5 things to do in Whanganui this weekend
16 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Extravaganza Fair. Photo / File
Whanganui Chronicle
FAIR PLAY
Enjoy all the fun of the fair as the Extravaganza Fair rolls into town. Featuring market stalls, arts and craft, food, musical entertainment, circus shows, performers, tiny homes, kids shows & games. Kowhai Park, 9am Saturday and Sunday.
Tach Baroque Quartet are (from left) Shontae Arthur, Roy Tankersley, Annie Hunt and Ingrid Culliford. Photo / Supplied
LIVE MUSIC
The Tach Baroque Quartet will present music by composers including Bach and Handel, as well as 20th century composers. Sarjeant Gallery, 38 Taupo Quay, Sunday 4.30pm-6.30pm.
Much-loved Whanganui businessman Rob Bartley dies
17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
Whanganui businessman Robert Bartley has died at the age of 69 following a long battle with cancer.
The owner and founder of the Bartley Group was awarded the Queen s Service Medal for Services to the Community in 2019.
A statement from the Bartley Group said Rob was a well-known and much-loved local businessman and, as proud Whanganui locals, he, his wife Ann and their family recently established the Robert Bartley Foundation to ensure Rob s legacy of giving back to his local community continues.
The foundation s primary aim is to support the delivery of public health services and improved health outcomes for people in the greater Whanganui region.
Huge demand for Whanganui s City Mission Christmas Lunch at Eulogy Lounge
21 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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City Mission Whanganui manager Karrie Brown says the only thing missing for Friday is some musical performers. Photo / Bevan Conley
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron The annual City Mission Christmas Lunch will once again be held at the Eulogy Lounge at the Whanganui Racecourse this year, and City Mission Whanganui manager Karrie Brown said the tickets had been all but snapped up. It ll be a really lovely menu, but it s simple, so it doesn t take a lot of preparation in the kitchen. In other years we ve done chicken drumsticks, but this year we re going all out and we ve got boneless chicken instead. That s a bit of a treat. It was more expensive to do, but we thought it was worth doing.