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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.
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 ]
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 ...
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Manawatū-Whanganui [5] ([manawaˈtʉː ˈʔwaŋanʉi]; spelled Manawatu-Wanganui prior to 2019) is a region in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand, whose main population centres are the cities of Palmerston North and Whanganui.
The elevator and tunnel were proposed by Wanganui Chronicle editor John Ball and his friend, Technical School engineering instructor Edward Crow. [3] Ratepayers were not prepared to pay for the project, and only a quarter of the 80 or 90 families buying sections in the new suburb were interested in forming a cooperative, so Col. A. E. Wilson and his brother-in-law W. J. Polson formed the Durie ...
The Wanganui and Rangitikei cricket clubs played each other regularly in the 1860s. [4] Wanganui achieved a notable success when their team of 22 defeated the touring Australian XI in February 1881 at the Racecourse Ground. [5] The pitch was hard and bumpy, and the Wanganui selectors had made sure they selected the district's best fieldsmen.
Whanganui (known as Wanganui until 1996) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first established in 1860 for the 3rd Parliament and has existed continuously since then. It is held by Carl Bates of the National Party , who won it in the 2023 general election .