Whanganui

The government and Whanganui River iwi have jointly appointed a new Pou Tupua to act and speak on behalf of Te Awa Tupua, the special status accorded to the Whanganui River.

Entries have flooded in for an annual exhibition that displays the artistic efforts of those who imitate great works of art. Audio

The government needs to get out of the way and let Māori fix lagging Covid-19 vaccination rates, Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says.

A police officer in Palmerston North has been injured after being hit on the footpath by a dirt bike rider who fled the scene.

A Māori-led mobile vaccine clinic that focuses on going to emergency and transitional housing is being used in Te Whanganui-a-Tara to help curb vaccine hesitation in the community.

A crash south of Whanganui has killed two people.

Whanganui and Manawatū can expect more hot days and fewer frosts, less rain in the east but more and heavier rain in the west, and more floods, according to a new climate risk assessment.

Iwi health providers in Taranaki say vaccination clinics solely for Māori are essential to close the gap with non-Māori vaccination rates.

The national strategy of vaccinating against Covid-19 through general and mass events is not working for Māori, a Covid-19 researcher says.

Whanganui City College students received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last week, despite the presence of a few protesters trying to hand out pamphlets to pupils. Audio

Ten million dollars of funding for conservation projects in Taranaki is also fostering hapū and whānau, say project leaders.

Taranaki Regional Council has rejected iwi calls for only Māori to have a say when considering Māori wards.

An iwi-owned research institute has received $5m in health research funding for a programme to drive better health outcomes for Māori.

Māori landowners are being called to a whenua Māori conference in Whanganui next month to identify and support land development and economic opportunities.

The first of many rural vaccination clinics planned by the MidCentral District Health Board will be held in Eketāhuna today.

Whanganui looks set to become the next developing kiwifruit region.

Kaiwahaiki Pā sits on the lower reaches of the Whanganui, just as the river breaks from the towering bush-clad valley and the deep dark water ambles towards the sea.

Covid-19 vaccinations for entire communities in rural Whanganui have begun.