Fun walk/run/cycle event on Raetihi-Pipiriki Rd at Easter
9 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Former event organiser Lucy Conway wants to do the 18km walk this year and get a medal. Photo / Supplied
Former event organiser Lucy Conway wants to do the 18km walk this year and get a medal. Photo / Supplied
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Raetihi is gearing up for its 10th Gutbuster event on the hilly, scenic, historic little road between Raetihi and Pipiriki.
It s on Easter Sunday, April 4, between 9.30am and 2pm, with 18km, 25km and 50km options for walkers, runners and cyclists. This is its 10th year and there will be medals for all competitors, with gifts of local products such as honey, lip balm and Central Plateau vegetables.
Groups protecting Whangaehu Catchment get Freshwater Improvement Fund grants
23 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Eight community organisations have been awarded $66,000 in community grants through the Ministry for the Environment s Freshwater Improvement Fund. Photo / Bevan Conley
Whanganui Chronicle
Horizons Regional Council has awarded over $65,000 in community grants for the Whangaehu catchment this year.
The Ngā Wai Ora o te Whangaehu grants programme is awarded to groups working towards protecting and enhancing the Whangaehu catchment.
The grants are provided through the Ministry for the Environment s Freshwater Improvement Fund. Horizons provides co-funding, oversees delivery of on-the-ground work and undertakes the administration.
They are one part of a Freshwater Improvement Fund for the Whangaehu catchment that is also supporting stream fencing and riparian planting projects.