Family celebrate Mum s house move after 76 years in her Whanganui home
9 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Zona Carthy (centre) celebrates with family members (from left) Sue Rhodes, Brian Wingate, Darryl and Julie Thomas, Wendy Wingate, and Eileen and Brian Scott.
Photo / Lewis Gardner
Zona Carthy (centre) celebrates with family members (from left) Sue Rhodes, Brian Wingate, Darryl and Julie Thomas, Wendy Wingate, and Eileen and Brian Scott.
Photo / Lewis Gardner
It is not every day that someone sells a home they have lived in for 76 years. The vendor is Zona Carthy and, at 99, she is happy to move to Masonic Court in Whanganui
Covid-19 coronavirus: Vaccinations roll out to Whanganui rest homes
6 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Vaccinator Shelley Agar (left) and nurses Rose Bourne, Jenna Jacob and Julia Blaire surround Springvale Manor resident Pat Cooper. Photo / Supplied
Vaccinator Shelley Agar (left) and nurses Rose Bourne, Jenna Jacob and Julia Blaire surround Springvale Manor resident Pat Cooper. Photo / Supplied
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Springvale Manor residents were the first from an aged care facility in the Whanganui District Health Board region to receive the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine. The 25 residents of the aged and dementia care facility all