A police search is under way after a report of a shirtless man failing to resurface while swimming in the Whanganui River. Whanganui police want to speak.
Bulldozers will not be coming for the Repertory Theatre any time soon after Whanganui district councillors agreed to sell the 144-year-old building. Closing.
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A candidate running in the Tauranga election is already serving as a councillor in another district. Sarah-Jane Bourne is a councillor for the Matamata-Piako.