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5 things to do in Whanganui this weekend 16 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM Quick Read The Extravaganza Fair. Photo / File Whanganui Chronicle FAIR PLAY Enjoy all the fun of the fair as the Extravaganza Fair rolls into town. Featuring market stalls, arts and craft, food, musical entertainment, circus shows, performers, tiny homes, kids' shows & games. Kowhai Park, 9am Saturday and Sunday. Tach Baroque Quartet are (from left) Shontae Arthur, Roy Tankersley, Annie Hunt and Ingrid Culliford. Photo / Supplied LIVE MUSIC The Tach Baroque Quartet will present music by composers including Bach and Handel, as we...

Much-loved Whanganui businessman Rob Bartley dies 17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Whanganui Chronicle Whanganui businessman Robert Bartley has died at the age of 69 following a long battle with cancer. The owner and founder of the Bartley Group was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for Services to the Community in 2019. A statement from the Bartley Group said Rob was a well-known and much-loved local businessman and, as proud Whanganui locals, he, his wife Ann and their family recently established the Robert Bartley Foundation to ensure Rob's legacy of giving back to his local communi...

Huge demand for Whanganui's City Mission Christmas Lunch at Eulogy Lounge 21 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read City Mission Whanganui manager Karrie Brown says the only thing missing for Friday is some musical performers. Photo / Bevan Conley Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron The annual City Mission Christmas Lunch will once again be held at the Eulogy Lounge at the Whanganui Racecourse this year, and City Mission Whanganui manager Karrie Brown said the tickets had been all but snapped up. "It'll be a reall...