Whanganui Camera Club is well into its Churches Project, with over 20 churches in the district now photographed. It’s quite a challenge – there are over 60 places of worship in the Whanganui area and the club hopes to include most of these, aiming to document the exteriors and the inside details of all of Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Whanganui’
Academic career traded in – now a city missioner
Monday, October 2nd, 2023Whanganui’s new City Mission manager Dr Antony Nobbs says he’s been searching for a job that will make a tangible difference for people. For the past 13 years, Nobbs has worked as a director of learning support and student development at Massey University and Auckland University of Technology. But he said businesspeople rather than educationalists Read more
Climate change approach tips balance for New Zealand’s only smart city
Monday, March 21st, 2022Whanganui District Council’s approach to climate change has helped the city win international recognition as a leading model for economic and social development – for the seventh time. Whanganui has again been named a Smart21 City by US-based think tank, the Intelligent Community Forum, and is the only New Zealand town or city to make Read more
21 Baptisms at Hui Aranga
Friday, April 1st, 2016
There were 21 Baptisms at Easter Sunday Mass at the 2016 Hui Aranga gathering held in Whanganui. Several hundred people attended the event over Easter weekend this year. The occasion marked 70 years since Hui Aranga first started. Fr Phil Cody, SM, said the Baptisms were linked with Catholic Māori clubs from Whanganui and Hawkes Read more
The tar-and-feathers mob ready for Wilson
Friday, August 31st, 2012You don’t have to be a believer to say amen to Wanganui Catholic priest David Bell’s opposition to community leaders’ plans to hound paroled sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson out of town. Mayor Annette Main’s call to shun him was not a message Christians could adopt, said Monsignor Bell, adding that those who are threatening Read more
Whanganui DHB alternative therapies trial courageous
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Warm, fuzzy media headlines are the order of the day when Police dogs or All Blacks visit hospital patients. Try introducing a trial of alternative therapies like Whanganui District Health Board is doing and the headlines become accusatory and dismissive. A range of therapies including Reiki, Christian prayer, Maori healing and massage will be on offer to Read more