Whanganui East villa takes out Beautiful Homes Whanganui competition
9 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Stacey Jones and Jamie Ballantyne purchased their Whanganui East villa in 2017, and transformed it into a modern home. Photo / Bevan Conley
Stacey Jones and Jamie Ballantyne purchased their Whanganui East villa in 2017, and transformed it into a modern home. Photo / Bevan Conley
After hundreds of nominations and thousands of votes, the Whanganui home awarded with the title of being the city s most beautiful has been revealed.
The winner of the Ray White Beautiful Homes Whanganui competition is the modern Whanganui East villa owned by Stacey Jones and Jamie Ballantyne, which took out the title with a whopping 81 per cent of the public vote.
Whanganui welcomes potential travel bubbles with Australia and Cook Islands
15 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Heavy machine operator Jamie Ballantyne usually spends two weeks per month working in Australia. Photo / Supplied
Heavy machine operator Jamie Ballantyne usually spends two weeks per month working in Australia. Photo / Supplied
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui people have welcomed the news that travel bubbles with Australia and the Cooks Islands will soon open up. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday that Cabinet had agreed, in principle, on establishing a quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia that would be up and running in the first quarter of 2020. There will be a further announcement in the New Year.