Historic gathering of steamboats at Hipango Park on the Whanganui River
1 Mar, 2021 04:00 AM
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Eight small steamboats clustered around the Waimarie and the Wairua at Hipango Park during the weekend regatta.
Photo / Phil Pollero
Eight small steamboats clustered around the Waimarie and the Wairua at Hipango Park during the weekend regatta.
Photo / Phil Pollero
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
While Whanganui learned that new Covid-19 restrictions would begin on Sunday, a group of happy campers up the Whanganui River were blissfully unaware. The group had headed off from the Top 10 Holiday Park in
Steamboat regatta on the Whanganui River on February 27 to March 1
25 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Steamboats Romany and Victoria from Auckland will join Steve McClune s Mary Rose (foreground) for a regatta on the Whanganui River this weekend.
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Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Anyone who enjoys the sights and sounds of steamboats chuffing on the Whanganui River is in for a treat this weekend as a fleet of small vessels converge for a regatta.
Local steam enthusiast Steve McClune has taken his boat Mary Rose, a 5.2m kauri launch built in 1946, to regattas in other North Island locations and is thrilled to be welcoming other steamboat owners to Whanganui for this year s event, from February 27 to March 1.
By Peter John
The song, named Walk on Water (Meg s Song) was written to raise money for Megan Smith s cancer treatment A SONG is being released this week in aid of a local woman s fight against is said to capture the inspiring spirit of Kidderminster. Walk on Water (Meg’s Song) has come about thanks to the huge community fundraising effort to help Kidderminster s Megan Smith, who needs pioneering cancer treatment in America. The 26-year-old flew out to the States on Tuesday (December 15) after the town came together to raise nearly £60,000 to pay for the life-saving treatment.
Megan Smith s family needs to raise £150,000 by February to pay for the treatment