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Whanganui Year in Review, April 2020: A month locked down
30 Dec, 2020 03:30 PM
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Police had checkpoints around the region to prevent people travelling over the Easter Break. Photo / Alan Gibson
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Ethan Griffiths
April 1
April 1 might have marked the beginning of a new month, but for Kiwis, it was just another day attempting to come to terms with life s new reality.
New Zealand was in the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown for most of the month of April, and with that came a dramatic rise in the use of internet across New Zealand.
On April 1 the Chronicle reported that the use of fibre internet in Whanganui shot up a whopping 75 per cent in less than a week, with most of the city locked up inside playing video games, watching Netflix, or working from home.
River City Christmas Night Market is back
17 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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[From left] Darryl Mallett, Kelly Scarrow, and Andy Henshaw are ready for the Christmas Markets on Sunday afternoon. Photo / Bevan Conley
[From left] Darryl Mallett, Kelly Scarrow, and Andy Henshaw are ready for the Christmas Markets on Sunday afternoon. Photo / Bevan Conley
The annual River City Christmas Night Market and Street Food Festival returns this weekend. For the second year running, the event will be held at the Whanganui racecourse. It kicks off at 2pm on Sunday and organisers Kelly Scarrow and Darryl Mallett say it will be the biggest one yet.