Whanganui: Reward offered for Vintage Weekend feedback
24 Jan, 2021 10:34 PM
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Event manager Heather Cox (right) and designer Katelyn Brown (left) show off the survey promotion while at Porridge Watson, host of three events last weekend. Photo / Mark Brimblecombe
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Whanganui Vintage Weekend Trust is putting up $1000 as a cash incentive for people to undertake a survey about the annual Vintage Weekend event. Bruce Jellyman, chairman of Whanganui Vintage Weekend Trust says Vintage Weekend has been held every year since 2012 and while it is going from strength to strength, it s important to know it is delivering value to and for the community.
5 things to do in Whanganui this weekend
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
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It s Bayleys Whanganui Vintage Weekend, and there s a wide range of activities to keep you busy this long weekend, including the Retro Market, Mainstreet Caboodle, Vintage Fair, Billy Webb Challenge, Riverside Shindig, DC3 scenic flights and more!
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Vintage Weekend: Whanganui gearing up for long weekend as vintage fans flock in
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Contestants front up in their best vintage costumes at the 2020 Caboodle in Whanganui.
Photo / Lewis Gardner
Contestants front up in their best vintage costumes at the 2020 Caboodle in Whanganui.
Photo / Lewis Gardner
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui s biggest party is now less than a week away and organisers say that Bayleys Whanganui Vintage Weekend will be bigger and brighter than ever this year, writes Liz Wylie. The streets, river and skies will be alive with the sights and sounds of decades past as Whanganui welcomes a stunning array of machines, performers and costumes that celebrate the city s exciting past for the three-day weekend.