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Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa iwi opens Marton headquarters to the public
2 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa stakeholders set up stalls at the iwi s open day on February 27. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa stakeholders set up stalls at the iwi s open day on February 27. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
It was wonderful to see local people arrive at Te Poho o Tuariki s first open day, Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa spokeswoman Kiri Wilson says.
The Rangitīkei tribe s open day was on Saturday, February 27, at its iwi headquarters Te Poho o Tuariki in Marton. The 5ha complex is the former Turakina Maōri Girls College, which Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa bought in April 2018 and officially opened in February 2019.
St Dominic s celebrates sesquicentennial
22 Feb, 2021 01:26 AM
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A cheery wave from St Dominic s just before they pass under the railway bridge. Photo / Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz
At 7.30am, on February 18, 1871, 10 pioneering Irish Dominican Sisters arrived at Port Chalmers with the Reverend Doctor Moran, the newly appointed Bishop of Dunedin, who had travelled with the Sisters from Ireland.
To celebrate 150 years since their arrival, known as Foundresses Day, staff and students from St Dominic s in Whanganui celebrated with a Te Deum at the church of St Anthony s last Thursday.
Matrics ready to change the future
By Tanya Waterworth, Duncan Guy
Feb 20, 2021
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Durban - Firday saw IEB matriculants celebrating at schools as they gathered to share their results, with many of the top pupils saying they saw a bright future for South Africa and wanted to give back to the country.
Thabiso Dlamini, 2020 deputy head boy of Hilton College who achieved seven distinctions, said from his home in Hammarsdale on Friday: I was fortunate that so many gave so much to me. Not many kids get the opportunity to go to Hilton and I just wanted to take that opportunity with both hands and be an example to other children to show them they can succeed, no matter where they came from, he said, adding that his background had given him an inner desire to succeed.