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Celebrate Aramoho s new library
10 May, 2021 04:34 PM
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Hiwaiterangi Poutini-Manley Green (foreground) checking out the new library with teacher Fiapaipai Casserley and friends.
Wanganui Midweek
Aramoho will be the third Whanganui suburb to get a self-service library, and a date has been set for the opening celebration.
The new Aramoho library is a partnership with Pasifika Vision Forum Trust, which runs the Born & Raised Pasifika early learning centre on the site where the library will be based.
The library will launch on Friday, June 11 at 2 Mitchell St, Aramoho, which is the site of the former Aramoho School.
District library manager, Pete Gray, and Hellen Puhipuhi from the trust say everyone is welcome to attend.
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Whanganui District Health Board urges community to get measles vaccine
16 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui District Health Board immunisation co-ordinator Bruce Jones (right) gave Barnaby Smith a measles vaccination at the Whanganui River Markets. Photo / Supplied
Whanganui District Health Board immunisation co-ordinator Bruce Jones (right) gave Barnaby Smith a measles vaccination at the Whanganui River Markets. Photo / Supplied
The Whanganui District Health Board is urging anyone aged 15 to 30 to get a measles vaccine immediately to stop it from potentially spreading through the community.
The rollout of a nationwide measles immunisation campaign is struggling to reach the numbers required halfway through its year-long mission.
Aramoho next in line for library hub
18 Jan, 2021 03:00 PM
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Libraries manager Pete Gray with Hellen Puhipuhi, who runs the Born and Raised Pasifika childcare centre. Photo / Holly Hoddinott
Libraries manager Pete Gray with Hellen Puhipuhi, who runs the Born and Raised Pasifika childcare centre. Photo / Holly Hoddinott
Wanganui Midweek
Aramoho will be the next Whanganui suburb to get its own self-service library, when the dental clinic at the former Aramoho School in Mitchell St is converted in early April.
Hellen Puhipuhi, who runs the Born and Raised Pasifika childcare centre owned by the Pasifika Vision Charitable Trust, which has been based at the Aramoho School site for the past 18 years - says it s marvellous to be getting a new injection of life on the premises after the school was closed in 2016.