windows and a high tea at Bushy Park to celebrate the Downton Abbey movie hitting theatres.

New Zealanders are starting to appreciate they have a built heritage worth saving, and with the availability of funding support for earthquake strengthening, and the extreme age of our buildings, the time to put 100% effort into saving our buildings is now.

Heritage Month was designed to help stimulate that appreciation and drive demand for heritage buildings. We can’t wait any longer or New Zealand and Whanganui will lose the reminders of our past, as well as massive potential to attract tourists and residents to our provincial towns.

The Heritage Trust led the marketing of events along with a committed group representing the Regional Museum, Sarjeant Gallery, Alexander Heritage Library, Council,

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Durie Hill Elevator and Bushy Park.

All the events held were led and managed by a variety of community groups to bring the entire history and heritage sectors together.

Everyone agreed we wanted a logo to represent both our Maori and European heritage and designer Cecelia Kumeroa was contracted to create the design. Cecelia looked to heritage elements found in the central city and based the logo on a feature on the Watt Fountain built in 1881.

Scroll designs in the metalwork on the lights form the basis of the design, and by emphasising and modifying part of the feature to resemble a mangopare, she created a logo with significance to both cultures.

National attention was focused on Whanganui during the celebrations with TV One’s Seven Sharp running a great feature story on the Durie Hill Elevator Centenary, national news coverage of the Sarjeant Gallery receiving $12m from the Regional Growth Fund and Bushy Park’s new Visitor Centre was opened by Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage.

Whanganui Heritage Month will be an annual event in August, featuring different aspects of our history, heritage

and architecture plus focus on important milestones such as 100 year celebrations.

More heritage information and links can be found on the Trust’s website www.whanganuiheritagetrust.org.nz.

FAR LEFT: Opening of Bushy Park’s new Visitor Centre.

TOP LEFT: Helen & Gordon Craig dressed for High Tea at Bushy Park.

BOTTOM LEFT: Sarjeant Gallery Birthday Cake.

BELOW: Band playing on the riverbank for 100 year celebrations of Sarjeant Gallery.

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anganui Garden Centre is well known as an old established Whanganui family business. We are currently in our 73rd year of operation.

However, many people don’t realise that we are first and foremost a fully functioning Nursery. We are an ‘Old School’ plant shop with ‘Old School’ values.

Unlike most other local retailers, we propagate most of our own plants and raise our own seed onsite. By doing this we are ensuring we are able to provide a high quality product, grown specifically for the local conditions.

One of our core beliefs and objectives is to supply our customers with a superior product that is suitable for the particular conditions of this area.

At the Wanganui Garden Centre, we pride ourselves on long standing relationships, built on excellent customer service and high quality products. Many of our customers still remember the founder Ivan Cvitanovich.

As part of our commitment to quality service, we offer free delivery within the Whanganui boundary.

As well as high quality plants we also provide invaluable plant knowledge to assist with the planting and enjoyment of our customer’s gardens. We understand gardener’s needs and work closely with them to provide everything they need in order to get the best out of their gardens.

Please come in and see our huge variety of plants and meet the awesome team – we are always ready to help with all your gardening needs.

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Whanganui’s former central city fire station has taken on a new lease of life as La Station Design Store.

Tracy and Brian Hawker bought the building in October 2017 and have been busy painting, strengthening and renovating the nearly 100-year-old building and opened the design store in June 2019.

The store incorporates an independent florist while the building is also home to a hair salon and ballet studio and a one-bedroom Airbnb called Station House.

The products at La Station are sourced from around the world and are supported

by New Zealand wholesalers. Tracy focuses on securing Furniture and Homeware pieces that are different and unique.

She wants her customers to have a WOW factor in their homes, while at the same time providing a cost effective way of changing their decor through pillows, throws and wall art etc. They also have their own in house Interior Designer to help customers create that interior with WOW.

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on’t be shy to call 111 if you have a fire – no matter how small you think it is.

Whanganui Fire and Emergency New Zealand Area Manager Gary Ward says his teams have seen several incidents over the last couple of years where people didn’t want to be a hassle and attempted to put out a fire themselves instead of calling for help immediately.

“We would much rather come to a minor event and ensure your home and family are safe, than deal with a much more serious incident later,” Gary Ward says.

“We are locals who want to keep you safe.

Throughout the Whanganui area we have fire fighters who are prepared to swing into action in the event of a fire.”

Between 2014 and 2018 crews attended nearly 1400 building and vegetation fires, as well as rescues, offering medical assistance, attending motor vehicle accidents and other callouts.

But Gary Ward says the team at Fire and Emergency Whanganui is not just about putting out fires and attending emergencies.

“Our job is to help people reduce their fire risk and keep themselves safe. It’s been a big

focus of ours and I’m proud of what we’ve been able to achieve.

“Whanganui has historically had a high number of building fires, but those numbers are starting to drop. This year we’ve seen 10 per cent fewer building fires with significant damage compared to the previous two years.

Over the last few years we have been working on delivering risk reduction programmes across the district.

“Working in partnership with Whanganui Community Patrol we have been running a programme recently called SAFE, which stands for Smoke Alarms for Everyone,” Gary Ward says.

Smoke alarms save lives - You can’t smell smoke when you’re asleep and a fire can turn fatal within just a few minutes.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand recommends at least having a smoke alarm in your hallway, as well as in bedrooms and living areas.

“We spend a lot of time talking to our community, educating them on the importance of working smoke alarms and helping people install them in their homes.

Smoke alarms should be tested at least twice a year,” Gary Ward says.

“Checking a smoke alarm is working is as easy as pushing the test button to ensure that piercing sound rings out across your home.”

There are other things you can do to reduce the risk of fire in your home.

Across New Zealand one in every four fires starts in the kitchen, and that percentage is even higher around Whanganui.

“Don’t drink and fry, don’t leave the room when you’re cooking and keep flammables away from the cooking area,” Gary Ward says.

“If there’s one take-home he wants everyone to remember, ALWAYS call 111 in the event of a fire.”

When Gary Ward thinks about his community, he is proud, he knows they support the work Fire Emergency Whanganui does.

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It is made up of a small team of tradesmen who are not only proficient in the maintenance and repair of trade machinery, but are also equipped with the technical expertise to design, develop and install machinery to meet specific requirements.

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hanganui dairy farmer Raymond Connors has done the unthinkable in winning his sixth Great Northern Steeplechase, run on the hallowed turf at Ellerslie.

Wise Men Say added his name to the Ellerslie record books when he took out one of the world’s iconic jumping races, the Network Visuals Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m), for the second time in early September. The Great Northern is the Holy Grail of New Zealand jumps racing.

The 10-year-old, which had won the race in 2017, adopted tearaway tactics as he led from go to whoa to defy his rivals under the urgings of rider Shaun Fannin.

The pair gave a faultless display of jumping in front throughout after taking command at the first fence of the 6400m journey.

Coming down the famed Ellerslie hill for the third and final time, Wise Men Say had an eight-length advantage on his nearest pursuer, Crash Bandicoot, with the rest of the field chasing hard a further 10 lengths away.

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The Yamanin Vital gelding jumped the last neatly and slogged his way home over the final 250m to win by a rapidly diminishing 11/2-length margin from rank outsider Kings Kite who charged home to claim second from the tiring Crash Bandicoot and race favourite Lacustre.

The first three home are trained in the greater Whanganui region with Kings Kite prepared in Marton by Stephen Beatson and part-owned by Whangaehu dairy farmer Michael O’Leary while Crash Bandicoot is trained by Kevin Myers and owned by Jo Rathbone, Simon Harrison and David Macnab, who all enjoyed the experience of making history in Australia when their other galloper, Tallyho Twinkletoe, won the Australian Grand National Hurdle-Steeplechase double.

Connors races the majority of his horses with father Mark Connors. The pair combined to also produce Hypnotize to win the northern three times (2010, 2008, 2007) and Our Jonty to claim the race in 1998 when Raymond Connors rode as an amateur jockey.

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“It was a 10 out of 10 ride,” Raymond Connors said of Fannin’s handling of Wise Men Say. “I told him to ride him handy but I wasn’t expecting that, to be honest. This race suits him, it’s tailor-made as he is a true stayer.”

Fannin was happy to take control of the race after following his instructions from Connors.

“I was just happy to have him up there as there looked no speed in the race on paper,” Fannin said.

“He was happy in his action out in front, jumping nicely and he is a very dour stayer, so it was catch me if you can.

“He was really relaxed and I didn’t think I was going too hard. I gave him a squeeze coming down the hill and he quickened nicely.

“I know how tough he is as he had already won it two years ago so I wasn’t going to sit around at that stage and he proved too tough at the finish.

“I’m two from two on the horse now so I have a big thank you to say to Mark.”

Fannin went close to scoring a coveted

double on the day after being narrowly beaten on Laekeeper in the other feature jumping event, the Boutique Body Corporates Great Northern Hurdle (4190m).

Ironically, Fannin was beaten to the punch in the Great Northern Hurdle when outstayed

by Bad Boy Brown, trained by Harvey Wilson and ridden by fellow Waverley farmer Isaac Lupton. Lupton is stable rider for Connors and elected to ride Max for his mate in the Great Northern Steeplechase, finishing down the track.

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oore Law delivers just what the name suggests, but with less fuss.

a very special time and we are happy to help.”

Rob said.

The family-owned Whanganui law firm has office locations in both Whanganui and Palmerston North but the firms roots are very much in Whanganui.

But it is Moore Law’s service to the community and its celebration of Whanganui that sits comfortably with the team down at 37 Somme Parade.

Principal of the firm, the affable Richard Moore, is a people person with longstanding ties to both Whanganui and Wellington.

The riverside offices are housed in a stunning 1899 heritage villa overlooking the majestic Whanganui River that harks back to a friendly carefree era when neighbours knew each other and looked out for their welfare.

He established his Whanganui firm in 2006 after previously serving as a partner initially in Wellington and then in another Whanganui law practice.

Lawyer son, Rob soon joined the business as a partner and Richard’s wife, Dot McKinnon, has for a number of years worked in the firm as a Registered Legal Executive.

The firm’s expertise is in commercial, employment and property law, estate planning and relationship property, although Rob specialises in Kiwisaver particularly as it pertains to first home buyers.

“I just love the excitement people experience when buying their first home. It’s

It is this ethos Moore Law happily lives by.

“We live by the premise that we offer a relaxed environment focused on the benefit to our clients and the wider community.” Rob said.

“That includes giving back to the community by offering what we do best which is through our knowledge of the law. I offer some pro bono work around Kiwisaver, am heavily involved with the Wanganui Squash Club, football, darts and many other things.

that works toward stopping violence and rehabilitating violent offenders. I can help by offering legal advice.”

Richard is an honorary solicitor for an extensive range of cultural, social, Not for Profit and sporting organisations. He is Chairman of the Wanganui Eye and Medical Care Trust.

And of course Dot is a high profile personality so well-known for her work in the community.

She joined the team in 2010 after stepping down from 6 years as Deputy Mayor of Wanganui.

Dot is the Chair of the Whanganui District Health Board, Chair of the MidCentral District Health Board, is a member of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, and is a Rotarian.

If you are looking for a local law firm which will give you timely, efficient and professional legal advice then give Moore Law a call today on 06 349 0012.

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t was the crossing of the Tasman Sea by the Southern Cross flown by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith that led to the Whanganui Aero Club being formed in 1929.

At the recommendation of a city engineer, a suitable site was chosen, as a “small level spot amongst the sand dunes”.

Although the land was owned by the Harbour Board, all improvements were funded and carried out by the Aero Club.

Initially there wasn’t even a road to the site. The annual lease was set at £25.00 per year. That site became what is today, our airport, and it was officially opened on 18 April 1930. In the 90th year since the formation of the Aero Club, the Airport is very different from what it started from.

Today, the Aero Club provides a haven for local aviation enthusiasts, as well as offering a more relaxed alternative to learn to fly to any level including commercial standard and beyond for those who do not want to go to the International Pilot Academy.

With around 90 active flying members, including a number who own their own aircraft, the Aero Club is an active supporter

of Young Eagles, encouraging teenagers to become active in aviation, and consider aviation orientated careers.

The club operates two Cessna 150s, a Piper Tomahawk which has just been refurbished, and a Cessna 172 for training purposes and has access to other aircraft such as a Piper Cub for tail dragger ratings.

The Club is an active member of the Royal New Zealand Aero Club, holding regular competitions to support its members improving their skills and abilities when flying.

In it’s 90th year of operation, the Aero Club is has maintained it’s unbroken presence at the Whanganui Airport and it’s aircraft are a regular sight over the city, as it undertakes training activities, introductory flights and organised formation flypasts for various commemorations.

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t is without doubt that one of New Zealand’s most iconic heritage buildings is the glorious Oamaru stone art gallery set on Pukenamu Queen’s Park in the centre of Whanganui – the Sarjeant Gallery te Whare o Rehua Whanganui.

A shot of the old gallery with Ruapehu looming in the background is one of the most striking images of the region.

The beautiful Whanganui awa flows around the sandhill Pukenamu Queen’s Park, a significant historical site in the city and known as an outstanding reserve from a local and national perspective.

On a cultural level Pukenamu is considered unique in New Zealand due to its rich bicultural history. The Sarjeant Gallery itself was built between 1917 and 1919, as the result of a generous bequest made to the Borough of Whanganui (as it was known at the time) in 1912.

The will of Henry Sarjeant, a local farmer and landowner stated the money left (£32, 000) be for the building of an art gallery for the “inspiration of ourselves and all those who follow”.

Having now ticked over 100 years of

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It is anticipated the Sarjeant Gallery will reopen in early 2022, bigger - with a new modern wing to the rear called Pataka o Sir Archie John Te Atawhai Taiaroa, and stronger - as the old Sarjeant Gallery will be earthquake strengthened and restored to its original glory.

The Sarjeant on the Quay is a chic warehouse space at 38 Taupo Quay and the temporary home of the Gallery, the Sarjeant Collection and the popular Sarjeant Shop which sells New Zealand made artisan items

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Exhibitions and events run at Sarjeant on the Quay unabated and the gallery’s nationally significant permanent collection - The Sarjeant Collection - is housed in the temperature and humidity controlled storage facility.

Currently one of New Zealand’s most interesting artists, the multi-displinary artist Julia Holden has a show hanging at Sarjeant on the Quay called Her Indoors (until February 2, 2020) which is a suite of over forty oil portraits of the women of Whanganui.

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ramoho Whanganui Rowing Club export Kerri Gowler and her women’s pairs partner, Grace Prendergast, are back on top of the world after double gold at the 2019 world championships in Austria in early September.

It was a great weekend for the Gowler family as oldest sibling Kerri got to share her women’s eight gold medal with sister Jackie.

Prendergast, were looking to get on top of the podium after settling for silver last year in Bulgaria behind the impressive Canadian pair of Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssess.

Competing at Linz-Ottensheim, the 2017 gold medallists, Kerri Gowler and

This time, the Kiwis trailed the Australian boat with Jessica Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre for the first 1500m, before powering home to win by more than two seconds in 7m 21.35s.

Morrison and McIntyre held on for silver in 7m 23.62s, while Filmer and Janssess had moved from fourth to third after the opening 500m, but could not catch either of the crews from down under, getting bronze in 7m 26.52s.

Gowler and Prendergast were the first of the New Zealanders on the podium, late on Saturday night, as part of a strong regatta which helped lift the tally of Kiwi boats qualified for 2020 Tokyo Olympics to nine.

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“I think it came down to sticking to our race plan and trusting ourselves.”

After the women’s pair victory on Saturday (NZ time), the following day they climbed into the women’s eight boat with Jackie Gowler, who was on stroke, for another gold-medal win achieved by passing the leading Australians in the final 500m.

The New Zealanders were in fourth after 500m, but moved up to second behind the Aussie boat for the next two sections before powering ahead in the final 500m to win in 5m 56.91s, just under three seconds clear of the silver medallists (5m 59.63s).

The bronze went to the United States in 6m 1.93s, having held third from start to finish.

It completed an excellent season for Kerri Gowler and Prendergast, who won gold and silver at the earlier World Cup regattas, while also winning World Cup gold in the women’s eight with Jackie.

The rest of the women’s eight crew in Austria were bow Ella Greenslade, Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Elizabeth Ross and cox Caleb Shepherd.

Austria also represented a big comeback for the New Zealand rowing programme, especially from the women, who had their best results at a world championships.

In Bulgaria last year, the New Zealanders collectively won only a silver medal and two bronze to finish down the table in 18th.

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LEFT: Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler at the victory ceremony.

BELOW: The victorious women’s eight including Kerri Gowler (fourth from the right) and sister Jackie Gowler (second from right).

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he Whanganui racing fraternity has again punched well above its weight, dominating several premiership categories as the 2018/2019 season ended at the end of July.

Lisa Allpress and Jonathan Parkes produced the quinella in the jockeys’ premiership while, once again, Kevin Myers smashed his rivals in the jumps training ranks. This was at least Myers’ sixth jumps premiership in succession.

Allpress was the star of the show though, leading the jockeys’ challenge with 133 wins, 91 seconds and 96 thirds for $2.48 million in stakes, while Parkes finished second with 118 wins, 78 seconds, 56 thirds and $2.32m in stakes.

Being a natural lightweight, Allpress was able to ride at far more meetings than Parkes, who needs to waste to maintain weight for racedays, while ensuring he has time off to allow his body to recover.

Allpress had 815 rides for a strike rate of 6.13, while Parkes rode 601 races for a strike rate of 5.09. The pair were well clear of 2014/2015 premiership winner Matt Cameron who rode just 93 winners, one ahead of last year’s champion, Samantha Collett, on 92.

Myers, who also finished eighth on the flat trainers’ premiership with 52 winners, easily won the jumping premiership with 19 victories, 13 ahead of his nearest rival Team Rogerson. He was also the leading Central Districts trainer, three wins ahead of Manawatu’s Lisa Latta.

Myers’ son, Luke, is also leading the Flair

Series for amateur riders with six of the 15 races to run. Young Myers has 47 points, while fellow Whanganui amateur Emma Quinn sits third on 26 points.

Allpress achieved a major career goal with an invitation to ride in the World All-Stars Jockeys series in Japan.

Allpress announced the news on social media, posting: “Smiling because I’m off to Japan! So happy to be invited to the world jockey series in Sapporo 24th and 25th August.”

The now three-time national premiershipwinning jockey said she had always envied the likes of David Walsh and Lance O’Sullivan getting to ride in the Japanese event and desperately wanted to participate.

“It’s something I set my sights on from when Karl and I moved to Whanganui about seven years ago. I wanted to win a premiership so I could get that trip to Japan,” Allpress said.

While she was gutted to miss out on an invitation after her first two premiership wins, Allpress gets to fulfil her dream.

“When I started riding, I remember David Walsh, Lance O’Sullivan and Jim Collett getting to go to Japan for that series, then Leith Innes and Opie Bosson later on, and I thought it would be so cool to win a premiership so I could compete on the world stage as an international rider,” she said.

“It’s taken a while and there’s been a couple of disappointments but I’m rapt that I’ll actually get my chance. This will be the fourth time I’ve ridden in Japan but the first time I’ve ridden at Sapporo.”

Allpress, who has completed riding contracts in Singapore and Japan, rode in the Shergar Cup jockeys’ series at Ascot in 2013 and follows on from Collett, who finished 13th in the 2018 World All-Stars Jockeys won by Christophe Lemaire.

Allpress rounded off her premiershipwinning season at Otaki when she combined with the Stephen Marsh-trained Sai Fah to win the Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m), the final black type race on the New Zealand calendar.

The 44-year-old also chalked up another significant career milestone with the Sai Fah victory, reaching 1500 wins in New Zealand, including this season’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham aboard the Lisa Latta-trained Sentimental Miss.

She was especially delighted to secure the premiership after a horrific jumpout fall in 2017 left her with shoulder injuries that threatened her career.

“It’s very satisfying, especially to come back from an injury that at some stages of my recovery I’d had thoughts that I might not even ride again. From not being able to dress myself to winning a premiership the next season, I really feel like I’ve achieved something.

“I’d just like to thank all those people who have helped throughout the season and hopefully I can repeat the success again next year. I’m very happy and content where I am with my family around me, the farm to look after and the support I receive,” Allpress said.

- Iain Hyndman

LEFT: Whanganui jockey Lisa Allpress sealed the New Zealand premiership and secured a trip to Japan to ride in the world jockey series.

MIDDLE: Jonathan Parkes finished the national jockey premiership in second to give Whanganui the quinella.

RIGHT: Gagarin’s win in the Wellington Steeplechase helped give Whanganui trainer Kevin Myers yet another jumping premiership.

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hanganui is one of New Zealand’s oldest cities, blessed with historic and award-winning architecture and a community of people who enjoy celebrating the best of every era from our past at Whanganui Vintage Weekend.

This four-day long vintage-themed festival takes place on the second to last weekend of every January, every year. In 2020, it will be the eighth year that the festival has been staged, and like a good wine, it simply gets better with age.

“To us, vintage is something special from the past that deserves celebrating, especially that which represents the best of its kind; think vintage cars, planes and trains, shows, music, fare and fashion, this weekend has it all and then some!” remarks Whanganui Vintage Weekend Trust chair, Bruce Jellyman.

Whanganui Vintage Weekend 2020 will run from Friday 17 January to Monday 20 January. Visitors and locals can expect a weekend full of vintage inspired activities including: • Music, dancing, singing contests, shows and street parties • Vintage and classic cars, bicycles and motorbikes • Steam train rides, scenic flights, paddle steamer cruises, jigger and traction engine rides • Markets, fairs and boutique shopping • Fashion, art, food and culture • Steampunk fashion and teapot racing • Old-fashioned games, trolley cart races, rowing races and family frivolity • Tours, displays and celebrations of Whanganui’s built heritage

One of the best things about Whanganui Vintage Weekend is that everyone dresses up in fashions from their favourite era and comes together in the city centre.

“Whanganui CBD and the riverbank area experiences a real carnival atmosphere from Friday to Monday, and people of all ages dressed up in vintage clothing really adds something special to the impression the festival leaves on everyone. It’s time to start planning your outfits!” comments event manager, Heather Cox. www.whanganuivintageweekend.nz www.facebook.com/whanganuivintageweekend

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onville Library – along with its co-tenant and community partner Gonville Health – celebrated its 10th birthday on Saturday 31st August 2019.

The event was officially opened by Greg Ratana and was followed by speeches and tree planting.

The party was a whizzbang success and the library was ‘absolutely buzzing’, with a turnout of about 200 people representing a great cross-section of the Gonville Community. Throughout the afternoon, hot drinks and snacks, a free sausage sizzle and vegetarian sandwiches were available and fortunately two birthday cakes were on hand to feed the crowd.

Children entertained coming dressed in book character fancy dress.

And there were prizes for the best dressed. Whanganui District Library Frontline Services Manager, Nicholas Keene, said this was an opportunity to acknowledge all those who have invested their time and expertise into the success of the Centre and to discuss hopes and plans for the future.

Mr Keene said the Gonville Library is a special place. “For 10 years this small library has been providing locals with access to the latest books, audiobooks and magazines, as well as a welcoming environment for locals to meet and groups to come together.

“More than half a million visits and a quarter of a million books issued tells its own story,” he says.

The library had been undergoing refurbishment for the past year, with a new

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“We took a thoughtful approach to the renovation, where we updated the look but kept the things people love, such as the popular table,” says Mr Keene.

The manager of Gonville Library, Kat Schroyens, says she loves nothing more than “seeing book and games clubs rubbing shoulders with knitting groups and Tai Chi practitioners, with the smell of great coffee always in the air”.

Ms Schroyens says she is always looking for new ways for the Gonville Library to benefit the community.

Library staff have recently been trained to sign families up for Spark Jump affordable internet and are also facilitating workshops that help people better understand how to use online banking and recognise and avoid online scams.

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nnie Mackenzie, who finished her Tylee Cottage artist-inresidence in July, is the first weaver to take up the residency, which is managed by the Sarjeant Gallery te Whare o Rehua Whanganui.

Mackenzie creates hand-loomed artworks and is interested in the notion that people communicate about their culture through textiles.

Some of her own cultural roots are in Scotland.

“All cultures have weaving, it’s a very ancient practice. My dad’s grandmother and extended family had been weavers in the Scottish mills, so they had been involved in the commercial production of textiles.

“I definitely feel an affinity with weaving,” Mackenzie says.

Her inspiration for the residency arose from textiles she saw in the works of Edith Collier. On her loom in the cottage studio, a length of blue and white weaving is taking shape. The work is linked to one of Collier’s paintings of a girl sitting on a bed with a blue and white bedspread.

“I started looking at (Edith Collier’s) paintings and the textiles in them. Quite often in paintings, especially portraiture, you see the domestic stuff that’s around in life at the time.”

The colours and their interactions are much more subtle than simple blue and white. “Playing with the colours is quite delicious there is something wonderful in learning about colour with weaving you are crossing the warp and the weft and unexpected things happen.

This weave I’m doing at the moment is double weave and the way the different colours cross is unexpected - the ways the blues and the greens play with each other.”

Joanna Margaret Paul has also come more closely to her attention during the residency.

“I saw her name on a building in town so I went to the Sarjeant and looked at some of her works. That’s the other wonderful thing about the residency; you can go and look at the artworks whenever you want to. She is like Edith Collier in that she painted a lot of interiors, more domestic spaces. And there are a lot of textiles in her work.

“I feel kind of sad that I missed her. There is something about her method of working that I can relate to. I get the impression that she didn’t see her artwork as being separate from just living a life - rather it was part and parcel, and she just fitted it in around whatever else was happening. I relate to that.”

Mackenzie studied sculpture for her degree at Ilam School of Fine Arts in Christchurch, a background she draws on when creating weaving installations that have been exhibited at galleries such as The Dowse Art Gallery in Lower Hutt and Enjoy Public Art Gallery in Wellington.

Although she was not formally trained in weaving, Mackenzie acknowledges the weaving skills she has learned from older women members of the Wellington guilds she has belonged to for the past five years - skills and expertise that have contributed to her winning the 2016 National Creative Fibre New Weavers Award. The work Mackenzie creates as part of her residency will be exhibited at the Sarjeant Gallery next year. - by Helen Frances

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hanganui Intermediate School pupils have used a popular video game to design their own outdoor classroom and are a step closer to making it a reality.

TREEmendous offers $10,000 to the top four schools in the country to help build their designs for native gardens and outdoor classrooms. WIS has so far made the top 10.

Morgan Taituma Hamilton, Finn Sinclair, Reina Jones and Hector Macbeth are the year 8 steering group that came up with a design for an outdoor classroom in the school grounds. “It is an area that doesn’t get used often and should work well as an outdoor classroom,” Finn said.

The students used the Minecraft video game to create a three-dimensional model for their design, which incorporates the Whanganui River and the different landscapes it passes through on its trajectory from the mountains to the sea.

“Minecraft doesn’t have the right plants and trees, but we were able to create a fairly accurate design,” Reina said.

Surrounding the pit, the area is divided into four sections named for the four clusters

at the school - Harakeke, Rata, Tawa and Kahikatea.

A mini-awa will run through the centre of the design and all the features will be constructed from natural materials.

Asked how mountains will be made, Hector pointed to the large fountain constructed from boulders outside the classroom window.

“All the benches and seating areas will be made in the materials room here at school from native timbers that would have gone to waste otherwise.”

The students said the design also fits with their school’s status as an enviroschool where young people are empowered to design and lead sustainability projects.

In the event that their design doesn’t make the top four in the Mazda and Project Crimson sponsored competition, these enterprising students have some back-up plans in mind and have already investigated a funding application to Horizons Regional Council.

“There are other options we can look at, and the Mazda Foundation also offers funding options for school projects,” Finn said.

Project Crimson was founded in 1990 to protect pohutukawa and rata trees facing an uncertain future.

The organisation has broadened its mandate to champion all native plant species and the TREEmendous project is part of that aim.

If Whanganui Intermediate makes the top four, their design will be developed next year by which time the steering group members will be at high school. Teacher Karen BoothRichards said they would be invited back to help oversee the project.

LEFT: Hector Macbeth, Finn Sinclair, Reina Jones and Morgan Taituma Hamilton.

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hanganui lost a link to its business heritage and New Zealand motor racing royalty in early August when Roderick (Rod) William Coleman died in his sleep, aged 93.

Coleman passed away in Whanganui Hospital and, as per his wishes, a private cremation was held, with a final quote of “farewell to my local and worldwide friends”.

Part of the legendary Coleman family, Rod, his late father, Percy, and younger brother, Bob, were collectively inducted into the Whanganui Sports Hall of Fame in 2008, after being active in motor racing activities and employing hundreds of locals in various companies for over 80 years.

The family came to Whanganui in 1926 when Percy “Cannonball” Coleman, already known for flying a Hamilton biplane around the district, set up a motorcycle shop on Guyton St, later moving to the other side of the road where he and his sons installed the country’s first Supershell oil and petrol blending pump.

The Colemans then set up new premises on Victoria Ave, which opened in 1965, the same year Cannonball died in Salisbury, southern Rhodesia, which is now Harare in modern Zimbabwe.

The brothers, Rod and Bob, continued to run the business, which later moved to a

new location along Victoria Ave to include a marine shop and used car yard which, when combined with the motorcycle business, would employ more than 60 locals.

There were other Coleman motorcycle stores opened in Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch, which was followed by a car assembly plant on Heads Rd. South Pacific Suzuki Vehicle Assemblers was opened in 1976 and employed 50 staff, with the Colemans owning a 65 per cent share.

Another Coleman group company, Northern Motor Distributors Ltd, distributed cars and trucks.

Rod, his late father, Percy, and younger brother, Bob, were collectively inducted into the Whanganui Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

But successful businesses aside, it was in motorsports that the family were nationally and internationally renowned.

Cannonball Coleman was part of the first New Zealand team to compete at the iconic Isle of Man events in 1930, and then 24 years later, son Rod became the first Kiwi to

win there.

Rod, who had infamously broken his jaw on his racing debut at the Isle of Man in 1949, would take his AJS 7R to victory in the 350cc race in 1954, reaching an average speed of 91.51mph (147.27km/h).

In major international racing, Coleman went on to score 10 road victories, come runner-up 16 times and third in 10 others.

He saluted the chequered flag in England, Sweden, Morocco, Belgium, Switzerland and Australia, winning the national titles of the latter two.

In 1952, Coleman finished fourth in both the 350cc and 500cc world championships, and then in 1954 had a career-high third place finish in 350cc while coming fifth in 500cc.

Nationally, he dominated the scene, claiming 81 victories in New Zealand.

A fixture of Whanganui’s Cemetery Circuit events - the Colemans along with Maurie Harris set up the first one - Rod Coleman won five national grass-track motorcycle titles and four road hill climb titles.

He also was a prominent jet boat racer, winning New Zealand marathon titles and setting national records in his Chev V8 Mr Suzuki craft.

Brother Bob Coleman followed in the family footsteps, winning 12 national championships of his own.

The family’s links with the influential Suzuki company helped to sponsor many other riders who won New Zealand titles, while enabling top American riders to compete on the national scene.

After the family sold off their business interests, with Bob moving to Tauranga, Rod continued to live in Whanganui while racing and restoring classic motorcycles, from his home workshop on St John’s Hill.

He is survived by wife of 65 years Jackie Coleman, children Karen and Carl, son-inlaw Russell, granddaughter Mia, and siblings Bob and Audrey. Predeceasing him were sister Marion and parents Percy and Annie.

Information compiled by historian JB Phillips.

LEFT: Whanganui motorcycle legend Rod Coleman farewelled friends worldwide before passing away early in August at 93.

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One of the largest Australia fire brigades is soon to receive the first of their 5000 new structural Fire Fighting helmets - The Whanganui designed, developed and manufactured Pacific F15 (above right) The brigade has nearly 60,000 members, mostly made up of Volunteers. For the last 22 years, the brigade in Victorian country regions have been using the Pacific F3 helmet (above left) with great success. The new Pacific F15 helmet addresses the future of firefighting with modern features, technology compatibility, ergonomic balanced design and aesthetics.

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et’s go back 6 years and we see Mike and Rach living out of a campervan with 3 kids, the family dog and 3 cats in the North Shore, a small penalty to pay for the transition to Whanganui.

This only lasted 6 months while they moved everything they had to the River City.

Taking over the reigns at Riverview 4 Square saw long hours and a lot of changes to products and services but Mike and Rachel say they wouldn’t have it any other way.

After years living and working in the big cities, with Mike in the supermarket industry for over 20 years, and Rachel in the fast paced telecommunications industry for over 15 years, they find that living in a smaller city and being a part of a closely connected community means they are here to stay.

Mike and Rach have donated food parcels every week to the local Womens Refuge for the last 5 years just because they care. This is a topic close to their heart and supporting their community’s families in times of need is something that they are very passionate about.

They buy local produce where they can – Windermere strawberries are a staple in

summer and they refuse to stock any other brand - which the customers definitely approve of.

Fruit and vegetables are also sourced from Laugesens Gardens and other local suppliers so you know you are getting great quality and fresh produce at a great price.

As the family themselves have gluten and dairy issues, Rachel saw this as an opportunity to introduce Whanganui to a variety of gluten and dairy free products and a natural progression has taken them to stocking vegan and vegetarian products as well. They stock products not available in any other stores and continue to source specialty lines to keep locals happy.

Stocking craft beer is a passion and where

possible Mike likes to have local brews on the shelves as well, including Roots Brewing.

Locals will know this beer at a few of the local drinking establishments but Mike is honoured he is the only off license to sell it.

Mike is proud of his beer awards having won “Best Off License” for 3 years running in the SOBA (Society of Beer Advocates Awards) and his goal of having the biggest specialised European beer in town has recently become a reality.

Being open 7 days a week, customers can top up their pure water as they are now the Watershop brand. Bring your own containers to fill or they sell them too.

Their focus is customer service and they pride themselves on a cheery wave, a happy smile and a good chat. Customers can enjoy their coffee, ice creams, ice chocolate, hot chips and chicken while checking out the incredible view of the river (some say, the best in Whanganui).

Mike and Rachel have immersed themselves in the community, made great friends, neighbours and customers and look forward to serving the community for a very long time.

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broken drinking glass and a passion for recycling led to a new business venture for Whanganui’s Jon Wall.

Wall owns Round 2 Glass, reincarnating used beer and wine bottles as drinking glasses and other glassware.

His main business is his web development company, Off the Wall, which he runs from home but Round 2 Glass provides a welcome diversion.

“Because I’m at the computer a lot, I wanted to do something using my body. I got arthritis when I was 18 so it’s good for me to move between the two.”

The inspiration for making drinking glasses happened literally by accident.

“I was drinking with a mate one night and broke my glass,” Wall said.

“I realised I couldn’t recycle it and that seemed a bit dumb. Later I was drinking out of a bottle and realised ‘this can be recycled so why not make glassware out of this’. They made glassware out of bottles during the war. I hear that from elderly people quite often.”

Wall then set about figuring out how to make a drinking glass from a beer bottle.

After some experimentation with building a rig (one attempt using an old skateboard didn’t work too well), he now has one he uses for scoring the bottles. After scoring a bottle for a glass to be the size he wants, Wall uses hot and cold water to separate it into two pieces.

“Then I grind and flatten it and use diamond pads to finish the edge.

I finish the lip with pumice.”

Getting the labels off the bottles can be a challenge, especially with wine bottles, Wall said. He’ll often have a bathful of bottles soaking.

Previously he has sandblasted designs or words on to the glassware but does not currently have that facility set up at home.

“It’s quite involved and noisy so I haven’t got that here yet,” he said.

Wall can make a few dozen glasses in a day and says an initial order from a restaurant would usually be for six to 12 dozen glasses.

He sells the glassware through his Round 2 Glass website and in some retail outlets. His customers include restaurants in Wellington and at SkyCity in Auckland.

“Cafes and restaurants are my best customers because it’s ongoing,” Wall said.

“A lot of candlemakers use me too. One of the candlemakers makes ‘mandles’ (candles for men) using old crate bottles.”

Wall says with the increased emphasis on environmentally friendly products, it makes sense to re-use items.

“A lot of recycling is actually downcycling but glass is one of the things where pretty much the whole thing can be used.”

He has made shot glasses from the necks of bottles, using bottle caps as replaceable bases, and small dishes.

Wall is keen to eventually get locals who are looking for a bit of work to help with the business. He already has one person in Whanganui helping to make the glasses.

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t John’s Hill School in Whanganui celebrated 90 years of education at its Parkes Ave site in early September.

Pupils, teachers and a number of visitors were dressed in clothing that has been fashionable throughout the school’s history.

After a kapa haka group performed a welcome for families and visitors, principal Michael Fitzgerald, dressed in cap and gown, held up a photo of the 1929 school opening.

Fitzgerald said when the school opened there were just 20 pupils and two classrooms.

“The school now has 17 classrooms and a roll of 412.”

He told the gathering there was an original school in Parsons St on the site where St John’s Hill Kindergarten now stands.

“It burned down in the 1890s and for a time children went to school at a house in Brassey Rd.” Senior students Eric Craig, Emma Bullock and Kate O’Shanassy talked about different eras in the school’s history.

Eric covered the years from 1929 until 1959 and said 700 trees were planted in the grounds one Arbour Day. He said it set the tone for St John’s Hill School’s future as an

enviroschool where care for the environment and sustainability are paramount.

Emma spoke about the period from the 1960s to the 1980s when the school experienced rapid growth in roll numbers and new classrooms.

Kate covered the years from 1990 when corporal punishment was banished to the present day where St John’s Hill School follows a restorative practice model of “respect for self, others and our environment”.

Parents and visitors were then taken on a tour of the school’s open modern learning

Senior pupil Eric Craig spoke about the school’s first 30 years and the school celebrated with a cake made by Lucy Law

environment before a cake-cutting ceremony.

The most senior pupil, Elizabeth Adrole and the youngest, Poppy Englebretson, did the honours.

The gathering then sang a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday to the school.

Children welcomed visitors into classrooms where they shared their learning about the school’s history.

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We are an accredited Enviro-School and have already implemented many sustainability fundamentals, and we have our Edible Garden which children enjoy growing, cooking and eating their own fruit from.

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Our curriculum values and develops curious students and ins!ls a growth mind-set. Our students develop their poten!al as aspira!onal, future-focussed learners.

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hanganui Collegiate School has been accepted as a Round Square candidacy school, joining Christchurch’s Christ’s College and Auckland’s King’s College.

Round Square is a network of schools in 50 countries that are committed to developing young people.

It aims to develop not only academic excellence, but the global mindset to face adversity, to value service to others and to uphold both the courage and hunger to achieve more.

This is built around the six ideals of international understanding, democracy, environmental stewardship, adventure, leadership and service.

Whanganui Collegiate School headmaster Wayne Brown said Round Square’s ethos complements the thinking of the school.

“Our world needs courageous and compassionate leaders, prepared to discover and embrace cultures and nationalities in ways that promote meaningful understanding and lasting respect,” Brown said. “Integrating global frameworks alongside the standard curriculum is Whanganui Collegiate School’s vehicle to develop this outlook.”

Round Square helps highlight the initiatives that New Zealand citizens are achieving with a focus on youth.

Brown said they provide opportunity for students to develop an international mindset that will challenge them to become interconnected young adults who are ready to be catalysts of change.

“There are so many young adults around the world doing amazing things,” he said. “I look forward to bringing that world experience to our students in Whanganui and likewise being able to showcase our young adults to the world.”

LEFT: Teacher Peter Preston chats with students Leilani Guinea and Timothy Haldane.

They will all be a part of Whanganui Collegiate School as it becomes a Round Square School.

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undreds of Indian student pilots will live and train in Whanganui under a contract won by the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy (NZICPA).

The academy has been awarded a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract to train pilots under a cadet pilot programme for India’s most successful airline, IndiGo Airlines, which has 49.8 per cent of the Indian domestic market.

IndiGo Airlines, operated by Interglobe Aviation, flies 239 aeroplanes and has orders for up to 300 more as the company embarks on international flight operations, in addition to its current domestic India routes.

NZICPA, based at Whanganui Airport, trains 80 pilots from around the world, contributing $10 million to the economy annually.

“While establishing the NZICPA, we developed a strategy and had planned to be operating cadet pilot training within five years of commencing operations from Whanganui,” board chairman Matthew Doyle said.

“We are therefore well ahead of our programme.”

Chief executive Phillip Bedford said to be selected by India’s premier airline was recognition of all the effort put into establishing the NZICPA brand.

The first group of students would begin the Whanganui-based component of the cadet programme during January 2020 and would live in a campus environment at the former Nazareth rest home.

Before arriving they would undergo an extensive pilot selection process in India, achieve final approval from IndiGo, and complete Indian theory study and exams.

The India component would be conducted in partnership with Flightrule Aviation Services, a professionally-aligned pilot recruitment, training and management office

based in Delhi. Flightrule CEO Captain Rahul Monga welcomed the partnership agreement as he felt strongly about enhancing professionalism in aviation in India.

“The Flightrule India footprint is integral to the programme as it ensures quality and brand alignment across the entire programme,” Bedford said.

After training in New Zealand, the cadets would go to Abu Dhabi for Airbus A320 type rating training, before beginning line training with IndiGo. “It is amazing to think this is where we have reached four years after council made the decision to establish a pilot academy.

“The development of the pilot academy shows Whanganui can compete at the highest level, in a high-tech, professional field.”

LEFT: New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy board chairman Matthew Doyle (left) and chief executive Phillip Bedford are thrilled with the IndiGo Airlines contract.

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Two leading New Zealand forestry companies have formally combined under a new brand to provide clients with a fully integrated forest management service from carbon to forest establishment, harvesting and marketing.

Forest360 is the bringing together of FOMS Ltd, a traditional forest harvesting and marketing company, and Woodnet Ltd, a forest management and land use company. FOMS purchased 100% of the Woodnet shares in November 2017 and the businesses have been run in parallel while and integration plan was developed.

and 70% of the total volume delivered to the Wellington Port by road and rail.

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Woodnet is the chosen partner of Beef and Lamb NZ to deliver workshops to their members on land use alternatives.

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Forest360 is now able to provide traditional full forest management services with the beneďŹ t of an extension into an ever increasing area of demand around land use advice.

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undreds of people were on hand to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Durie Hill Elevator and mark the start of Whanganui’s inaugural Heritage Month on August 3.

The elevator opened on August 2, 1919 as a way for residents to easily access the city from Durie Hill.

Building the elevator was an engineering feat, involving major earthworks and 2500 tonnes of concrete to create a 213m arched tunnel and a 65.8m vertical shaft.

The elevator’s cab travels through the earth from its base on Anzac Pde to Blyth St on Durie Hill.

Heritage Month organiser Andy Savage was not surprised by the big turnout.

“I feel like people really want to connect with heritage again and find out more about it, something like the Durie Hill elevator is quintessential Whanganui.

People realise it’s a big event and it’s fun for kids to one day look back and say we were there for the 100th anniversary.”

A line-up of vintage cars, sack races and egg and spoon races were also part of the day’s activities.

Limited golden tickets to ride the elevator were on sale for those wanting to keep a souvenir of the celebration.

Savage said the opening weekend had attracted many visitors from outside the region.

“The most encouraging thing is the uptake so quickly from being a heritage weekend around the Downton Abbey movie and historic buildings, to Bushy Park and then Sarjeant Gallery and Durie Hill.

“It’s so impressive what we’ve got in the city and people are really excited.

“I think because we’re becoming so well known for our arts and heritage culture it’s just another feather in Whanganui’s cap and something that will be cemented in Whanganui’s events calendar.”

Whanganui District Councillor and Whanganui Heritage Trustee Helen Craig said she was pleased with how the event has been received.

“The response has been fantastic and we’ve had to do a six-week programme because the demand to put in events. There are lots of events we couldn’t fit in this time so there’ll be a fresh programme next year.”

TOP: Operator Zena Mabbott was on deck for the big day.

MIDDLE: The elevator’s mercury arc rectifier continues to glow.

BOTTOM: Hundreds mark Durie Hill elevator centenary.

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aydn Beck was an acclaimed child prodigy from Whanganui. He was a talented violinist and performed publicly at an early age.

Born in 1899, his first reported performance was in 1907. The Wanganui Chronicle wrote that he played J S Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor and, among other works, played a piece he had composed.

He gave many concerts in his hometown and in Marton, Palmerston North and Feilding. Later, he and his brother Harold performed throughout New Zealand and Australia. In 1909, a group of Wanganui citizens set up a trust fund to pay for Haydn to continue his musical studies in Europe.

Haydn came from a musical family. He was trained rigorously by his father, James Laurian Beck. Laurian, as he was known, taught violin, cello and musical theory from his premises named Harmony Hall in Bell St. He had studied violin and theory in England and graduated from the College of Violinists in January 1894.

Back in Wanganui, he taught all his children: Haydn on violin, younger brother Harold on cello and daughter Dorice on piano.

Laurian organised concerts, gave violin recitals and composed, his most well-known effort being Zealandia Barn Dance. He was also leader of the Wanganui Orchestral Society.

Haydn’s mother Wilhelmina Susanne Beck died in April 2012. In October that year, Haydn, Harold and their father boarded RMS Remuera for England.

From there Haydn crossed to Belgium where he attended the Brussels Conservatorium, achieving highest honours in the Second Prix and ranked as a senior student. World War I, however, interrupted his studies.

He was visiting the city of Namur when nearby Liege was invaded by the German army.

The Wanganui Chronicle reported a series of incidents where Haydn was taken prisoner when he was sketching fortifications, suspected of being a German spy.

He was released and ordered to leave Namur (which was besieged very soon after) and his violin was accidentally crushed at the railway station as he tried to leave.

He managed to reach Ostend and sailed for England, diverted by a British submarine on the way, from Dover to Folkestone. He continued his violin studies in England.

By December 1915, Haydn was conducting a concert in His Majesty’s Theatre in Wanganui for the benefit of the Wounded Soldiers Fund to which £43 was added.

He was reported to have “ ... proved himself a master conductor, controlling the orchestra of 50 players with ease and precision”.

In 1919, Haydn and Harold went on an acclaimed tour of the North Island. Haydn moved at some stage to Australia and his career successes were periodically reported in the press.

In March 1939, the Covent Garden Russian Ballet gave 10 performances conducted by Antal Dorati where “the

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orchestra was led by the New Zealand violinist Haydn Beck”.

Later he was leader of the Australian Broadcasting Company Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He became conductor of the Marrickville Municipal Symphony Orchestra in 1947.

Haydn married Adelaide Helena Barbosa Sottomayor Neuparth, from a Portuguese family, in 1958. He died in Portugal in 1983.

Harold Beck was no slouch either. He joined the New South Wales State Orchestra in 1920.

In 1922, he went to Christchurch where he became a highly respected and very active player and musical administrator.

In 1926, Laurian Beck also moved to Christchurch and established a music teaching practice. He died there in 1932.

In 1937, Harold moved to Australia and in 1938 became principal cellist in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

After moving to England, Harold joined the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Philharmonia, and in 1949 became principal cellist of the Halle Orchestra.

In 1956, he became principal cellist with the London Symphony Orchestra.

By Libby Sharpe - a senior curator at Whanganui Regional Museum.

LEFT: Haydn, James Laurian and Harold Beck in evening dress.

MIDDLE: Haydn Beck Concert Advertisement, December 1910, Wanganui Chronicle.

RIGHT: Haydn Beck, violinist and child prodigy.

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onville’s Butchart’s Bakery has done it again at the prestigious Bakels Pie Competition.

Originally started by Cameron Butchart’s great-grandfather, the bakery was carried on by his grandfather, although when he came back from World War II, he had no intention of taking over the family bakery.

“He wanted to go to a farm but my grandmother, my nana, she wanted to stay in town,” Butchart said.

Seven decades later, Cameron is the fourth generation of Butcharts to work in the family business, and has been baking there for 15 years. But his career in the kitchen started much earlier.

“I always liked baking when I was a kid. I did home economics and all that sort of stuff, and I actually quite enjoyed it.

“I remember being home on the weekend and I made biscuits. I don’t know if that’s normal for children to make biscuits when they’re by themselves. I could have gone and bought biscuits but I made biscuits.”

The pie prize comes after a three-year break from competitive baking.

“I lost my old man, my dad, in June 2016.

I ended up entering the pie competition that year and had a bit of a tearful trip on the way up. That was his and my thing. I did it but he supported me,” Butchart said.

“This year I just thought, ‘We’ll have another go’.”

And it paid off with the team taking out a silver for a very unique flavour of pie.

“I’ve been doing a cheeseburger pie for quite a long time, so I ended up doing a vegetarian cheeseburger pie. It’s a barbecue cheeseburger pie, so it’s also got a bit of bacon in there as well but it’s completely vegetarian, the bacon is vegetarian.”

Running the family business comes at a price.

“I’m working here 12-13 hours out the back. I don’t get to mingle with anyone. So that’s a bit of a downfall.”

Winning another prize makes up for it, and Butchart said the secret to his success was a supportive team and one very special family legacy.

“Everything is passed down from my great-grandfather, my grandfather, my dad ... if it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t have the support that we have now. Everyone’s moving back to Whanganui, and that means people are coming back and enjoying what they used to have. And we’re still here, since 1947, and we’re just getting busier.”

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he new-look Bushy Park Tarapuruhi has opened a new visitor information centre.

About 200 people attended the opening, including Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage and trust patron and Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall.

The new visitor centre features interactive displays, including real birds’ nests and bones, and includes information about what the forest area means to iwi.

Bushy Park Trust chairman Kevin Ross said the opening marked the conclusion of years of hard work.

“We have a historic homestead restored to its former glory. The stables have been renovated to house a visitor interpretation centre, exhibition spaces for some of our heritage items and an upgraded ablutions block.”

“It was a great opportunity to honour everyone who has given so much as volunteers, supporters and sponsors, especially the Rotary Club of Wanganui North, which has done a lot of the physical work in fundraising,” trustee Nicola Patrick said.

“There have been many people involved over the years and it was lovely to have a number of former trustees and chairs present so we could thank them.

“Everything that culminated in the celebration is built on the back of all their efforts.”

Guided walks took visitors through the protected forest and wetland, and a tour of the Heritage New Zealand Category 1 listed homestead.

Last month Bushy Park adopted “Tarapuruhi” into its name, which means “a place of abundant bird life”.

Sage, who was also launching Conservation Week, said Whanganui residents were fortunate to have such a treasure so close to town.

“Tarapuruhi Bushy Park is unique nationally because of its combination of a 100-hectare remnant of rich coastal lowland forest protected as a sanctuary for plants and wildlife with its predatorproof fence and its celebration of Whanganui’s colonial and farming heritage.

“It’s a place where people can experience impressive forests; learn more of our colonial and farming history and the stories of Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi.”

The forest sanctuary is open during daylight hours and the homestead is open Tuesday to Sunday between 10am and 4pm.

Entry is free although a koha is appreciated.

Exhibits on show at the new Bushy Park Tarapuruhi visitor centre.

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hanganui’s Ray O’Leary has had a rapid rise in the comedy world and less than four years after his first open mic night he now makes a living from his craft.

The now Auckland-based comic caught up with NZME’s Zaryd Wilson on his recent trip home and talked about writing for and appearing on ‘7 Days’, the philosophy of comedy and how he got into the game.

There came a point when Ray O’Leary realised it was never going to be quite the right time to give stand-up a go.

With a Masters in Philosophy behind him, O’Leary was working as a bureaucrat in Wellington, writing funny thoughts and

observations in a notebook - all while the thought of getting into stand-up comedy lingered in the back of his mind.

“I’d been putting it off for a long time saying ‘oh, I’ll do it when work quiets down’,” O’Leary says.

“But I realised work was never going to quiet down so I just had to do it.”

So he went along to an open mic night and “it kept rolling from there”.

He soon started getting booked for gigs, performed at awards ceremonies, was a Billy T Award finalist, moved to Auckland, got comedy writing gigs and has appeared on 7 Days. “It’s been going well,” O’Leary says.

That’s a bit on an understatement. Some would take many more years to get where he’s got.

“Compared to other art forms it’s pretty lucky because I still feel like I’m learning and I’m still getting paid while I’m learning in a sense,” he says.

“I’m still producing some material that I can share with the public that I’m getting paid for as I improve. Whereas if you’re writing a book you can’t just release a chapter and hope people buy that.

“You have to keep getting gigs and writing work and still now I don’t have something reliable.

LEFT: Ray O’Leary (centre) appeared on 7 Days alongside regulars Dai Henwood and Justine Smith.

MIDDLE: Dark and taboo subjects are often the subject of Ray O’Leary’s comedy.

RIGHT: Ray O’Leary studied a Masters in Philosophy before taking up comedy as a career.

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“But enough things keep popping up that I can earn a living out of it - so that’s really great. Comedy’s a lot closer to busking.”

O’Leary left school - Cullinane College for the University of Victoria in Wellington where he majored in philosophy, and later gained his Masters. Comedian is not a job they tell you you can do with a philosophy major - but why not?

There are similarities aren’t there?

“I think philosophy requires you to think creatively about things and think outside of the box and I think comedy requires that as well,” O’Leary says.

“Good comedy is often compared to an argument. It’s like someone’s put forward their view of the thing and they’ll give reasons for why it’s right. In some ways they’re giving a perspective on the world.

“In philosophy you’re trying to reach this very serious and true conclusion, whereas in comedy you adopt a position but maybe it’s absurd or ridiculous and you try to give arguments in a sense.

“There are other ways comedy is similar to philosophy; they both tend to be male dominated - I don’t know why. And both are tough to get into, there’s not a lot of

opportunity.”

O’Leary is one of a new breed of comics in their 20s coming through the New Zealand scene.

“I guess it depends on how you divide people up into different generations but, yeah, there was definitely the older guard and the people who paved the way for the rest of us and the people who are coming through.”

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“I’m a very heightened version of myself, very little emotion,” he says.

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“I can be quite dark but I also think I’m non-threatening. I’m not angry, I’m not loud, I’m just quite monotonous and quiet. Some people describe me like I look like I’ve thought too much.

“I think the way I come across on stage is that we don’t have to be worried laughing at what this guy’s saying, he’s almost an alien.

“That’s the persona I want to give off.

It’s almost like I’ve just been born and walk on stage and I’m trying to figure out what’s going on and I’m not trying to be funny, I’m just trying to give a talk about what happened and everyone’s laughing and I don’t understand why.”

O’Leary might have another crack at the Billy T, he’s working on a Comedy Festival solo show for next year and also plans to ply his trade overseas at some point.

“Plan B is I guess move back to Wellington with my tail between my legs and start working for the government again. But, yeah, for now I’m doing comedy and it’s been going well.

“When a gig goes well it’s really, really great. There’s no other feeling like it.”

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he only high school from Whanganui to participate in the annual Year 10 Mathex Manawatu-Whanganui competition has clinched the title for the first time in just over 10 years.

Calum Sinclair, Firooze Colaabavala, Lauren Phillips and Zoe van de Wees from Whanganui High School competed against 23 other teams from around the region at the Awapuni Racecourse.

Whanganui High School won the competition in 2007 and then again in 2008 but has been unable to regain the trophy until now.

Colaabavala said the group all really enjoy maths, especially the problem-solving side of things.

Growing up each member of the group became involved with Mathex and when they reached high school level they decided to join together and create a team.

Whanganui High School maths teacher, Ravi Prasad, said the school held a Mathex

competition the Monday before the competition and from there the two top Year 9 and 10 teams were selected.

Different types of math were covered including algebra, statistics and geometry.

“We had to be strategic whether we passed questions or not because we didn’t have much time,” Phillips said.

Colaabavala said the group found the

practical much easier this year as they were more prepared.

Sinclair said they learned how to delegate the practical task well.

“Other teams were doing the tasks all together but we decided to focus on one task each and then discuss them all together at the end.”

The teams were given tape, scissors, and glue for the practical tasks but were not allowed a calculator throughout the competition.

“We had to keep concentrating and keep our momentum going,” Sinclair said.

The team hopes to enter again at a senior level next year.

LEFT: Ravi Prasad, Zoe van de Wees, Lauren Phillips, Calum Sinclair, Jimmy Leonard and Firooze Colaabavala won the Year 10 Manawatu-Whanganui Mathex competition.

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Connecting, Committing, Continuing Faith City Church is a vibrant Pentecostal assembly, active in missions not only locally but internationally.

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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, 39-41 Great North Road - 9.45am weekly St Oswald’s, corner Western Line and SH3 - 10am on first and third Sundays of each month St Mary’s, Upokongaro – 11am on the second Sunday of each month St Peter’s, Koromiko Road - 5pm weekly

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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

Bill Osborne (1955-) - Rugby

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Bev Shingles - Athletics

nducted in 2008. A powerful mid-field world class inside back who played 48 matches, including 16 tests, for New Zealand between 1975 and 1982.

He started his international career against Scotland in 1975 at Auckland in the water-logged test and also played against South Africa, the British Isles, France, England, Ireland and Wales, scoring 10 tries.

Osborne, who started his first-class career for Whanganui as an 18-year-old, played for New Zealand Maoris in 1975-7778, NZ Colts in 1974, the North Island in 1975-80-84 and was a New Zealand triallist three times.

From the Kaierau club, he played 81 times for Whanganui between 1973-1984, for Whanganui-King Country in 1977 and for Waikato in 1985-86.

Wanganui Sportsman of the Year in 1975 and 1977.

Since retiring from the game Osborne carved out a spectacular business career. In 2017 he was elected vicepresident of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Under the constitution, the NZRU vice-president serves a two year term before automatically ascending to the president’s position.

He is of Te Atihaunui descent (Whanganui area) and has committed much time to Maori development over the years. He has served on the Maori Economic Development Commission and was responsible for establishing Te Huarahi Tika Trust, a pan Maori trust handling Maori interests in the radio spectrum. He also chaired Hautaki Ltd, the commercial arm of the trust.

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nducted in 2014. Bev Shingles was one of New Zealand’s top women’s distance runners for two decades. She represented New Zealand on the track, road (marathon) and in cross-country racing and was the first New Zealand woman to win national titles in all three disciplines.

In 1971 Bev won the 1500m and was runner-up over 800m at the trans-Tasman track meeting in Sydney and was a member of the NZ team that finished second in the world cross country championships in Spain, placing eighth in the individual race. She was in the winning NZ women’s team in Belgium and London on the European tour.

In international marathons Bev was runner-up in the 1976 Avon Australian race, 11th in the 1978 Atlanta race, runnerup in Sydney in 1981, fourth in Tokyo and ninth in a field of 680 in Ottawa (Canada) the same year, and was in the NZ champion women’s team in the London marathon in 1982, placing fourth overall.

One of her finest efforts was winning the 20th Century Fox international marathon in Los Angeles in 1979, the then 39-year-old mother of two winning by a minute from a strong field of more than 50 runners from nine countries over the same course used for the 1932 Olympic Games. She also finished runner-up in a 10,000m international road race in Santa Monica.

Bev won NZ titles on the track (1500m in 1971), in crosscountry (1972) and in the marathon (1980). She has won the Wanganui Sportsperson of the Year title twice (1971 and 1980), was awarded an Athletics New Zealand long service medal in 1992,and is a life member of the Wanganui Harrier Club.

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Sat 19 Oct - 10am–3pm Festival of Cultures Majestic Square The Festival of Cultures is a chance for people of all cultures, backgrounds, ages and interests to come together in the heart of our beautiful city, to share food, conversation, engage with one another all whilst having a good time.

Marton Harvest Fair

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Sun 3 Nov - 4:30pm-6:30pm Missy Raines Trio Whanganui Musicians Club Featuring George Jackson and Ben Garnett. With a smoky and seductive alto, Missy Raines heads up her own innovative and genrebending trio out of Nashville, Tennesee.

Sun 24 Nov - 8:30pm-10pm Unusual Subjects Tour Lucky Bar + Kitchen A show that will pull you to pieces, and put you together again ... Three of New Zealand’s best up and coming comics explore the bigger themes in life, all while celebrating the small beauties and absolute randomness of it all.

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Sat 14 Dec - 2pm-3:30pm Mainstreet Whanganui Christmas Parade Victoria Ave The Christmas Parade is a reflection of Christmas in our community and an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate the festive season. The Christmas Parade is a visual Christmas spectacular.

Fri 3 Jan & Sat 4 Jan-7pm Elite Mechanical New Zealand Superstock Championship Oceanview Speedway The New Zealand Superstock Championship is the premier individual title in the class. Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway has previously hosted the Championship three times.

Sat 18 Jan - 10am-11:55pm Mainstreet Whanganui Caboodle Victoria Ave Caboodle takes over the town centre for over 14 hours – encompassing entertainment, food, fashion, flea market and cars all in a vintage themed extravaganza.

Thur 27 Feb - 7pm-10pm The Merchant of Venice Bason Botanic Gardens William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” performed outside in the beautiful Bason Botanic Gardens.

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