Wanganui Road Rodders return with River City Park Up in 2021
11 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Hundreds of keen locals gathered at Whanganui City College for the annual River City Park Up. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Hundreds of keen locals gathered at Whanganui City College for the annual River City Park Up. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Whanganui people turned out in droves on Sunday to check out hundreds of classic cars for a good cause.
The Wanganui Road Rodders held their annual River City Park Up at Whanganui City College, with hundreds of people visiting to see the display.
Veteran, vintage and classic cars, hot rods, muscle cars, drag cars and more were all on display, with an estimated 500 vehicles on show.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Chief medical officers are now at the heart of business
5 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM
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Doctors are being turned into executives to help look after employees physical and mental health due to the pandemic. Photo / Getty Images
Doctors are being turned into executives to help look after employees physical and mental health due to the pandemic. Photo / Getty Images
Financial Times
A year into the pandemic, the expertise of doctors turned executives is in high demand. To say Dr Karen DeSalvo s entry into Google was busy would be an understatement. It s been quite a whirlwind, she says of her role as chief health officer, a new position for the tech group. The doctor, who previously worked as US acting assistant secretary for health and as health commissioner for New Orleans, joined at the end of 2019.
Bella finds Ziggy in Dallas Murdoch s new book
4 Apr, 2021 10:04 PM
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Dallas Murdoch with her muse, Bella. Photo / Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz
After a career in education, Dallas Murdoch has turned her hand to writing the first in what she hopes will be a number of books for children.
From her century-plus old home, surrounded by her well-kept gardens and a haven of woodland in Upokongaro, overlooking the Whanganui River, she and her 5-year-old little dog Bella have joined forces to entertain younger readers.
Mexican Border State Cops Raid Hotel with Migrants Release Them
Mexican Border State Cops Raid Hotel with Migrants Release Them
Mexican authorities raided a hotel in the border city of Reynosa and discovered a group of 13 Central American migrants. After the raid, Mexican immigration officials released the migrants who were able to prove they had legal permission to be in Mexico.
The raid took place on Friday evening after Tamaulipas State Police responded to an anonymous call about kidnapping victims at a hotel in the Puerta Del Sol neighborhood, the local newspaper
El Manana reported. The migrants claimed that they had not been kidnapped and were simply staying at the hotel. Authorities identified the migrants as seven adults and three underage teens and children from Honduras and Nicaragua.