A boisterous crowd filled the Whanganui War Memorial Centre on Friday night to watch New Zealand's best wrestlers - including some hometown favourites - put on the Whanganui Showdown. Whanganui ...

The Ūpokongaro War Memorial Hall has hosted balls, coronation assemblies and sittings of the Māori Land Court; now Whanganui District Council wants to know whether it should be restored.

Whanganui police are seeking witnesses to an assault near the War Memorial Centre. A 17-year-old man walking on a path in Queens Park between the hall and Whanganui District Library was knocked to ...