Soame states “We firmly believe that collaboration between local businesses, community organizations, and individuals is ...

Whanganui Artists Open Studios, an art trail event, continues to grow with more events, studios, visitors and artists every ...

In 2017, New Zealand recognized the Whanganui River as human, as part of a settlement with its local tribe. The bill recognizing the mountain's personhood was affirmed unanimously by Parliament's ...

Former Whanganui High School teammates Teresa Rennie and Nevaeh Blake have been selected for New Zealand under-20 ...

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Workers at Bremworth could be facing cuts to 47 staff - including 20 in Whanganui - under a new proposal being considered by ...

15-year-old New Zealand athlete Sam Ruthe became the youngest person ever to run a sub-four-minute mile on Wednesday. Ruthe ...

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This isn't New Zealand's first foray into granting personhood to natural entities. A similar bill in 2014 recognized the Te Urewera forest as a legal person, followed by the Whanganui River in 2017.