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The Chronicle's rival from 1867 onward was The Evening Herald (later The Wanganui Herald), founded by John Ballance. The ownership of the two daily papers merged in the 1970s, and in 1986 the Herald became a free weekly, later renamed the Wanganui Midweek. [1] The Chronicle is currently Whanganui's only daily newspaper.
Wanganui Chronicle; Wanganui Herald; 1890s. Horowhenua Chronicle (1893–2024) Paeroa Gazette [3] The Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser (1901–1936) 1900s. Raglan Chronicle; Rodney Times; 1910s. Industrial Unionist [4] Maoriland Worker, [5] aka the Standard; Northern News; Te Puke Times (1912–2024) 1920s. The Hutt News; 1930s. Manukau ...
The Wanganui Herald, originally published as The Evening Herald, was a daily newspaper in Wanganui published from 1867 to 1986 when it was replaced by a community newspaper of the same name. John Ballance arrived in Wanganui in August 1866; he was to become New Zealand's prime minister in 1891. [ 1 ]
1848 The Crown purchases Wanganui, 80,000 acres (320 km 2), 8,000 acres (32 km 2) of which are supposed to be set aside as a reserve. 1855 Paiaka settlers move closer to the coast at "Foxton", which becomes a port handling flax, timber and agricultural produce. 1856 The Wanganui Chronicle is first published.
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24 December 1953, Tangiwai, Manawatū-Whanganui – Tangiwai disaster: An overnight Wellington-to-Auckland express fell into the Whangaehu River after part of the rail bridge it was crossing was swept away by a lahar from Mount Ruapehu's crater lake just minutes earlier; 151 killed.
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Its rival from the 1860s onward was the Evening Herald (later the Wanganui Herald), founded by John Ballance. Initially, the production of the Wanganui Chronicle was held back by a lack of equipment, meaning the first issue, dated 18 September 1856, was produced on a makeshift press, made by staff and pupils at the local industrial school. [105]