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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 ]
Whanganui has three local newspapers. Whanganui was the first town in the wider Wellington region to have its own newspaper, the Wanganui Record, which was first published in 1853. [105] The Whanganui Chronicle, founded in 1856, is New Zealand's oldest newspaper
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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The motto of the then Wanganui City, and now Wanganui District Council, is 'Sans Dieu Rien' ('Without God, we are nothing'). The first meeting of the Wanganui Council was held on 14 February 1872. Councillor Francis Williamson, who was the last chairman of the town board, [ 3 ] proposed councillor William Hogg Watt as the first mayor, which was ...