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Manager calls time after seven years and high-traffic season.

Despite having no active cases of Covid-19 in the community Whanganui woke to find itself in the red zone today.

An Australian couple were officially the 10,000th passengers this summer season.

Big read: Whanganui's tourism success story in 2020 12 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 6 minutes to read Whanganui had the strongest growth of any tourism market over 2020. What's driving it? Photo / File Whanganui had the strongest growth of any tourism market over 2020. What's driving it? Photo / File In some of the most testing of circumstances for tourism operators across the country, Whanganui's tourism sector has come out on top, showing the most substantial growth of any district over 2020. Ethan Griffiths finds out what's sparked it. It was revealed this month that the district's tourism ...

Taonga stolen from Whanganui paddle steamer Waimarie 2 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 2 minutes to read The carving by Dean Flavell was stolen from the Waimarie sometime in the last few weeks. Photo / Supplied The carving by Dean Flavell was stolen from the Waimarie sometime in the last few weeks. Photo / Supplied The wood carving was stolen some time in the last two weeks. The taonga, created by master carver Dean Flavell, is based on the taurapa washboard found of the rear of the taurapa (canoe sternpost). The kowhaiwhai pattern carved in the background is called mangopare (hammerhead shark), a design ...