New Zealand Masters Games sets up camp in central Whanganui
2 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Organisers of the 2021 Downer New Zealand Masters Games are counting down the hours until kick off. More than 100 people are working at the Whanganui War Memorial Centre over the next two days, setting up to welcome the thousands of competitors.
Games organiser Rachel O Connor said it has been a busy few months but everything is running smoothly. It s just everything falling together from now on, O Connor said. It s organised chaos. This is the cool part where all the different contractors and partners come together to pull it off.
Downer New Zealand Masters Games adds more zing with Lads Brewing Company
31 Jan, 2021 09:24 PM
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Timoti Taco Rangi (left), Hamiora Rangi, Rachel O Connor, Adam Murphy and Andrew Solesbury, all directors of the Lads Brewing Company with the exception of Rachel O Connor, doing some R&D at the Lads Brewing Company headquarters. Photo / Louise Follett
Wanganui Midweek
Whanganui is home to people with a passion for taking an idea and creating great. And the New Zealand Masters Games and Lads Brewing Company were both born from a germ of an idea.
It s no surprise then that the Downer New Zealand Masters Games and Lad Beers have collaborated to add a little more greatness. Lads Beers has created a bespoke beer exclusively in honour of the Games: Lads Citrus Lager.
Big read: Non-stop events could make this Whanganui s biggest summer yet
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Hamish McDouall says there has always been festival after festival after festival in Whanganui. Photo / Bevan Conley
Hamish McDouall says there has always been festival after festival after festival in Whanganui. Photo / Bevan Conley
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui is in the middle of a summer event season that is full to bursting over the next three months. A wide range of festivals, concerts and events guarantee something of interest for people of all ages, and if we can maintain vigilance and remain at alert level 1, the next three months may be Whanganui s biggest event season ever.
Whanganui District Health Board announces Masters Games partnership
7 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
Positive ageing, health and wellbeing, and injury prevention will be a focus at the 2021 Downer New Zealand Masters Games in Whanganui.
The Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) is partnering with the Masters Games for the first time and WDHB chief executive Russell Simpson says it is an important move. We adopted our He Hāpori Ora - Thriving Communities strategy in late 2020 to give the WDHB and community more of a focus on health and wellbeing, rather than being the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, Simpson said.
Whanganui District Council underwrites Masters Games in case of pandemic restrictions
10 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Duathlon competitors in the Downer New Zealand Masters Games held in Whanganui last year.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Duathlon competitors in the Downer New Zealand Masters Games held in Whanganui last year.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Whanganui Chronicle
Whanganui District Council has agreed to underwrite the Whanganui (NZ) Masters Games Trust to the tune of $500,000 if next year s event has to be cancelled because of Covid-19.
Games trustees told the council s Tuesday meeting the event was in a strong financial position and they only wanted the council to provide some assurance if pandemic restrictions caused a last-minute cancellation.