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Mongrel Mob members gather in Whanganui s Puriri Street after a fatal gang shooting. (First published August 22, 2018) Butler, 53, was shot dead at his Whanganui home on April 22, 2018. Ratana, 27, was shot dead at his Whanganui home on August 21, 2018. Ratana’s friends and family told Multiple people have been charged in relation to both shootings, but Hakaraia is the only common link between the two parties. He was charged with murdering Ratana and Butler, but pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of both men after receiving a sentence indication in March. He was tried for Butler’s murder in 2020, but the trial was abandoned near its conclusion due to the coronavirus lockdown.
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Whanganui Year in Review, August: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits, a return to level 2
30 Dec, 2020 03:30 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs a member of the public on Victoria Ave during her visit to Whanganui. photo / Bevan Conley
August 5 At the start of August Whanganui District Council announced they were partnering with Ngā Rauru in its push to change the name of the village of Maxwell, 22 kilometres north of Whanganui, to Pākaraka.
The name of the village near Whanganui honours a colonial militiaman, Sergeant George Maxwell, who attacked children in the infamous Handley s Woolshed affair during the New Zealand Wars.