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Eight new murals to appear in central Whanganui from March 18-21 16 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Charles and Janine Williams will transform the outside of 110 Guyton St this weekend. Photo / Mirella Moschella Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron Eight new murals will be created in central Whanganui as part of the Whanganui Walls street art festival. The festival gets under way on Thursday, March 18, with murals to be painted on buildings in Guyton St, Drews Ave, St Hill St, Ridgway St, and Maria Pl by the...

Busy programme at Hakeke St Community Centre and Library 28 Feb, 2021 09:37 PM 3 minutes to read The mural is finished and a deck is being built at Hakeke Street Community Centre and Library. Photo / Paul Brooks Wanganui Midweek Our first new programme is a new initiative called Tech Talks for seniors. Thanks to funding received from Lotto, we have collaborated with SeniorNet who will come every second Tuesday, starting on March 2 from 10-midday. SeniorNet will come to the community centre and work with seniors to give them confidence on using their internet devices whether that is a phone, t...

Whanganui's Hakeke Community Centre and Library adorned with new mural 17 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron The white walls of the Hakeke Community Centre and Library have been transformed this week, thanks to local artist Si Ormerod, aka Cracked Ink. Ormerod began the project on Monday morning and, despite some inclement weather, he said it should be finished today. "The work is just my twist on home, nature and community, really," Ormerod said. "Because it's kind of an obscure shape, I rea...

Cracked Ink mural to adorn library building 14 Feb, 2021 01:47 AM 3 minutes to read Hakeke Street Community Centre and Library is putting on some paint. Centre co-ordinator, Lorraine Sheenagh, says the work to be done is a mural, designed and executed by Si Ormerod, who paints under the name Cracked Ink. "It's going to look so amazing," says Lorraine. "We got ideas from the community: people who use the Community Centre as well as our volunteers, the kids next door, the kids across the road at the YMCA / Pakohe [Alternative Education Programme]. They all came up with ideas about what communit...

Big read: Non-stop events could make this Whanganui's biggest summer yet 15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read 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 eve...