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In pictures: Extreme 4x4 challenge draws hundreds to Turakina farm 16 May, 2021 04:00 AM 2 minutes to read Hamish Auret and co-driver Paul Barnes cross a tyre obstacle. Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron Vehicles flew through the air with showers of mud and ear-splitting engine noise at the Suzuki Extreme 4x4 Challenge in Turakina on Sunday. Hundreds of people flocked to Dan Cowper s farm to watch 4x4 trucks do the seemingly impossible. The event was the last of the North Island 4x4 trials season. The competitors were 13 pairs who placed in the top 10 in 2020 and 2021. They lined up to compete across 12 courses, each with 10 gates or obstacles, and in a variety of vehicles. ....
Lanterns light up Whanganui riverbank for Chinese friendship celebration 9 May, 2021 05:00 AM 2 minutes to read Crowds enjoyed watching live and screen performances and visiting the stalls at the festival. Photo / Lewis Gardener Crowds enjoyed watching live and screen performances and visiting the stalls at the festival. Photo / Lewis Gardener Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron There may have been an autumn crispness in the Whanganui air but that did not prevent a crowd of around 500 from enjoying Lanterns on the Awa on Saturday. Chronicle photographer Lewis Gardner captured the illuminated riverside action as people gathered beneath the lanterns to enjoy a belated celebration of the Year of the Ox, which began in February. ....
In pictures: Young guns set the pace at Fordell Gravel Sprint 3 May, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read William Menzies and his Mitsubishi Evo6 came within a whisker of claiming the 2021 title. Photo / Lewis Gardner William Menzies and his Mitsubishi Evo6 came within a whisker of claiming the 2021 title. Photo / Lewis Gardner Twenty-year-old Mason Grimmer has claimed this year s Fordell Gravel Sprint title, but only just. Organiser Bryce Hackett said there was only half a second separating Grimmer s Mazda 323 and second-placed William Menzies in his Mitsubishi Evo 6. Drivers final times were their fastest day runs and night runs combined, with Grimmer clocking in at 5min 58.1s and Menzies close behind in 5m 58.59s. ....
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How the Whanganui Basin reveals region s geological history 7 minutes to read Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron The many layers of sediment laid down in the Whanganui Basin record three to four million years of geological history, attracting fossickers and fossil hunters alike, Emeritus scientist Dr Hamish Campbell tells Laurel Stowell. Dr Hamish Campbell is speaking to a group of about 30 who are looking west from the top of Whanganui s Durie Hill. I hope you like that you are sitting on top of a pile of very young sediments, he says. It s a field trip organised by Whanganui Regional Museum and Campbell s talk the previous night drew 153 to the museum lecture theatre. ....