Welcome to the Club: Wanganui Model Railway and Engineering Society
7 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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The club has been around in some capacity since 1954, with the Wanganui Railway Modellers Club and the Wanganui Engineering Society merged in 1991. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Whanganui has a huge number of clubs, covering all sorts of interests. Our reporters have been finding out more about some of them for our Welcome to the Club series. Today Logan Tutty catches up with the Wanganui Model Railway and Engineering Society.
Tucked away in a small building in Gonville, a historic club continues to slowly chug along more than 50 years on.
Welcome to the Club: Friends of the Whanganui River
31 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Friends of the Whanganui River chairman Alan Donald has been a member since the group s inception in 1988. Photo / Bevan Conley
Whanganui has a huge number of clubs, covering all sorts of interests. Our reporters have been finding out more about some of them for our Welcome to the Club series. Today Logan Tutty checks out the Friends of the Whanganui River.
Every year people from all around New Zealand and the globe come together to share their stories about one of Whanganui s defining features.
The Friends of the Whanganui River is a history-based group of people who share their memories, stories and experiences on all things about the awa.