Big read: Non-stop events could make this Whanganui s biggest summer yet
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Hamish McDouall says there has always been festival after festival after festival in Whanganui. Photo / Bevan Conley
Hamish McDouall says there has always been festival after festival after festival in Whanganui. Photo / Bevan Conley
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui is in the middle of a summer event season that is full to bursting over the next three months. A wide range of festivals, concerts and events guarantee something of interest for people of all ages, and if we can maintain vigilance and remain at alert level 1, the next three months may be Whanganui s biggest event season ever.
Whanganui structures preserved in ink
20 Dec, 2020 04:13 AM
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Katie Hedgman-Dalton is producing a series of cards with ink drawings of local buildings and landmarks. Photo / Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz
Katie Hedgman-Dalton finished her second year of a Bachelor of Design and Art at UCOL in July and has embarked on a project guaranteed to interest a lot of Whanganui people.
She is creating a series of postcards featuring the city s landmarks faithfully recreated in ink.
It s a combined effort, with her husband Kyle Dalton and his knowledge of Whanganui history, and her artistic talent.