Stories by Moana Ellis

Whanganui District Health Board is considering earlier vaccination for Māori over the age of 50 in the third tier of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout starting in May.

Whanganui District Council and iwi are looking at partnering in a joint initiative to address the housing crisis recently described as horrific by local iwi.

Whanganui District Council's property and services committee has agreed unanimously to change the name of the Opera House to include an 'h' in Whanganui.

A Bill giving councils power to write off rates arrears, make unused Māori land unrateable, and allow multiple homes on Māori land is a start to a wider conversation about Māori land, a Ruapehu…

A Māori-led programme for at-risk mothers and their babies in the Whanganui district is an example of allowing community health practitioners to design local services that are relevant and meet…

Iwi representatives will be appointed with full voting rights to a new committee formed by the Whanganui-Manawatū Regional Council, Horizons.

Half the general practitioners in Whanganui plan to retire within five years, sparking a search for new doctors for the region.

Whanganui District Council favours a proposal to replace the city's failing Velodrome with a $20 million roofed facility.

Whanganui is aiming to join 38 cities recognised, hoping to become New Zealand's only UNESCO Creative City of Design.

New research released today shows that 93 percent of Māori in Aotearoa experience racism every day, and even more - 96 percent - say racism is a problem for their whānau.