Stories by Moana Ellis

It's not clear when Waimarino suddenly became just "National Park", but iwi are calling for the tourist village to be given its historic name back.

Hundreds of cancer patients each year will be saved the stress of travelling to Palmerston North for treatment with the opening of Whanganui Hospital's new chemotherapy unit.

An iwi bid to change the name of National Park back to Waimarino has been accepted by the Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa NZ Geographic Board.

Whanganui is the last council in the Manawatū-Whanganui region to establish Māori wards.

The majority of those who took part in a council survey want to see Māori wards introduced in Whanganui.

The council said it has received more than $4.2m to build resilience to the impacts of climate change and recover from Cyclone Gabrielle.

The longest suspension bridge in Aotearoa will be built as part of the infamous "missing link" of the Mountains to Sea trail in the central North Island.

Overburdened, understaffed, under-resourced, under the pump - all are words used to describe Whanganui Hospital's strained emergency department.

Iwi of the Whanganui River expect a new strategy unveiled on Friday will reform resource management in the catchment.

The long-term strategy to address the wellbeing of the Whanganui River system will be unveiled on Friday.

Regional Development and Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty says the redevelopment of Whanganui Port sets the scene for continued economic growth and will build vital resilience for the…

Whanganui will have Māori wards if its council gives weight to a public meeting strongly in favour of guaranteeing Māori representation.

After decades away, one of the last survivors of the historic Hatrick riverboat fleet has returned to the awa.

Whanganui District Council is backing a forecast for high population growth as a starting point for its next 10-year plan.

Rates in some of the poorest areas of Whanganui will increase by nearly 20 percent, while affluent suburbs will see rates rise only 0.5 percent on average.

Rates in Whanganui will rise an average 8.3 percent following the adoption of Whanganui District Council's annual plan on Tuesday.

Whanganui District Council has voted to keep the aviary at Rotokawau Virginia Lake open, despite heartfelt opposition from several councillors concerned about the birds' welfare.

A new process for handing over the spiritual component of Te Matatini - the premier event for Māori performing arts - has been enacted at Rātana Pā.

A Whanganui resident says flooding danger in the riverside marae community of Pūtiki is a tragedy waiting to happen.

A delegation of Whanganui River Māori is travelling to the United States to support North American Indigenous leaders and tribes of the under-threat Colorado River.

Te Tai Hauāuru MP and Speaker of the House Adrian Rurawhe will not stand for the Māori electorate in October's general election and will instead move to the Labour Party list.

Climate change has become a critical focus for Māori agribusiness Ātihau-Whanganuiorporation. It has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent before 2028. The collective of…

The cost of rural rail transport must drop, Ruapehu mayor Weston Kirton says, as Taumarunui reinstated as a stop on the main trunk line.

Paul Diamond spent 18 years "searching for traces" of the circumstances surrounding the sensational 1920 shooting in Whanganui of returned soldier and poet Walter D'Arcy Cresswell by Whanganui mayor…

A flight school in Whanganui is expecting to more than double its number of trainee pilots within the next year.